Godzilla contra Mothra

Título original: Mosura tai Gojira

1964
Not Rated
1h 29min

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Mothra's egg washes ashore and is claimed by greedy entrepreneurs who refuse to return it to her fairies. As Godzilla arises near Nagoya, the people of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's own pleas for help.

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Un huevo gigantesco es arrastrado a la tierra por un tifón en Nagoya. Empresarios codiciosos sue adueñan del huevo y niegan devolverlo a Mothra. De pronto aparece Godzilla, arrastrado por el... Leer todoUn huevo gigantesco es arrastrado a la tierra por un tifón en Nagoya. Empresarios codiciosos sue adueñan del huevo y niegan devolverlo a Mothra. De pronto aparece Godzilla, arrastrado por el mismo tifón.Un huevo gigantesco es arrastrado a la tierra por un tifón en Nagoya. Empresarios codiciosos sue adueñan del huevo y niegan devolverlo a Mothra. De pronto aparece Godzilla, arrastrado por el mismo tifón.

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Trivia
When the protagonists arrive on Infant Island, the skeleton of a turtle is seen in the background where it appears move slightly. This is often misunderstood to be an error but it's actually an intentional choice, inspired by the Italian documentary Perro mundo (1962), which showcased the decomposed remains of a turtle that swayed in the wind. Many fans however took it further, pointing out that it appeared to blink suggesting it was indeed a living, albeit disfigured, creature. The creature eventually was nicknamed "Skeleturtle" and developed a cult following. It would make a cameo in a Godzilla comic and Toho themselves would sell merchandise of the creature, cementing its status as an actual kaiju with it's official name being translated to "Mystery Bones of Infant Island".

Errores
When the Mothra larva grabs onto Godzilla's tail and Godzilla flings it around, the skin of the Mothra larva cracks. This is because it is being damaged by Godzilla.

Citas
[the natives of Infant Island must decide if they are willing to answer Japan's pleas for help]
Professor Miura: It's a selfish request, but can you help us?
Shobijin (Twin Fairy), Shobijin (Twin Fairy): We must refuse. We have no faith in your world.
Professor Miura: Including us?
Shobijin (Twin Fairy), Shobijin (Twin Fairy): We're very sorry.
Ichiro Sakai: What do we do now?
Professor Miura: It's clear we're not welcome here.
Junko Nakanishi: Please listen to me. I understand why you don't trust us, but even as we speak, many are dying because of Godzilla. Many of them are good people, but even bad people have a right to live. You may call it divine retribution, but all people are equal before God. God plays no favorites. Please, we need your help.
Ichiro Sakai: We too want a world where we can trust one another. But the more people there are, the more difficult it becomes. Nevertheless, we'll never give up. We're working hard to make the world a better place. Please, don't be quick to judge us.

Versiones alternativas
The "Frontier Missile" sequence is the only example of kaiju footage contained in foreign release prints but not in the original cut. This footage slightly alters the arrangement of events of the American and European versions. This footage was filmed at AIP's request and originally excluded from the Japanese cut to keep out the very patriotic American iconage of the scene. It is now featured as bonus material on the Japanese laserdisc.

Conexiones
Edited from Misterios del espacio (1957)

Bandas sonoras
Sacred Springs
Composed by Akira Ifukube
Performed by Emi and Yumi Ito

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Greatest Godzilla film

"Godzilla vs. Mothra" (1964) has been known for a very long time as probably the best Godzilla film, in many circles even over the first one, and rightfully so. All the elements were probably at their best for this film - the script was entertaining from start to finish; the characters were likable and interesting; the music was at its most powerful and memorable; the filmography was its most striking; and the monster action incredible. This was also the movie with, hands down, the greatest Godzilla costume ever created.

Known as "Godzilla vs. The Thing" before being changed to the present title somewhere along the line, I cannot stress enough what a great film this is. Godzilla makes an awesome first appearance, and from there the movie actually features a lot of very realistic rear-screen photography of Godzilla roaming around real Japan landscapes and streets. There are some truly amazing shots of Godzilla coming from behind real buildings and mountains, as the usual crowds run for their lives. For some reason, Godzilla films in the original series very rarely used this process after this film, and in the rare case they did, it didn't look nearly as good as it does here.

I am very fortunately to actually own this film on the Simitar Godzilla DVD box set release from 1999, which features this movie in perfect quality and in widescreen. This box set is of the highest quality, totally blowing away the insulting Sony Godzilla DVD box set with some of the same movies, including "Godzilla vs. Mothra," only in very poor quality. If you have the hundreds of dollars to spend, finding a used Simitar DVD set is the way to go.

Of course, another plus is that this is the only Godzilla movie ever to have monster scenes filmed for the American release that were not included in the Japanese release. Of course, seeing this on widescreen rules!

This is also a landmark film because this is the last film of the original series where Godzilla is completely on the bad side. Absolutely not to be missed by any serious monster or sci-fi/fantasy fan.