Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth
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Theatrical release poster by Noriyoshi Ohrai
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| Directed by | Takao Okawara |
| Produced by | Shōgo Tomiyama |
| Written by | Kazuki Ōmori |
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Tetsuya Bessho Satomi Kobayashi Takehiro Murata Saburo Shinoda Akiji Kobayashi |
| Music by | Akira Ifukube |
| Cinematography | Masahiro Kishimoto |
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| Distributed by | Toho |
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102 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | $20 million |
Godzilla vs. Mothra (ゴジラvsモスラ Gojira tai Mosura?, also known as Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth) is a 1992 Japanese science fiction kaiju film featuring Godzilla, produced and distributed by Toho. The film is directed by Takao Okawara and is the 19th film in the Godzilla franchise and the fourth film in the Heisei series. Unadjusted for inflation, the film remains the highest grossing film of the Toho Godzilla films and was the second highest grossing film in Japan in 1993, second only to Jurassic Park. The film was released in Japan on December 12, 1992 and in direct to video in the United States in 1998 by Columbia Tristar Home Video as Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth.
Originally conceived as a standalone Mothra film entitled Mothra vs. Bagan, the movie was notable for its return to a more fantasy-based, family-oriented atmosphere evocative of pre-1984 Godzilla films. Although he did not return as director, Kazuki Ōmori once again wrote the film's screenplay, continuing his trend of incorporating Hollywood elements into the picture, in this case nods to the Indiana Jones franchise.
In 1993, an asteroid lands in the Ogasawara Trench and awakens Godzilla. The next day, explorer Takuya Fujita is detained after stealing an ancient artifact. Later, a representative of the Japanese Prime Minister offers to have Takuya's charges dropped if he explores Infant Island with his ex-wife, Masako Tezuka and Kenji Ando, the secretary of the rapacious Marutomo company. After the trio arrives on the island, they find a cave containing a depiction of two giant insects in battle. Further exploration leads them to a giant egg and a pair of diminutive humanoids called Cosmos, who identify the egg as belonging to Mothra.
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