Mothra (1961) - KamuiX

Created on July 21st, 2008 by KamuiX

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Note: This review is for the original Japanese version

I hold a special place in my heart for Japanese films involving giant monsters laying waste to entire cities. In my younger days, I used to look so forward to Saturday’s when some local station would usually play one of these films on the “Creature Feature”. Unfortunately though, I think many that didn’t grow up as a fan of these films look at them as being nothing more than low-grade, cheesy entertainment. And I can’t blame them, as the US dubbed versions of most of these films are cringe-worthy. Many people probably don’t realize that the Japanese version of Godzilla (or Gojira to us purist snobs) is actually a meditation on the dangers of nuclear testing, and that most of these films are heavily altered upon import. Sure, many of them are just good escapist fun in their original forms, but there are those few that stand above the others and attempt to do something other than just provide monsters on the rampage. Mothra is one of those films, and it’s one of the most unique entries in the Kaiju genre.

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