Rebirth of Mothra II (1997) Mosura 2 - Kaitei no daikessen (original title)

Director:

Kunio Miyoshi

Writers:

Masumi Suetani
Tomoyuki Tanaka (creator: original concept)

Release Date:

13 December 1997 (Japan)

Genre:

Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Mothra's twin nymphs and children from the city find a lost city, as well as a giant monster that is attracted to environmental calamities.

Plot Keywords:

Monster | Mothra | Giant Monster | Kaiju | Giant Moth

Cast

Megumi Kobayashi	...	Moll
Sayaka Yamaguchi	...	Lora
Aki Hano	...	Belvera
Hikari Mitsushima	...	Shiori Uchiura
Masaki Otake	...	Kyohei Toguchi
Shimada Maganao	...	Yoji Miyagi
Atsushi Okuno	...	Thin Fisherman
Hajime Okayama	...	Fat Fisherman
Maho Nonami	...	Yuna
Mizuho Yoshida	...	Dagahra
Masahiro Noguchi
Kazushi Nemoto
Kentaro Sakai
Misako Konno
Masahiro Sato
Fumie Hosokawa

Directed by
Kunio Miyoshi

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Masumi Suetani
Tomoyuki Tanaka		creator: original concept

Produced by
Hiroaki Kitayama	....	producer
Shogo Tomiyama	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Toshiyuki Watanabe

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Masaaki Tezuka	....	chief assistant director

Art Department
Yumiko Arakawa	....	carpenter

Special Effects by
Koichi Kawakita	....	special effects
Shin'ichi Wakasa	....	suit maker
Tetsuzô Ôsawa	....	special effects production designer

Visual Effects by
Tetuzo Osawa	....	visual effects designer

Animation Department
Hideo Okamoto	....	character designer

Music Department
Kyôko Kitahara	....	music supervisor

Production Companies

• Toho Pictures Inc.

Distributors

• Toho Company (Japan)
• TriStar Pictures (USA) (video) (dubbed)

Special Effects

• Marbling FineArts (visual effects)

Also Known As:

"Mosura 2 - Kaitei no daikessen" - Japan (original title)
"Mothra 2" - Japan (English title)

Runtime:

USA:97 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Indonesia

Company:

Toho Pictures Inc.

Trivia:

The last kaiju film Tomoyuki Tanaka would work on. This film was released a few months after his death. Tanaka created Godzilla and produced every Toho Co. Ltd. tokusatsu (special effects) movie between Gojira (1954) and this.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

watch it ONLY for the monsters, nothing else

This film was almost entirely uninteresting and boring. Throughout the time I was watching it, I considered at least five times changing the channel because I was getting so bored. But I wanted to see the movie for the monsters.

There are several reasons why I dislike this film. And the first and most main reason is the main characters. They're children! Annoying little children! Like in the Showa Gamera films. They really get on my nerves throughout the film, for the movie concentrates mostly on them and not the monsters.

But when there are monster sequences, this film will keep its viewers watching. Like your average Heisei monster film, the battles are pretty good with lots of 'beam-war' action. Maybe this is just a flaw in the English dubbing, but the antagonist, Dagahrah, I pronounced something like "Dagarlah." So, watch this movie only for the monster sequences. But if you didn't like the Heisei Godzilla fights, don't watch this movie at all.