Overview
Production co: Toho Company
►91 min (USA) □ 30 July 1961 (Japan)
Library synopsis: [En] Unlike Gojira or Rodan, or indeed the vast majority of the creatures invented later on, Mothra is basically a friendly creature. Its destructiveness is a result of being wronged and of its awkward size. Mothra is also the only major creature in the Kaiju Eiga genre which is female and, its third distinctive mark, it is not played by a rubber-suited actor. Written by Phil Hardy
Director: Ishirô Honda
Cult stars: Frankie Sakai, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kyôko Kagawa, Ken Uehara
Cult relevance index: ₪ 6.4 / 10
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Essential inner links and references
The Aurum Film Encyclopedia – Science Fiction [UK / 1995] (bk) | Fant’Asia [Italy / July 1994] (bk) | Cine Fantástico y de Terror Japonés (1899-2001) [Spain / 2002] (bk) | Japanese Cinema Essential Handbook [USA / 1996](bk) | Cine Zine Zone [France / Nr. 82 - October 1994] (fz)
Toho Company
The Godzilla Chronicles – The History of Toho Fantastic Movies [Japan / 1999] | Cult Movies [USA / Nr. 7 - 1993] (mg) | Introduction to Japanese Horror Film [UK / 2008] (bk) | Tokusatsu Hero Best Magazine [Japan / Vol. 3 - 2005] (mg) | Godzilla King of the Monsters [USA / Vol. 1 - Nr. 22 - 22 May 1979] (cm) | Tokusatsu Hero Best Magazine [Japan / Vol. 4 - 2005](mg) | Cult Movies [USA / Nr. 27 - 1998] (mg) | Terror Fantastic [Spain / A. 3 - Nr. 25 - October 1973](mg) | Quatermass [Spain / Special Nr. 7 - November 2001] (mg) | Tokusatsu Hero Best Magazine [Japan / Vol. 4 - 2005] (mg)
Ishirô Honda
Introduction to Japanese Horror Film [UK / 2008] (bk) | Midi – Minuit Fantastique [France / Nr. 20 - October 1968] (mg) | Terror Fantastic [Spain / A. 2 - Nr. 6 - March 1972] (mg)
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Gallery and video classification
(3 votes, average: 7,00 out of 10)
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Basic Card
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi |
|---|---|
| Director | Ishirô Honda |
| Writers | Robert Myerson, Shinichi Sekizawa, Shinichirô Nakamura, Takehiko Fukunaga, Yoshie Hotta |
| Producer | Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Cast | Akihiko Hirata, Akihiro Tayama, Akio Kusama, Akira Wakamatsu, Akira Yamada, Animatronic Puppet, Arai Hayamizu, Emi Ito, Frankie Sakai, Harold Conway, Haruo Nakajima, Haruya Kato, Hiroshi Akitsu, Hiroshi Koizumi, Hiroyuki Satake, Jerry Ito, Katsumi Tezuka, Kazuo Higata, Kazuo Imai, Ken Uehara, Kenji Sahara, Kô Mishima, Kôji Iwamoto, Kôji Uno, Kyôko Kagawa, Mitsuo Matsumoto, Mitsuo Tsuda, Obel Wyatt, Osman Yusuf, Peter Fernandez, Ren Yamamoto, Rinsaku Ogata, Robert Dunham, Seizaburô Kawazu, Shôichi Hirose, Tadashi Okabe, Takashi Shimura, Takeo Nagashima, Tazue Ichimanji, Tetsu Nakamura, Toshihiko Furuta, Toshio Miura, Wataru Ômae, Yoshifumi Tajima, Yoshio Kosugi, Yûmi Ito |
| Certification | USA:Approved / USA:Passed (National Board of Review) |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Release date | Japan 30 July 1961 | USA 10 May 1962 | USA 11 July 1962 (New York City, New York) | Germany 13 February 1994 (TV premiere) |
| Also known as | Mothra France / USA | Daikaijû Masura (undefined) | Mothra bedroht die Welt West Germany |
| Box office/business | Copyright Holder: American version ©MCMLXI Columbia Pictures Corporation Japanese version © Toho Co., Ltd |
| Production company | Toho Company |
| Distribution company | Columbia Pictures (1962) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed) | GoodTimes Home Video (2000) (USA) (video) | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (2001) (USA) (video) | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) | Toho (Japan) (DVD) | Toho Video (Japan) (laserdisc) | KABEL 1 13.02.1994 (Germany) | Pay-TV: Premiere World 06.02.2000 (Germany) |
| Runtime | Japan: 62 min (re-issue) | USA: 88 min | USA: 91 min (re-issue) | Germany: 86 min (TV) |
| Technical specifications | Sound Mix: Mono (Western Electric Recording) | Color: Color (Eastmancolor) | Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1 | Laboratory: Far East Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan | Film negative format (mm/video inches): 35 mm | Cinematographic process: Tohoscope | Printed film format: 35 mm |
