With Mothra’s 50th anniversary coming up soon (July 30th), the Queen of the Monsters (an official title used on the deluxe laserdisc set for 1996’s REBIRTH OF MOTHRA) is enjoying some recognition of the occasion. First to mention is that the Humax Cinema theatre in Japan is hosting a triple feature of Mothra films. The first is the original MOTHRA, which not only was one of the biggest hits Toho had for a monster film but would have the basic formula rehashed in Mothra’s 1964 (Mvs.G) and 1992 outings. Next would be GODZILLA, MOTHRA, EBIRAH: BIG DUEL IN THE SOUTH SEA, a film which focused more on the natives of Infant Island and their being enslaved. Then we have Mothra’s 1996 trilogy-starter REBIRTH OF MOTHRA, which took Mothra’s nature loving attitude to a new level and was one of Koichi Kawakita’s final feature length films in which he was the director of special effects. This triple feature shall be showing on July 30th. For more information, check out the links below.
http://www.humax-cinema.co.jp/cinema/special/meigaza/img/mothra.pdf
http://www.humax-cinema.co.jp/index.html
Coming to us sooner is a new book on Mothra entitled "Mothra Eiga Great Collection" (rough translation), which is most likely a look over the films Mothra has been in.
http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E5%88%A5%E5%86%8A%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB%E7%A7%98%E5%AE%9D-%E3%83%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A9%E6%98%A0%E7%94%BB%E5%A4%A7%E5%85%A8-%E6%B4%8B%E6%B3%89%E7%A4%BE%EF%BC%AD%EF%BC%AF%EF%BC%AF%EF%BC%AB/dp/4862487610/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1309828373&sr=8-2
We here at the KG community wish Mothra a happy 50th anniversary. Don’t forget that the Starz channels are showing the Mothra trilogy along with GODZILLA, MOTHRA, KING GHIDORAH: GIANT MONSTERS ALL OUT ATTACK.
