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Mothra vs. Godzilla(1964)
Status: Released
Date: 1964-04-29
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307 Votes
Time: 1h 29m
A massive Mach 3 moth! The heavy missile tank Godzilla! The sky, sea, and land quake in the fierce battle of the century!
Overview:
Journalists Ichiro Sakai and Junko cover the wreckage of a typhoon when an enormous egg is found and claimed by greedy entrepreneurs. Mothra's fairies arrive and are aided by the journalists in a plea for its return. As their requests are denied, Godzilla arises near Nagoya and the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
Revenue: $10,000,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Mothra vs. Godzilla
Top 10 Billed Cast
宝田明
Ichiro "Ichi" Sakai
星由里子
Junko Nakanishi
小泉博
Professor Shunsuke Miura
藤木悠
Jiro Nakamura
佐原健二
Jiro Torahata
伊藤エミ
Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
伊藤ユミ
Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
田崎潤
Editor Maruta
田島 義文
Kumayama
田武謙三
Prefectural Assembly Member
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