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Mothraモスラkeywords: monster , movie related topics: Eiji Tsuburaya , Godzilla explanation: Monster moth and one of the most popular characters in Japanese monster films after Godzilla. It is not only due to a dual form of this animal, i.e. caterpillar and butterfly but also pretty tamers played by the famous Japanese twin singers, "The Peanuts" with an eternal refrain "Mothra ya, Mothra ya ....". It appeared alone first in July 1961 then against Godzilla in April 1964. The latter made a real hit over the world because the film has been distributed among 10 countries. | |