---
title: 'Rebirth of Mothra (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Okihiro Yoneda'
released: '1996-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/rebirth-of-mothra-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117089/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Rebirth of Mothra (1996)

1996 · 104 min · Fantasy · Japan

Original title: モスラ

## Synopsis

Rebirth of Mothra  is a 1996 Japanese kaiju film directed by Okihiro Yoneda, with special effects by Kōichi Kawakita. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd, the film serves as a reboot for the fictional giant monster character Mothra, and is the first installment in the Rebirth of Mothra trilogy. It was the final kaiju film produced under the supervision of Tomoyuki Tanaka, who produced such films as the original Mothra, which was released in 1961, as well as every film in the Godzilla franchise up to this point. He died of a stroke several months after the film's release.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Okihiro Yoneda](https://cinepixo.com/people/okihiro-yoneda)
- **Screenplay:** [Masumi Suetani](https://cinepixo.com/people/masumi-suetani)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Toshiyuki Watanabe](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshiyuki-watanabe)
- **Producer:** [Shōgo Tomiyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/shogo-tomiyama)
- **Director of Photography:** [Yoshinori Sekiguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshinori-sekiguchi)
- **Editor:** [Nobuo Ogawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/nobuo-ogawa)

## Cast

- [Sayaka Yamaguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/sayaka-yamaguchi)
- [Aki Hano](https://cinepixo.com/people/aki-hano)
- [Hitomi Takahashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/hitomi-takahashi)
- [Megumi Kobayashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/megumi-kobayashi)
- [Kazuki Futami](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazuki-futami)

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