Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) - Credits and Details

Mothra vs. Godzilla Credits and Details

Directed by
	Ishirô Honda
Written by
	Shin'ichi Sekizawa	...	written by
Cast
	Akira Takarada	...	Ichiro Sakai
	Yuriko Hoshi	...	Junko Nakanishi
	Hiroshi Koizumi	...	Professor Miura
	Yû Fujiki	...	Jiro Nakamura
	Kenji Sahara	...	Jiro Torahata
	Emi Itô	...	Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
	Yumi Itô	...	Shobijin (Twin Fairy)
	Yoshifumi Tajima	...	Kumayama
	Jun Tazaki	...	Murata, Newspaper Editor
	Kenzô Tabu	...	Mayor
	Yoshio Kosugi	...	Chief of Infant Island
	Akira Tani	...	Village Headman
	Susumu Fujita	...	JSDF General
	Yutaka Sada	...	School Principal
	Ikio Sawamura	...	Priest
	Ren Yamamoto	...	Sailor
	Kôzô Nomura	...	Soldier
	Yasuhisa Tsutsumi	...	Police Officer
	Mitsuo Tsuda	...	Self Defense Force Officer
	Shin Ôtomo	...	Police Officer
	Senkichi Ômura	...	Villager
	Miki Yashiro	...	Schoolteacher
	Kôji Iwamoto
	Terumi Oka
	Wataru Ômae	...	Islander
	Shirô Tsuchiya	...	Fisherman
	Takuzô Kumagai
	Kôji Uno	...	Villager
	Yutaka Nakayama	...	Islander
	Toshihiko Furuta	...	Soldier
	Hideo Shibuya	...	Journalist
	Kôji Uruki
	Kenzô Echigo
	Yukihiko Gondô
	Kôichi Satô	...	Happy Kogyosha Employee
	Hiroshi Akitsu	...	Fisherman
	Tadashi Okabe	...	Soldier
	Haruya Sakamoto	...	Defense Force Member
	Seishirô Kuno	...	Aide
	Hiroshi Takagi
	Keisuke Yamada
	Shinjirô Hirota
	Shigemi Sunagawa
	Ikuo Kawamura
	Rinsaku Ogata
	Haruo Suzuki
	Katsumi Tezuka	...	Mothra
	Haruo Nakajima	...	Gojira
	Bin Furuya	...	Police Officer
	Hans Horneff	...	Press Official
	Ralph Jesser	...	U.S. Army Officer (as Rolf Jacer)
	Yoshio Katsube	...	Fisherman of Shizunoura / Front Desk Clerk of Hamakazi Hotel / Firefighter at pier
	Keiichirô Katsumoto	...	Infanto islander / Passer-by in Nagoya
	Shigeo Katô	...	Native islander
	Eisaburo Komatsu	...	Self Defense Force Member
	Akio Kusama	...	Defense Force Executive, aborigine
	Keiji Sakakida	...	Native Islander / Nagoya Passer-by
	Junnosuke Suda	...	Military Official
	Masaaki Tachibana	...	Kuratahama Polder Man / Self-Defense Forces Member / Hotel Guest Evacuee
	Kamayuki Tsubono	...	Aboriginal / Fleeing hotel guest
	Sôji Ubukata	...	Morning Newspaper Employee
Uncredited Cast
	Harold Conway	...	Weapon's Expert on US Ship
	Robert Dunham	...	US Navy Soldier
	Kazuo Hinata	...	Prefectural Assembly Secretary / Morning Newspaper Reporter
	Osman Yusuf	...	Missile Surveyor on US Ship
Produced by
	Sanezumi Fujimoto	...	executive producer
	Tomoyuki Tanaka	...	producer
Original Music by
	Akira Ifukube
Special Effects by
	Kaimai Eizo	...	special effects
	Hiroshi Mukoyama	...	special effects opticals
	Keizô Murase	...	special effects
	Teruyoshi Nakano	...	assistant director of special effects
	Teizô Toshimitsu	...	special effects suit designer
	Eiji Tsuburaya	...	director of special effects
	Akira Watanabe	...	art director of special effects
Visual Effects by
	Sadamasa Arikawa	...	director of special effects photography
	Sadao Iizuka	...	visual effects
	Kyuichirô Kishida	...	special effects lighting
	Yukio Manoda	...	optical photographer
	Minoru Nakano	...	optical effects animation
	Yoshiyuki Tokumasa	...	optical photography
	Sokei Tomioka	...	special effects cameraman
Stunts
	Haruo Nakajima	...	stunt choreographer

Additional Info
Premiere:	April 29, 1964
Theatrical Release:	September 17, 1964
DVD Release:	May 06, 1998
Blu-ray Release:	October 29, 2019
Country:
Distributor:	The Criterion Collection
Websites:

Ratings
6.7 / 10	6.5 / 10

Alternate Titles
Godzilla Against Mothra
Godzilla Fights The Giant Moth
Godzilla vs. The Thing
Mosura Tai Gojira
Panik In Tokyo

Production Companies
Toho

Distributors
American International Pictures (AIP) (1964) (United States) (dubbed) (theatrical)
American-International Television (AIP-TV) (1967) (United States) (syndication) (TV)
Paramount Home Entertainment (1983) (United States) (VHS)
Simitar Entertainment (1998) (United States) (widescreen) (DVD)
Simitar Entertainment (1999) (United States) (widescreen) (DVD)
Sony Music (2002) (United States) (DVD)
Classic Media (2007) (United States) (DVD)
Genius Products (2007) (United States) (DVD)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (United States) (DVD)
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (2007) (United States) (DVD)
Anderson Digital (2013) (United States) (Digital) (video)
The Criterion Collection (2019) (United States) (Blu-ray)
HBO Max (2020) (United States) (VOD) (video)
MonsterVision (United States) (TV)
The Criterion Channel (2022) (United States) (streaming) (TV)

Filming Locations
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan

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