Mothra vs. Godzilla

About Mothra vs. Godzilla

Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return.

Ishirō Honda's Mothra vs. Godzilla is a 1964 science fiction film. Its themes are dinosaur, giant monster, kaiju, and tokusatsu.

Akira Takarada appears as Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai, Yuriko Hoshi as Junko Nakanishi, Hiroshi Koizumi as Professor Shunsuke Miura, and Yū Fujiki as Jiro Nakamura. It runs 89 minutes and was released in April 1964.

The screenplay is by Shinichi Sekizawa. In the United States it streams on Cinemax Amazon Channel, Cinemax Apple TV channel, and Criterion Channel.

Godzilla Raids Again, Destroy All Monsters, and Invasion of Astro-Monster make useful companions to Mothra vs. Godzilla, all filed under godzilla. TMDB voters put it at 7.0 out of 10 across 359 votes and it carries a NR rating.