Mothra

(1961)

★ 7.2 IMDb · 191 votes

Genres: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy

Year: 1961

Runtime: 101 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Исиро Хонда

Cast: フランキー堺, 小泉博, 香川京子, ジェリー伊藤, Кэн Уэхара, 伊藤エミ, 伊藤ユミ, Такаси Симура, Akihiro Tayama, 平田昭彦

Plot

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.

Shipwreck survivors are found on Infant Island, which was presumed uninhabited due to Rolisican atomic tests. Investigating the case is reporter Zenichiro "Snapping Turtle" Fukuda and his photographer Michi. The castaways attribute their survival to a special juice created by the natives of the island which leads to a joint expedition of Rolisican and Japanese scientists. Fukuda stows away on the expedition, which is headed by linguist Shinichi Chujo and Clark Nelson, an exploitative Rolisican businessman. The group encounters two tiny twin girls that Fukuda dubs the Shobijin, who worship the island's mythical deity named Mothra. After Nelson kidnaps the tiny fairies and beings to exploit them for profit, Mothra sets out on a journey to rescue them.