Mothra

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.

Director

Ishirō Honda

Writers

Shinichi Sekizawa, Takehiko Fukunaga, Yoshie Hotta, Shinichirô Nakamura

Released

July 30, 1961

Language

Japanese