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Mothra (1961)

Mothra is a 1961 Kaiju film from Toho Studios, directed by genre regular Ishirō Honda with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. It is the kaiju eiga debut of screenwriter Shinichi Sekizawa, whose approach to the genre grew to prominence during the 1960s. The film stars Frankie Sakai, a popular comedian in Japan at the time, and Hiroshi Koizumi, in the first of many academic roles he would adopt in tokusatsu. Jerry Ito (transliterated as "Jelly Ito" in the credits of the U.S. release) stars in the film, his only contribution to Toho's kaiju eiga genre. Ito also appeared in 1958's Japanese/US co-production The Manster (a.k.a. "The Split"), and in Toho's 1961 end-of-the-world science fiction feature Sekai Daisensou ("The Last War").

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Director: Ishirō Honda
Distributor: Toho (Japan)
Columbia Pictures (US)
Release date: July 30, 1961
Running time: 100 min.

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