Mothra vs. Godzilla

Released on April 29, 1964, Mothra vs. Godzilla casts Godzilla as a destructive antagonist one final time in the Showa era. When greedy developers try to exploit a giant Mothra egg washed ashore by a typhoon, reporters Ichiro Sakai and Junko Nakanishi travel to nuclear-scarred Infant Island to beg the Shobijin fairies and a dying Mothra for help. Featuring Nagoya Castle's destruction, Akira Ifukube's sweeping score, and Mothra's twin larvae trapping Godzilla in silk, it remains a fan favorite.