Mothra is a 1961 film about an expedition of scientists that explores an island previously used for atomic tests and discovers many curious things, including two women only one foot (30 centimeters) high. The unscrupulous expedition leader abducts the women and puts them in a vaudeville show. But their sweet singing contains a telepathic cry for help to Mothra, a gigantic moth that is worshiped as a deity by the island people. The giant monster heeds the call of the women and heads to Tokyo, wreaking destruction in its path.

Directed by Ishirō Honda. Written by Shinichi Sekizawa.
Mightiest monster in all creation! Ravishing a universe for love!  (taglines)

Dialogue

Shobijin, Shobijin: Mothra will soon be here.
Journalist Senichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda: Mothra?
Shobijin, Shobijin: Mothra, she'll rescue us, and return us to our island!

Taglines

  • Mightiest monster in all creation! Ravishing a universe for love!
  • WHAT BIZARRE SPELL DO THE TINIEST WOMEN IN ALL THE WORLD HOLD OVER THE MIGHTIEST MONSTER IN ALL CREATION?
  • FABULOUS! FANTASTIC! TWO DOLL-SIZED BEAUTIES WORSHIPPED BY A WINGED BEHEMOTH!
  • THE MOST FANTASTIC LOVE EVER!,,,BETWEEN THE MOST MONSTROUS BEAST EVER CREATED AND THE TINIEST WOMEN EVER BORN!
  • EARTH QUAKES AS MONSTER SEEKS TINY MATES!
  • LOVE CRAZED MONSTER CRUSHES WORLD!
  • Monster Ravages Earth!

Cast

  Japanese films     Shōwa series     Godzilla  (1954) · Godzilla Raids Again  (1955) · King Kong vs. Godzilla  (1962) · Mothra vs. Godzilla  (1964) · Ghidorah, the Three-Headed
  Monster  (1964) · Invasion of Astro-Monster  (1965) · Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster  (1966) · Son of Godzilla  (1967) · Destroy All Monsters
  (1968) · All Monsters Attack  (1969) · Godzilla vs. Hedorah  (1971) · Godzilla vs. Gigan  (1972) · Godzilla vs. Megalon  (1973) · Godzilla vs.
  Mechagodzilla  (1974) · Terror of Mechagodzilla  (1975)  
  Heisei series     The Return of Godzilla  (1984) · Godzilla vs. Biollante  (1989) · Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah  (1991) · Godzilla vs. Mothra  (1992) · Godzilla vs.
  Mechagodzilla II  (1993) · Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla  (1994) · Godzilla vs. Destoroyah  (1995)  
  Millennium series     Godzilla 2000  (1999) · Godzilla vs. Megaguirus  (2000) · Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack  (2001) ·
  Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla  (2002) · Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.  (2003) · Godzilla: Final Wars  (2004)  
  Reboot series     Godzilla Resurgence  (2016)  
  Foreign films     Adaptations     Godzilla, King of the Monsters!  (1956) · Cozzilla  (1977) · King Kong vs. Godzilla  (1963) · Godzilla 1985  (1985)  
  Co‑productions     Monster Zero  (1970)  
  TriStar Pictures     Godzilla  (1998)  
  Legendary Pictures     Godzilla  (2014) · Godzilla: King of the Monsters  (2019)  
  Related films     Rodan  (1956) · The Mysterians  (1957) · Varan the Unbelievable  (1958) · Battle in Outer Space  (1959) · Mothra  (1961) · Gorath  (1962) · Atragon  (1963) · Dogora  (1964)
  · Frankenstein Conquers the World  (1965) · The War of the Gargantuas  (1966) · King Kong Escapes  (1967) · Latitude Zero  (1969) · Space Amoeba  (1970) · The War
  in Space  (1977) · Gunhed  (1989) · Rebirth of Mothra  (1996) · Rebirth of Mothra II  (1997) · Rebirth of Mothra III  (1998)  
  Television     Zone Fighter  (1973) · Ike! Godman  (1972–1973) · Ike! Greenman  (1973–1974) · Godzilla  (1978–1981) · Godzilla Island  (1997–1998) · Godzilla: The Series  (1998–2000)  
  See also     King Kong  


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