Godzilla Vs. Mothra

1964’s Godzilla vs Mothra was the big guy’s fourth movie. This was when he was still a bad guy and a threat to Japan. Mothra would go on to have its own movie and be in several more Godzilla films. The film has some iconic scenes. That includes the giant Mothra egg, the birth of the two larva Morthra, and the twins that can communicate with the insect via song. It also deals with human avarice as a businessman tries to exploit the discovery of the Mothra egg for his own gain. The nuclear issues was there as well as Mothra was the result of atomic tests which was how Godzilla was created. The real draw however is seeing Godzilla smash tons of minatures. Unfortunately the fight with Mothra is up and down. The sequences where they used a giant Mothra model and the babies are good but then they used some miniatures for a few shots that didn’t go over as well. Still this is one of the better releases in the franchise’s history.

Extremely disappointed. First, this is not the Japanese version but the American version titled "Godzilla vs. The Thing". I can accept that but cannot accept that in 2019 I received a pan and scan version. Should be full scope. Pan and scan went out with VHS.

As far as the classic era "kaiju" (strange creature) films from Toho Studios go, this is one of the better films. It is both a sequel to "Mothra" and the fourth "Godzilla" sequel to "Gojira." The film stars Akira Takarada, Yuriko Hoshi, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kenji Sahara, and Emi and Yumi Itō (The Peanuts), with Haruo Nakajima as Godzilla. In the film, Godzilla returns after being beaten by King Kong and is on a rampage through Tokyo. In desperation, the citizens of Japan as plead with Mothra's twin fairies, known as the Shobijin (played by the twin sisters, Emi and Yumi Itō) to call for the aging Mothra to help stop Godzilla. This was intended to be a family-friendly film, hence the presence of "The Peanuts," a popular singing duo with Japanese families. This was the second of three "kaiju" movies for the sisters. The monster vs. monsters action is good. This would be the final film in the franchise's Shōwa period to depict Godzilla as a villain.

Again this is a copy and paste of GKOTM except for ratings. Bought it digitally and the picture and sound are of the same quality as the disc of this version of the film. The 5 stars are for the film only based on just the movie. I’d give it a 4 star rating overall as I know there is a great print out there from classic media with much better picture and sound. But I’ll go further I give this one half of a star all around for this reason I bought it digitally but can only view it on Amazon. It doesn’t cross over to your other librarys like Vudu or ITunes. I understand that they make things exclusive to certain platforms to attract customers but once you buy it regardless of where you bought it, itshould be able to cross over to your other accounts.

First, Classic Media has done a bang-up job with this release, giving us both the AIP-Saperstein English language release and the Toho Japanese language release as well. The quality of both prints is wonderful, but the AIP one is in 1.85-- I don't honestly recall if it was distributed that way or not here in the USA-- and the Toho one is in the proper 2.35 and there were a few slight differences as would be expected from the differing ratios. I won't go into the story-- we all know it by now. This was always a very well loved release from the Gojira/Godzilla canon of Toho and the last before the shift to the Big G becoming a sort of super-hero for a while. I've always loved this classic and the extras on the DVD are lovely also. Highly recommended for we Kaiju Eiga lovers!!!! :)

Great movie but it is an older print so the quality is borderline atrocious. Buy the toho master collection if you want a quality print. If you're like me and just buy any and all godzilla merch you can whenever you can it makes a good addition to your collection. Just not if you're buying it to watch the movie.

