The American version of the film received only a few minor adjustments: shortening the twin fairies' song on Infant Island and a scene where Sakai, Junko Miura and Makamura wave goodbye to the Mothras swimming home. , The Mothra prop used for the New Kirk City scenes in Mothra (1961) was recycled for the Infant Island scenes. Godzilla-1964- WIDESCREEN - JAPANESE VERSION - UNCUT! For more information please visit our About Us page. Actor Hiroshi Koizumi felt that Honda was able to emphasize his themes through Mothra better than Godzilla, stating, 'Mothra's role was a messenger of peace.' In the film, humans beseech the aide of the insect-god Mothra to stop Godzilla from destroying Japan. The Thing and that 'Thing' of the title Isn't Mothra so it's all very confusing. Star Warriors, Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit,, Films with screenplays by Shinichi Sekizawa, Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing Japanese-language text, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Sadamasa Arikawa – special effects photography, Mototaka Tomioka – special effects photography, Akira Watanabe – special effects art director, This page was last edited on 10 September 2020, at 15:59. Login When the web was shot off-screen, it was poured onto a cup stationed at the center of a heavy industrial fan.