Mothra

About Mothra

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.

Mothra is a 1961 fantasy science fiction film directed by Ishirō Honda. At 101 minutes long, it arrived in July 1961.

Frankie Sakai takes the lead as Senichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda, Hiroshi Koizumi as Dr. Shin'ichi Chûjô, Kyōko Kagawa as Michi Hanamura, and Jerry Itō as Clark Nelson. Written by Shinichi Sekizawa. The story is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under journalist, giant monster, kaiju, and tokusatsu. American members can watch it on FlixFling.

Mothra vs. Godzilla, Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, and Shin Godzilla make useful companions to Mothra, all filed under monster. It scores 7.2 out of 10 from 195 TMDB voters.