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Mothra vs. Godzilla
(1964)
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Akira Takarada | ... | |
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Yuriko Hoshi | ... |
News Photographer Junko 'Yoka' Nakanishi
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Hiroshi Koizumi | ... |
Professor Miura
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Yû Fujiki | ... |
Reporter Jiro Nakamura (with egg and frying pan)
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Emi Itô | ... | |
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Yûmi Itô | ... | |
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Yoshifumi Tajima | ... |
Kumayama
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Kenji Sahara | ... |
Banzo Torahata
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Jun Tazaki | ... |
Editor Arota
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Kenzô Tabu | ... |
Mayor
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Yutaka Sada | ... |
Old Man
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Akira Tani | ... |
Village Headman
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Susumu Fujita | ... |
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Ikio Sawamura | ... |
Priest
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Ren Yamamoto | ... |
Sailor
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A greedy developer has placed huge machines to suck dry a part of the ocean near Tokyo so he can put luxury condos there. After a storm, a giant egg washes up on the beach nearby and is immediately put on public display. The developer's plans go awry when he disrupts Godzilla's rest and the monster goes stomping through Tokyo again. It's up to the elderly Mothra, and then to its two offspring, to save Tokyo from destruction. Written by Molly Malloy <mailcall@bluemarble.net>
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Country:
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JapaneseRelease Date:
17 September 1964 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Godzilla vs. the Thing See more »Company Credits
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News Photographer Junko 'Yoka' Nakanishi: Please listen, we all understand. But do not blame every one of us of what has happened. The monster is killing everyone. The good are being killed, as well as the evil. Are you going to let innocent men died along side guilty men. You have no right to decide that, that right is sacred. My friends and I appeal to you with the utmost humility. Our people...
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("Gojira")
For 1980 rerelease (Toho Champion Festival)
Composed by Harry Kimura and Keiju Ishikawa
Written by Michio Yamashita
Arranged by Harry Kimura
Performed by TALIZMAN
Licensed by Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc.
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The famous scene where Godzilla destroys the castle in Nagoya actually had to be filmed several times, and the castle had to be built twice. To make the castle fall correctly, two men are sitting behind pushing it with long sticks. The first time the scene was shot, the two men pushed too soon, and the castle collapsed before Godzilla even touched it. The miniature castle then had to be rebuilt. The second time the opposite problem happened, and the two men missed their cue (you can see when Godzilla slams into the castle that it doesn't move). A second take had to be done with Godzilla clawing away at it as the two men push it over from behind. The moment where Godzilla's foot slides on the ledge (causing him to fall into the castle) has been thought by many to be an accident. According to Haruo Nakajima (the actor inside Godzilla) the fall was actually scripted that way and done on purpose. See more »Goofs
The corporates couldn't possibly have built that huge facility to house the Mothra egg in under one night, yet this is what the movie suggests. See more »Quotes
[the natives of Infant Island refuse to assist Japan after Godzilla attacks because their island had been ravaged by man's atomic bomb testings]News Photographer Junko 'Yoka' Nakanishi: Please listen, we all understand. But do not blame every one of us of what has happened. The monster is killing everyone. The good are being killed, as well as the evil. Are you going to let innocent men died along side guilty men. You have no right to decide that, that right is sacred. My friends and I appeal to you with the utmost humility. Our people...
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Soundtracks
"Godzilla"("Gojira")
For 1980 rerelease (Toho Champion Festival)
Composed by Harry Kimura and Keiju Ishikawa
Written by Michio Yamashita
Arranged by Harry Kimura
Performed by TALIZMAN
Licensed by Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc.
See more »
Toho continue on an entertaining Kaiju streak. Here the battle is between Mothra and Godzilla. Though entertaining, it does pretty much rehash the plots of both of these monsters independent outings. Godzilla always knows when another monster is out and about and here he comes to trash some stuff up. In a desperate attempt at salvation, Japan turn to Mothra for some help. Only problem is a greedy businessman has come into possession of Mothra's egg and refuses to let it go. There are some thematic elements around the battle of the sexes here. With Godzilla representing the destructive and vengeful force of man, and Mothra the maternal do-gooder. However, unlike previous films the themes are swept under the rug for more monster brawling. There's less humor than the previous outing, and even more violence. I doubt it's any coincidence that the most violent scenes come from humans attacking humans, rather than Godzilla's rampage.