Mothra Movie Review 1962

Classic Japanese monster shenanigans about an enraged giant caterpillar that invades Tokyo while searching for the Alilenas, a set of very tiny, twin princesses who've been kidnapped by an evil nightclub owner in the pursuit of big profits. After tiring of crushing buildings and wreaking incidental havoc, the enormous crawly thing zips up into a cocoon and emerges as Mothra, a moth distinguished by both its size and bad attitude. Mothra and the wee babes make appearances in later Godzilla epics.

Distribution

Goodtimes Entertainment, 16 E. 40th St., New York, NY 10016-0113, Phone: (212)951-3000, Email: information@goodtimes.com, URL: http://www.goodtimes.com

Available on VHS
Running time 101 minutes.
Originally from Japanese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sci Fi, Killer Bugs and Slugs, Godzilla and Friends, Killer Reptiles, Tokyo

Screenplay

Shinichi Sekizawa

Cast

Frankie Sakai, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kyoko Kagawa, Yumi Ito, Emi Ito, Lee Kresel, Ken Uehara, Akihiko Hirata, Kenji Sahara, Takashi Shimura

Cinematography

Hajime Koizumi

Director

Inoshiro Honda

Music

Yuji Koseki

Producer

Tomoyuki Tanaka