Mothra bedroht die Welt

Originaltitel: Mosura

1961
12
1 Std. 41 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,6/10

5606

IHRE BEWERTUNG

An expedition to Infant Island discovers a native population and tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity. Named Mothra, she sets out to rescue her fairies after they are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman.

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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuAn expedition to Infant Island uncovers a native tribe and twin tiny fairy priestesses of a mythical deity, who sets out to rescue the pair after they are kidnapped by a greedy businessman.An expedition to Infant Island uncovers a native tribe and twin tiny fairy priestesses of a mythical deity, who sets out to rescue the pair after they are kidnapped by a greedy businessman.An expedition to Infant Island uncovers a native tribe and twin tiny fairy priestesses of a mythical deity, who sets out to rescue the pair after they are kidnapped by a greedy businessman.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,6/10

5606

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 2 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
The film was based on a short fantasy novel called "The Luminous Fairies and Mothra" (Hakko Yosei to Mosura). Toho commissioned the story, wanting to appeal to a female audiences since Toho president/producer Iwao Mori found that women made up a large portion of the movie-going public and would often bring people along with them. Writers Takehiko Fukunaga, Shin'ichirô Nakamura, and Yoshie Hotta each wrote part of the original story which was then adapted by screenwriter Shin'ichi Sekizawa into the final film. The film was a hit at the box office and became one of Toho's most successful fantasy films, with Mothra becoming a popular character who would star alongside Godzilla as well has her own film series decades later.

Patzer
When Dr. Shinichi is showing the symbols he discovered in the cave to Senchan, you can see someone in black pants and shoes walking down the stairs behind Senchan's head.

Zitate
[the protagonists confront Nelson to return Mothra's fairies back to Infant Island]
Dr. Shinichi Chujo: I want you to stop this inhumanity and return them to their island.
Nelson's Henchman: Inhumanity? Ridiculous. Strictly speaking they're just scientific data.
Clark Nelson: Those fairies aren't human. They're merchandise.

Crazy Credits
In the credits for the U.S. version, including promo material released by Columbia Pictures, Eurasian model Jerry Ito (who plays the villianous Mr. Nelson) is billed as "Jelly Ito."

Alternative Versionen
The American Version also edited the birth of Mothra sequence, cutting out a good 40 seconds to make it more elaborate

Verbindungen
Edited into Befehl aus dem Dunkel (1965)

Soundtracks
Infanto no musume
Written by Kôji Kajita (as Susumu Ike)
Performed by Za Pînattsu

Benutzerrezensionen71

Rezension

Ausgewählte Rezension

8/10

Mosura (1961)

They'd done Godzilla. They'd brought us color monster madness with Rodan. Now Toho continue to improve their Kaiju films with Mothra. Once again Mothra is the result of nuclear radiation, but those themes are just around to explain her size. The main plot is Mothra's rescue attempt of two miniature women taken from her island. Strange? Certainly, but it's nice to see the monster with a clear agenda and some actual motivation. The models and effects are the best so far. Remote controlled vehicles, green screen, monster puppets, are all thrown in to give us some truly exhilarating city smash ups. Even when "people" are obviously dolls, it's OK. Films don't have to be a replacement for the imagination. I was never dragged out of the film's universe, and the scenes of the dam bursting had me appreciating film making more than any CGI filled computer game-a-like. The use of a fictionalized nation allows you to easily ignore any overbearing political agendas. It isn't as dark as the previous efforts. But when your monster is a big moth, you don't get as much horror. Luckily, it also manages to create a more atmospheric and artistic approach. Mothra's initial hatching is juxtaposed with a beautiful and rather trippy song. A tale of, once again, man's mistakes. Only this time, it's the exploitation of these mistakes that brings destruction.