Mosura (1996)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1996
Running Times: 104 mins
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: stereo

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Toho Pictures Inc
Executive Producer: Shogo Tomiyama
Producer: Hiroaki Kitayama

SCRIPT
Script: Tomoyuki Tanaka

DIRECTION
Director: Okihiro Yoneda

MUSIC
Music: Toshiyuki Watanabe

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Koichi Kawakita

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Kyôko Heya

CAST
Megumi Kobayashi (Moll)
Sayaka Yamaguchi (Lora)
Aki Hano (Belvera)
Kazuki Futami (Taiki)
Maya Fujisawa (Wakaba)
Kenjiro Nashimoto (Mr Goto)
Hitomi Takahashi (Mrs Goto)

PLOT SUMMARY

A logging company disturbs magical seals buried beneath Northern Japan, unleashing the theree-headed monster Ghidora which has already destroyed all life on Mars and wiped out the dinosaurs on Earth. Ghidora sets to work sucking the life out of the environment and the only thing that stands in its way is giant moth Mothra.

AVAILABILITY

Japan
Theatrical Distributors: Toho Company Ltd

USA
Theatrical Distributors: TriStar Pictures
DVD Distributors: Columbia/Tristar (04691)

TIMELINE

1999
August
3: USA - video release

2000
February
1: USA - DVD release (Columbia/Tristar (04691))

2003
October
1: Finland – television release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Mothra - Das Siegel der Elias - German title
Mothra
Mothran ylösnousemus - Finnish title
Rebirth of Mothra - US video title

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
Gojira (1954)
Gojira (1984)
Gojira tai Biorante (1989)
Gojira vs Kingugidora (1991)
Gojira vs Mosura (1992)

SEQUELS
Mosura 2 (1997)
Mosura 3 (1998)

KEYWORDS

ghidora, giant monsters, giant insects, giant moths, monsters

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009