Shipwreck survivors found on the presumably uninhabited Infant Island leads to a scientific expedition that discovers a surviving native population along with the Shobijin, tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity called Mothra. After the fairies are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman named Clark Nelson, Mothra sets out to rescue them.

• DirectorIshirō Honda
• Release30 July 1961
• Genre
  Adventure / Science Fiction
• Duration1h 41m
• Budget?
• Revenue$2,237,760
• Rate
  

  7.2
  169 reviews
• Productions

  TOHO, Far East Laboratory