Directed by Ishirô Honda   Written by Shin'ichi Sekizawa   Shin'ichirô Nakamura   Takehiko Fukunaga   Yoshie Hotta   Peter Fernandez   Robert Myerson   Cast Furankî Sakai ... Senichiro 'Sen-chan' Fukuda (AKA Bulldog) Hiroshi Koizumi ... Dr. Shin'ichi Chûjô Kyôko Kagawa ... Photographer Michi Hanamura Yumi Itô ... Shobijin (Twin Fairy) (as Yumi Ito) Emi Itô ... Shobijin (Twin Fairy) (as Emi Ito) Jerry Itô ... Kurâruku Neruson (as Jerî Itô) Ken Uehara ... Dr. Harada Akihiko Hirata ... Doctor Kenji Sahara ... Helicopter Pilot Seizaburô Kawazu ... General Takashi Shimura ... News Editor Yoshio Kosugi ... Ship Captain Yoshifumi Tajima ... Military Advisor (as Yoshibumi Tajima) Ren Yamamoto ... Ship Survivor (as Yasushi Yamamoto) Haruya Katô ... Ship Survivor (as Haruya Kato) Kô Mishima ... Ship Survivor (scenes deleted) Tetsu Nakamura ... Nelson's Henchman Shôichi Hirose ... Dam Worker (as Shoichi Hirose) Hiroshi Takagi ... Nelson's Henchman Yasuhisa Tsutsumi ... Woodcutter Teruko Mita ... Rest House Owner's Wife Kôji Iwamoto ... Nelson's Henchman (as Hiroshi Iwamoto) Mitsuo Tsuda ... Surveyor Masamitsu Tayama ... Shinji Chûjô (as Masamitsu Tayma) Toshio Miura ... Nelson's Henchman Tadashi Okabe ... Surveyor Akira Wakamatsu ... Nelson's Henchman Yutaka Nakayama ... Radio Communicator (as Yutara Nakayama) Osman Yusuf ... Nelson's Rolisican Henchman (as Jonî Yusefu) Obel Wyatt ... Dr. Roff (as Ôberu Waiatto) Harold Conway ... Rolisican Ambassador (as Harorudo Esu Kon'uei) Robert Dunham ... Police chief of New Kirk City (as Robâto Danhamu) Akira Yamada ... Island Worshipper Kôji Uno ... Police Officer (as Koji Uno) Wataru Ômae ... Official (as Wataru Ohmae) Toshihiko Furuta ... Dam Worker Keisuke Matsuyama ... Shipmate Kôji Kamimura ... Small Role Katsumi Tezuka ... Neck of Mosura Larva Takeo Nagashima ... Island Dancer Mitsuo Matsumoto ... Police Officer Hideo Shibuya ... Journalist (as Shinpei Mitsui) Kazuo Hinata ... Official (as Kazuo Higata) Shigeo Katô ... Dam Watchman (as Shigeo Kato) Rinsaku Ogata ... Ship Survivor Yutaka Oka ... Captain of Transport (as Yutaka Okada) Kô Hayami ... Island Dancer (as Arai Hayamizu) Hiroyuki Satake ... Police Officer Kazuo Imai ... Announcer Yoshio Katsube ... Investigation Party Member (as Yoshio Hattori) Hiroshi Akitsu ... Nelson's Henchman Akio Kusama ... Surveyor Haruo Nakajima ... Head of Mosura Larva Ryôji Shimizu ... Investigation Party Member Yôichirô Kitagawa ... (as Ryûichi Hosokawa) Junpei Natsuki   Junnosuke Suda ... (scenes deleted) Toku Ihara   Yû Sekita ... (as Hiroshi Sekita) Akira Kitchôji ... (scenes deleted) Masaaki Tachibana   Toshiko Nakano ... (scenes deleted) Tsurue Ichimanji ... (scenes deleted) Tatsuo Sakai   Nanako Yamada   Nichigeki Danshingu Chîmu   Gorô Sakurai ... Member of Task Force (as Koro Sakurai) Uncredited Cast Animatronic Puppet ... Mothra Produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka   Original Music by Yûji Koseki

Additional Info Premiere: July 30, 1961 Theatrical Release: May 10, 1962 DVD Release: August 18, 2009 Country: Distributor: Sony Home Entertainment Websites: Alternate Titles Mosura Production Companies Toho Distributors Columbia Pictures   (1962) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed) Sony Pictures Releasing   (1993) (USA) (all media) (dubbed) Columbia TriStar Home Video   (1993) (USA) (VHS) (dubbed) GoodTimes Home Video   (2000) (USA) (video) RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video   (2001) (USA) (video) Sony Pictures Television   (2002) (USA) (TV) (syndication) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment   (2009) (USA) (DVD) Mill Creek Entertainment   (2014) (USA) (DVD) Mill Creek Entertainment   (2019) (USA) (Blu-ray) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.6 / 10 Our Rating 5.4 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.4 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #5,735 / 21,103 Ratings Breakdown Almost Perfect 1 total rating Average 1 total rating Site Ranking #5,731 Ordinary Love (2019) #5,732 My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission (2021) #5,733 Decoys (2004) #5,734 The Dukes Of Hazzard: The Beginning (2007) #5,735 Mothra (1961) #5,736 D.C. Cab (1983) #5,737 Isle Of The Dead (1945) #5,738 Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964) #5,739 The Walking Dead: Torn Apart (2011)