Mothra vs Godzilla has got to be my most favorite of All godzilla movie ever made! To this day I have not seen a godzilla movie that rivals this in terms of story, action, and enjoyment. I remember watching this as a little kid on TNT's monster vision. Back then it was called godzilla vs. the thing and it wasn't until I was older that I figured out why. It was the first movie that made me fall in love with the godzilla movies and of course my most favorite Kaiju of all Mothra. I always thought Mothra was such a cool character because she was a benevolent being, a moth, had worshipers, two twin deities, eternal and ever living, didn't rely on any special abilities like other kaijus, and a Female! It wasn't just her character that made this movie great it's the overall story itself. This movie actually made sense without it being too serious and melodramatic like the original godzilla, too focus on kids, and worst of all to campy because of alien invasions. I never understood the story lines with alien beings, why would a superior race always want to take over an inferior race with inferior technology like earth? This movie's mature underlying theme is about capitalism, industrialism, and human nature. For those unaware of the story, Mothra vs Godzilla is about Mothra's egg's washing ashore onto Tokyo. The egg is then bought by two businessmen in the hopes of turning it into a tourist attraction. Mothra's twin deities comes to plead for her egg back, but are refused. During the construction of the theme park to hold the egg, godzilla appears and starts to wreak havoc and to Mothra's egg. Now it's up for mothra to save the day. The story is more complex than that, I didn't wanted to ruin the plot but this is the best story to set up Mothra and Godzilla together. You'll be hard press to find another movie that can put Mothra and Godzilla together cohesively. In fact every movie to this day will use elements from the original 1964 version to pit Mothra and Godzilla against each other!The dvd version of this movie is also great! Finally you'll be able to view Mothra vs Godzilla in it's originally Japanese theatrical cut in widescreen. No more laughable english dubs but also available if preferred. The audio commentary is also great and informative, it actually has insights about the movie instead of useless rambles and banter like most commentary. There is also extras like theatrical trailer, movie posters, and exerts from music composer Akira Ifukube a Godzilla veteran. I most highly recommend this for anyone who is a Godzilla fan or Mothra fan.Oh I know Amazon likes to bunch their reviews together but this review is for Mothra vs Godzilla (1962) in the silver case with the blue bottom slip.

For some strange reason, this movie is considered one of the best in the Godzilla series, and even though it is free of all the silliness to come in the later entries, its far from the best. The main problem is that it features quite possibly the lamest opponent for Godzilla in the entire series, Mothra is quite simply, a giant moth, whose powers seem to consist of the ability to flap her wings fast enough to create hurricane force winds, and also the ability to generate a yellow mist which is poisonous.Even though Mothra seems to get the best of Godzilla at first, she is really just keeping him off balance so he can't strike back, and when he finally manages to do just that, 1 blast of atomic breath is all it takes to end the fight, talk about anti climatic. When Mothras egg finally hatches, 2 giant caterpillars emerge, and proceed to follow Godzilla to a nearby island to continue the fight, although fight hardly describes it. Even though they can't move very fast, they still manage to outmanoeuvre him and cover him in silk webbing which causes him to stumble around until he falls into the ocean. If this ever gets back to Monster Island, the other monsters will never let Godzilla hear the end of it.So as I said at the beginning of my review, its a serious entry in the series for once, with Godzilla playing the bad guy, but the monster action is nothing special since its over just as its getting started

This movie is often considered one of the best of the entire godzilla series. In this film, the monster mothra has laid an egg, which gets washed away in a storm, where buisnessmen attempt to make money from it, against the wishes of thers, including mothra's twin fairy gards. Eventually, godzilla emerges and starts rampaging. Mothra is called on but is killed, leading to her egg hatching and... well, I won't tell you how it ends, you'll have to see it yourself.This beautiful DVD set comes in a glossy silver case and includes the U.S and Japanese film releases, as well as commercials, posters and a documentary on oner of the main people to bring godzilla to life.Well worth buying at this cheap a price, a great fight between two toho giants well worth owning if your a fan or not.

I had never seen one of the old Godzilla films and wanted to end this ignorance, preferably on the cheap. I believe this movie is regarded as one of the better ones and its certainly quite fun, and very weird, but it's no substitute for the first film with its serious message.

Rated as a very good film by the person whom I gifted it to. I never viewed it myself. Based on that, I am very contented with the goods and the price for which I paid for it.

One of the better early Godzilla movies. Has both Japanese and American versions and a commentary. Also a few extras.