Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) - A massive Mach 3 moth! The heavy missile tank Godzilla! The sky, sea, and land quake in the fierce battle of the century!

Mothra vs. Godzilla

A massive Mach 3 moth! The heavy missile tank Godzilla! The sky, sea, and land quake in the fierce battle of the century!
( Action / Drama / Sci-Fi )

US Runtime: 89 min

Country of Origin: Japan

Premiere Date:
Apr 29, 1964 [USA]

Director:	Ishirô Honda [Director]

Writer:	Shinichi Sekizawa [Screenplay]

Producers:	Sanezumi Fujimoto [Executive Producer] Tomoyuki Tanaka [Executive Producer]

Cinematography:	Hajime Koizumi [Director of Photography]

Edited by:	Ryôhei Fujii [Editor]

Music Composed by	Akira Ifukube [Original Music Composer]

Production Design:	Takeo Kita [Production Design]

Costume Design:	Eizo Kaimai [Costume Design] Keizô Murase [Costume Design] Teizô Toshimitsu [Costume Design] Kanju Yagi [Costume Design] Yasuei Yagi [Costume Design] Nobuyuki Yasumaru [Costume Design]

Production Company:	TOHO (JP)

Plot Summary:

When greedy tycoons refuse to return Mothra's egg to the people of Infant Island, they must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help when Godzilla arises near Nagoya.

Cast:

Akira Takarada Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai Yuriko Hoshi Junko Nakanishi Hiroshi Koizumi Professor Shunsuke Miura Yu Fujiki Jiro Nakamura Kenji Sahara Jiro Torahata Emi Ito Shobijin (Twin Fairy) Yûmi Ito Shobijin (Twin Fairy) Jun Tazaki Editor Maruta Yoshibumi Tajima Kumayama Kenzo Tabu Prefectural Assembly Member Yutaka Sada School Principal Akira Tani Amimoto, Shizunora Village Leader Susumu Fujita Head of JSDF Task Force Ikio Sawamura Shinto Priest Ren Yamamoto Sailor at the Dock Kôzô Nomura JSDF Member Yasuhisa Tsutsumi Police Officer at the Dock Yoshio Kosugi Infant Island Chief Shin Otomo Police Chief Senkichi Omura Shizunoura Fisherman		Miki Yashiro Ms. Kobayashi Wataru Omae Happy Enterprises Employee Koji Uno Shizunoura Fisherman Yutaka Nakayama Shizunoura Fisherman Toshihiko Furuta Soldier Hideo Shibuya Journalist Tadashi Okabe JSDF Member Seishiro Kuno JSDF Member Terumi Oka Hamakaze Hotel Waitress Shiro Tsuchiya Shizunoura Fisherman Takuzō Kumagai Shizunoura Fisherman Yukihiko Gondo Happy Enterprises Employee Koichi Sato Happy Enterprises Employee Haruya Sakamoto JSDF Member Ikuo Kawamura Transport Aircraft Pilot Rinsaku Ogata Transport Aircraft Operations Assistant Haruo Suzuki JSDF Correspondent Katsumi Tezuka Godzilla Haruo Nakajima Godzilla

Uncredited Cast:

Robert Dunham US Navy Soldier (uncredited)

Stunt Crew:

Haruo Nakajima Stunts

Sound Crew:

Sadamasa Nishimoto Sound Effects Hisashi Shimonaga Sound Recordist		Fumio Yanoguchi Sound Recordist

Special Visual Effects Crew:

Toshiro Aoki Special Effects Sadamasa Arikawa VFX Director of Photography Sadamasa Arikawa Special Effects Sadao Iizuka Visual Effects Camera Sadao Iizuka Visual Effects Takeharu Ikebuchi Special Effects Yasuyuki Inoue Special Effects Assistant Yasuyuki Inoue Visual Effects Art Director Yoshio Irie Special Effects Assistant Yoshio Irie Visual Effects Art Director Eizo Kaimai Modeling Tokimaro Karasawa Special Effects Tokimaro Karasawa Special Effects Assistant Tokimaro Karasawa Visual Effects Camera Koichi Kawakita Visual Effects Camera Koichi Kawakita Special Effects Koichi Kawakita Special Effects Assistant Kuichiro Kishida VFX Lighting Artist Tadashi Koike Visual Effects Production Manager Sadao Kudo Special Effects Yoichi Manoda Special Effects Yoichi Manoda Special Effects Assistant Yoichi Manoda Visual Effects Camera Yukio Manoda Visual Effects Camera Yukio Manoda Visual Effects Takeshi Miyanishi Visual Effects Camera Takeshi Miyanishi Special Effects Assistant Takeshi Miyanishi Special Effects Kenya Mukai Special Effects Kenya Mukai Special Effects Assistant Kenya Mukai Visual Effects Camera Hiroshi Mukoyama Visual Effects Compositor		Hiroshi Mukoyama Visual Effects Minoru Nakano Visual Effects Teruyoshi Nakano Special Effects Teruyoshi Nakano Visual Effects Teruyoshi Nakano Special Effects Assistant Teruyoshi Nakano Visual Effects Director Takashi Nakao Visual Effects Camera Fuchimu Shimakura Matte Painter Jiro Shirasaki Special Effects Assistant Jiro Shirasaki Visual Effects Art Director Yoshiyuki Tokumasa Visual Effects Camera Yoshiyuki Tokumasa Visual Effects Motoyoshi Tomioka VFX Director of Photography Motoyoshi Tomioka Special Effects Mitsuru Toriumi Special Effects Mitsuru Toriumi Visual Effects Camera Mitsuru Toriumi Special Effects Assistant Teizo Toshimitsu Modeling Eiji Tsuburaya Special Effects Eiji Tsuburaya Visual Effects Director Eiji Tsuburaya Visual Effects Takao Tsurumi Special Effects Takao Tsurumi Special Effects Assistant Takao Tsurumi Visual Effects Camera Akira Watanabe Visual Effects Art Director Kanju Yagi Modeling Yasuei Yagi Modeling Kyuzo Yamamoto Special Effects Takeshi Yamamoto Visual Effects Camera Takeshi Yamamoto Special Effects Assistant Takeshi Yamamoto Special Effects Nobuyuki Yasumaru Modeling

Art Department:

Toshiro Aoki Set Dresser Takeharu Ikebuchi Set Dresser Takeo Kita Art Direction Sadao Kudo Set Dresser		Keizô Murase Sculptor Fuchimu Shimakura Background Designer Teizô Toshimitsu Sculptor

Directing Crew:

Koji Kajita First Assistant Director

Camera and Electrical Department:

Kuichiro Kishida Lighting Technician Seishichi Kojima Lighting Technician		Takashi Nakao Still Photographer

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