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A Balasaur Score of 71 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 80%. Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 71% of the 196 1960s adventure movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
191 audience votes
Key crew
- Ishirō HondaDirector
- Shinichi SekizawaScreenplay
- Yūji KosekiOriginal Music Composer
- Koji KajitaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Frankie SakaiSenichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda
- Hiroshi KoizumiDr. Shin'ichi Chûjô
- Kyōko KagawaMichi Hanamura
- Jerry ItōClark Nelson
- Ken UeharaDr. Harada
- Emi ItoShobijin (Twin Fairy)
- Yumi ItoShobijin (Twin Fairy)
- Takashi ShimuraNews Editor
- Akihiro TayamaShinji Chûjô
- Akihiko HirataDoctor
- Tetsu NakamuraNelson's Henchman
- Obel WyattDr. Roff
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The Best Movies of 1961
Mothra is #39 of 48
