| Release Year | 1964 |
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) |
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| Director(s) | Ishiro Honda |
| Producer(s) | Tomoyuki Tanaka, Sanezumi Fujimoto |
| Top Genres | Action, Horror, Science Fiction |
| Top Topics | Monster |
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Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) was a Horror - Science Fiction Film directed by Ishiro Honda and produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka and Sanezumi Fujimoto.
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In one of the early drafts of the script, it was Godzilla who washed ashore and not Mothra's egg. Torahata, thinking that Godzilla was dead, would have put Godzilla on display and eventually he would revive and start another rampage. However, that idea was abandoned due to the fact that it wouldn't have made sense for anyone to come so close to a highly radioactive creature like Godzilla.
The only Godzilla movie in which footage filmed in Japan was only shown in the US.
This is the final Showa Era film in the series where Godzilla is truly evil. In later films he would be portrayed as a protector of Earth and the only times he would cause destruction was when he was controlled by aliens. Of course, since Godzilla 1985: The Legend Is Reborn (which also began the VS Series) he once again is back to being the destructive force he began as.
In the scene towards the end, where Godzilla's head pops up behind the mountain (behind the policeman), the Godzilla "theme" music begins to play. Composer Akira Ifukube felt that music wasn't needed in that scene because, as he said, "Godzilla's appearance is already impressive enough." However, director Ishirô Honda decided to include the music cue anyway. Upon the first screening, when the scene appears with the music, it is said that Ifukube gave Honda a very "disapproving" look. However, it was the only moment in their professional careers together that they ever had a disagreement.
The year 1964 is the only when Toho released two Godzilla movies in one year. Right after this film, Toho began working on Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, which debuted that December.