Godzilla vs. Mothra

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Godzilla vs. Mothra ★★ Godzilla vs. the Thing; Godzilla vs. the Giant Moth; Godzilla Fights the Giant Moth; Mothra vs. Godzilla; Mosura tai Gojira 1964

Mighty Mothra is called in to save the populace from Godzilla, who is on a rampage; and he's aided by two ju nior Mothras who hatch in the nick of time. The hesitant moth avoids the fire-breath ing behemoth until succumbing to the pleadings of the Peanut Sisters to save humanity. Hilarious special effects inspire more laughter from derision than anything else. 88m/C VHS, DVD . JP Akira Takarada, Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi, Emi Ito, Yumi Ito, Yoshifumi Tajima, Kenji Sahara, Yu Fujiki; D: Inoshiro Honda; W: Shinichi Sekizawa; C: Hajime Koizumi; M: Akira Ifukube.