1964 · kaiju · sci-fi
Mothra vs. Godzilla
Directed by Ishirō Honda1h 29m1964
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.
Our read: Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive kaiju · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured kaiju / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- brisk
- intense
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