MOTHRA - BLU-STEELBOOK

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• Release Year: 1961
• Genre: Fantasy, Science-Fiction, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: A sci-fi classic - the wildly colorful kaiju eiga (monster movie), MOTHRA! Following reports of human life on infant island, the supposedly deserted site of atomic bomb tests, and international expedition to the heavily-radiated island discovers a native tribe and tiny twin female fairies called “Shobijin” who guard a sacred egg. The overzealous expedition leader kidnaps the Shobijin to exhibit in a Tokyo stage show but soon they summon their protector, hatching the egg and releasing a giant caterpillar. When Mother arrives in Japan and finally transforms into the ultimate beast, impervious to modern weapons, the nation and its people face their destruction.
• Cast: Furankî Sakai, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kyôko Kagawa, Yumi Itô, Emi Itô, Jerry Itô, Ken Uehara, Akihiko Hirata, Kenji Sahara, Seizaburô Kawazu, Takashi Shimura, Yoshio Kosugi, Yoshifumi Tajima, Ren Yamamoto, Haruya Katô, Kô Mishima, Tetsu Nakamura, Shôichi Hirose, Hiroshi Takagi, Yasuhisa Tsutsumi, Teruko Mita, Kôji Iwamoto, Mitsuo Tsuda, Masamitsu Tayama, Toshio Miura, Tadashi Okabe, Akira Wakamatsu, Yutaka Nakayama, Osman Yusuf, Obel Wyatt, Harold Conway, Robert Dunham, Akira Yamada, Kôji Uno, Wataru Ômae, Toshihiko Furuta, Keisuke Matsuyama, Kôji Kamimura, Katsumi Tezuka, Takeo Nagashima, Mitsuo Matsumoto, Hideo Shibuya, Kazuo Hinata, Shigeo Katô, Rinsaku Ogata, Yutaka Oka, Kô Hayami, Hiroyuki Satake, Kazuo Imai, Yoshio Katsube, Hiroshi Akitsu, Akio Kusama, Haruo Nakajima, Ryôji Shimizu, Yôichirô Kitagawa, Junnosuke Suda, Yû Sekita, Akira Kitchôji, Toshiko Nakano, Tsurue Ichimanji, Gorô Sakurai, Animatronic Puppet, Ishirô Honda, Shin'ichi Sekizawa, Shin'ichirô Nakamura, Takehiko Fukunaga, Yoshie Hotta, Peter Fernandez, Robert Myerson
• Director: Ishirô Honda
• Runtime: 1:41
• Company: Columbia Pictures, Toho Production
• Media Format: Movie