| 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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Because of the commercial success of King Kong vs. Godzilla, Toho decided to release another Godzilla film in 1964, Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster. The Mosugoji suit, though, needed to go through some repairs. During the shooting of this film, the mouth had become wobbly and would not work properly. The head had also caught fire, which didn't help the suit much. So the head of the Mosugoji suit was replaced by one of a sturdier design. "Mosugoji II," as some fans refer to the repaired suit, also had more mobility than the original Mosugoji.
With this film, the name of Mothra's island changes from "Beiru" to "Infant Island".
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.
The famous scene where Godzilla destroys the castle in Nagoya actually had to be filmed several times, and the castle had to be built twice. To make the castle fall correctly, two men are sitting behind pushing it with long sticks. The first time the scene was shot, the two men pushed too soon, and the castle collapsed before Godzilla even touched it. The miniature castle then had to be rebuilt. The second time the opposite problem happened, and the two men missed their cue (you can see when Godzilla slams into the castle that it doesn't move). A second take had to be done with Godzilla clawing away at it as the two men push it over from behind. The moment where Godzilla's foot slides on the ledge (causing him to fall into the castle) has been thought by many to be an accident. According to Haruo Nakajima (the actor inside Godzilla) the fall was actually scripted that way and done on purpose.
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.