Mothra bedroht die Welt (1961)

Mothra bedroht die Welt: Directed by Ishirô Honda. With Furankî Sakai, Hiroshi Koizumi, Kyôko Kagawa, Yumi Itô. An expedition to Infant Island discovers a native population and tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island’s mythical deity. Named Mothra, she sets out to rescue her fairies after they are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman.

“This is a very unusual movie because the monster isnu0026#39;t an evil killing machine as was the case with Godzilla. The only reason for the destruction is because of Mothrau0026#39;s uncontrollable urge to rescue its priestesses. Mothra is what I call part of the holy trio of the Toho monsters (the other two being, of course, Godzilla and Rodan). This is the first film in which the audience actually roots for the monster and the true monster is the villian, Clark Nelson. This not only is a wonderful science fiction film but a very humorous parody about the consequences of over commercialization.”