Mightiest monster in all creation! Ravaging a universe for love!
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman named Clark Nelson, Mothra sets out to rescue them.
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Classical in form, unpretentious, earnest and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
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Cast
- Frankie SakaiSenichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda
- Hiroshi KoizumiDr. Shin'ichi Chûjô
- Kyōko KagawaMichi Hanamura
- Jerry ItōClark Nelson
- Ken UeharaDr. Harada
- Emi ItoShobijin (Twin Fairy)
- Yumi ItoShobijin (Twin Fairy)
- Takashi ShimuraNews Editor
- Akihiro TayamaShinji Chûjô
- Akihiko HirataDoctor
Crew
- Ishirō HondaDirector
- Shinichi SekizawaScreenplay
- Takehiko FukunagaNovel
- Yoshie HottaNovel
- Shinichirô NakamuraNovel
- Hajime KoizumiDirector of Photography
- Yūji KosekiOriginal Music Composer
- Koji KajitaOriginal Music Composer
- Kazuji TairaEditor
- Tomoyuki TanakaProducer
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