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Gojira tai Mosura (1992)
Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1992
Running Times: 100 mins (USA)
102 mins
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Toho Company Ltd
Executive Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer: Shogo Tomiyama
SCRIPT
Script: Kazuki Omori
DIRECTION
Director: Takao Okawara
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Masahiro Kishimoto
MUSIC
Music: Akira Ifukube
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Director: Koichi Kawakita
CAST
Tetsuya Bessho (Takuya Fujita)
Satomi Kobayashi (Masako Tezuka)
Takehiro Murata (Kenji Andoh)
Saburo Shinoda (Professor Fukazawa)
Akiji Kobayashi (Yuzo Tsuchiashi)
Akira Takarada (Jyoji Minamino)
Makoto Otake (Takeshi Tomokane)
Keiko Imamura (Cosmos #1)
Sayaka Osawa (Cosmos #2)
Kenpachiro Satsuma (Gojira)
'Hurricane Ryu' Hariken (Batora)
Megumi Odaka (Miki Saegusa)
Yoshiko Tanaka (Asuka Okouchi)
Kôichi Ueda (Marutomo employee) PLOT SUMMARY
With the Earth heading for ecological disaster,
a team of scientists travel to Monster Island to seek teh help of
the Cosmos and Mothra. They learn that the Earth is fighting back
against the abuses of Mankind and has despatched the monster Battra
to destroy cities. Mothra sides with th ehumans against Battra, but
the battle is made more complicated by the appearance of Godzilla. AVAILABILITY
South Korea
Theatrical Distributor: Kuk Dong
USA
Theatrical Distributor: TriStar Pictures
Video Distributor: TriStar Pictures
DVD Distributor: Columbia / Tristar (03132)
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Germany
Rating: 12
UK
Rating: PG
USA
Rating: unrated AWARDS
1993
Awards of the Japanese Academy, Japan
Best Film Score (Akira Ifukube) – winner (tied with Jô
Hisaishi for Seishun dendekedekedeke (1992)) TIMELINE
1992
December
12: Japan – theatrical release
1993
November
25: Germany - video release
1998
April
28: USA - video release
November
1: USA - DVD release (Columbia / Tristar (03132)) ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Godzilla - Kampf der Sauriermutanten -
German title
Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth - US video
title
Godzilla contra Mothra - Spanish title
Godzilla vs Mothra
Gozdilla e Mothra - Portugese title LINKS
SEQUEL TO
Gojira (1954)
Gojira (1984)
Gojira tai Biorante (1989)
Gojira VS Kingugidora (1991)
SEE ALSO
Charlie's Angels (2000)
Gojira tai Megagirasu: Jii Shômetsu Sakusen (2000)
Mosura (1961)
Super Godzilla (1993) KEYWORDS
giant monsters; godzilla; insects; islands; monsters; moths; sequels
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