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Title: Mothra Vs. Godzilla Publisher:   Classic Media / Vivendi Entertainment / Toho Country: USA Format: DVD Date: 1 Jul 2012 Region Code: Region 1 Classification: NOT RATED Barcode: 796019801799 Cat#: LVD685679 Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Action Rating: 10.0  Rate Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  1 Owns Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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Also known as:
モスラ対ゴジラ Mosura tai Gojira (Japan)
Godzilla vs. The Thing (US)

Directed by Ishirō Honda
Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka
Screenplay by Shinichi Sekizawa
Music by Akira Ifukube
Cinematography: Hajime Koizumi
Edited by Ryohei Fujii
A Toho Co., Ltd. Production
Released 29 April 1964
Running time: 88 minutes

Cast:

Akira Takarada as Ichiro Sakai (酒井 市朗 Sakai Ichiro), a reporter
Yuriko Hoshi as Junko Nakanishi (中西 純子 Nakanishi Junko), a photographer
Hiroshi Koizumi as Professor Shunsuke Miura (三浦 俊助 博士 Miura Shunsuke), a scientist
Yū Fujiki as Jiro Nakamura (中村 二郎 Nakamura Jiro), another reporter
The Peanuts, Emi and Yumi Ito, as the Shobijin (小美人 Shobijin), the fairy guardians of Infant Island
Kenji Sahara as Jiro Torahata (虎畑 二郎 Torahata Jiro), a corrupt business tycoon
Jun Tazaki as Maruta (丸田 Maruta), Chief Editor
Yoshifumi Tajima as Kumayama (熊山 Kumayama), owner of Happy Enterprises

Mosura Tai Gojira
AKA	Mothra Vs. Godzilla
Released	1964
Director	Ishirô Honda
Selected Cast	Akira Takarada as Ichiro Sakai
	Yuriko Hoshi as Junko Nakanishi
	Hiroshi Koizumi as Professor Miura
	Yû Fujiki as Jiro Nakamura
(Information from Cinema World)

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Comments and Reviews

Richard Vollin 29th Jun 2017		Toho really hit their mark with this picture, and arguably, it never got better than this. The formula worked, and although mindful of budget, the Toho staff placed most of it on the screen, and little was squandered. Much of that credit goes to Toho effects wizard Eiji Tsuburaya and his dedicated team of artists, and technicians. The typhoon during the opening credits looks almost real, and I don't ever recall Godzilla looking meaner than in this film. Mothra vs. Godzilla is tremoundously enhanced, from the Tohoscope logo onward, by a ponderously heavy, doom laden music score, courtesy of composer Akira Ifukube. Following the release of this film, and it's subsequent follow up Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, the demographic shifted noticeably, and it was clear Toho would pander to an even younger audience, beginning with Godzilla vs. Monster Zero in 1965.

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