Cast: Frankie Sakai, Kyoko Kagawa, Hiroshi Koizumi
(Anyone else think that these movie posters look way too much alike?)
PLOT: A ship is caught up in a violent hurricane. It is overturned and the crewmen stranded on an island. When they tell their story, the press is alarmed to discover that there are natives on Infant Island. The Rolisican government decides to support an expedition to the island, led by Clark Nelson (Jerry Itou), radiation specialist Dr. Harada (Ken Uehara), linguist/anthropologist Shin'ichi Chujo (Hiroshi Koizumi) and a stowaway reporter, Zenichiro "Zen" Fukuda (Frankie Sakai).
On the island, Nelson discovers something out of THE WIZARD OF OZ: some type of forest, complete with the strangest plants. Meanwhile, Chujo is attacked by tentacle-like objects. When he comes to, he talks about two foot-tall women that he saw. Nelson finds them and abducts them, making them perform for him in his club, as they are fairies. The girls and the natives pray to their god, Mothra, for help. The egg they pray to hatches and a giant caterpillar begins swimming across the Pacific Ocean to Japan. Meanwhile, Fukuda's newspaper has accused Nelson of holding the girls against their will; Nelson denies the charge and files a libel suit against the paper. Meanwhile, the island egg hatches to reveal a gigantic caterpillar, which begins swimming the Pacific Ocean toward Japan. The caterpillar destroys a cruise ship and survives a napalm attack on a beeline path for Tokyo. The Rolisican Embassy, however, defends Nelson's property rights over the girls, ignoring any connection to the monster. Mothra finally arrives on the Japanese mainland, impervious to the barrage of weaponry directed at it, ultimately building a cocoon in the ruins of Tokyo Tower. Public feeling turns against Nelson, and he is ordered to release the girls. He flees incognito to Rolisica, where Mothra, newly hatched in an imago form, immediately resumes her search. Police scour New Kirk City for Nelson as Mothra lays waste to the metropolis. Ultimately Nelson is killed in a shootout with police, and the girls are assigned to Chūjō's care. Church bells begin to ring, and sunlight illuminates the cross atop the steeple with radiant beams, reminding Chūjō and Hanamura of Mothra's unique symbol and of the girls' voices. Chūjō hits upon a novel way to attract Mothra to an airport runway. The girls are returned amid salutations of "sayōnara", and Mothra flies back to Infant Island.
REVIEW: What the hell is this? I think I found the worst movie ever made. I don't understand making the hero a reporter in this case, but I did like the idea of a clear villain. 1 out of 5 stars; nothing in this film is really that enjoyable.
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