Mothra (1961)
モスラ
"Mightiest monster in all creation! Ravaging a universe for love!"
ThumbScore
👍 84%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 80%
(RT: 80%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Frankie Sakai as Senichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda
Hiroshi Koizumi as Dr. Shin'ichi Chûjô
Jerry Itō as Clark Nelson
Ken Uehara as Dr. Harada
Emi Ito as Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
Yumi Ito as Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
Is Mothra good?
Most people think so. 84% audience score, estimated from 195 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 80%.
Overview
Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman named Clark Nelson, Mothra sets out to rescue them. Wikipedia ↗
