About Mothra vs Godzilla

P 82

おかひでき
Oka Hideki

眉間の色分けされた盛り上がり、ほほの肉のたるみ、正面向けに配置し直された両目。こうした個性を与えられて、「被爆した恐竜」から「みんなが知ってるゴジラ」……に一気に進化してしまったのがモスゴジなんだと思う。映画の中身は実に地味。干拓地から起きてきて、寝呆けた状態で散歩して、つまずいてすっころんでお城を半壊させ、コンビナートをちょっとだけ燃やし、自衛隊の投網で危うく死にかけ、親モスラと小競り合って、子どもモスラに糸まみれにされて、海に落ちて退場。本当ににこれだけ。「超自然体のゴジラ」。でもこのゴジラを見てるだけで満腹になる。どんなしょぼい相手だろうと名勝負をお客に実感させてくれた、往年のアントニオ猪木のような「スターの技量と輝くオーラ」がモスゴジにはある。そんなゴジラは唯一無二だ。

Color-coded ridges between the brows, sagging cheeks, eyes rearranged to face the front. Given this individuality, I think MosuGoji has evolved all at once from “the dinosaur that was exposed to the bomb” to “the Godzilla that everyone knows”. The content of the movie is really plain. Wake up from the reclaimed land, take a walk in a sleepy state, stumble and collapse and half-destroy the castle, burn the industrial complex for a little while, almost die in the Japanese Self-Defense Forces’ cast net, skirmish with the parent Mothra, then covered in thread by the child Mothra, he fell into the sea and left. Really this is only it. “Supernatural Godzilla.” But just looking at this Godzilla makes me complete. MosuGoji has “star skill and shining aura” like Antonio Inoki of yesteryear, who made the audience realize that he was a great match no matter what kind of opponent he was. Such a Godzilla is unique.

Antonio Inoki​(born Kanji Inoki on February 20, 1943) is a Japanese professional wrestling promoter and retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist who now resides between New York City and Tokyo. (Source: Jisho.org)(

P 83

山田誠二
Seiji Yamada

巻頭、台風に荒れ狂う海に、伊福部昭先生の勇猛な音楽――ゴジラの恐怖が流れるタイトル・クレジット。それはそのまま、本作のゴジラのイメージを、見事に凝縮したものである。獰猛な面構えで、台風のように暴威を振るい、日本を蹂躙し進むゴジラ。「すぐで半年良かろで二年、審議審議で五六(ごろく)年」と小泉博に揶揄される政府も、迅速に対応。だがゴジラは、自衛隊の対抗策を打ち破り、モスラの成虫をも打ち倒す。コメディ調の前作「キングコング対ゴジラ」から一転、ただひたすらに「脅威」として存在し、伊福部音楽に乗って進行を続けるゴジラ。その姿は、強烈な快感となり、怪獣としてのゴジラの魅力を、充分に堪能させてくれる。

At the beginning of the book, the sea raging in a typhoon, the brave music of Mr. Akira Ifukube – the title credits of the fear of Godzilla. As it is, the image of Godzilla in this work is wonderfully condensed. With a ferocious look, Godzilla wields violence like a typhoon and overruns Japan. The government, ridiculed by Hiroshi Koizumi as saying, “It will take half a year, two years, and fifty-six years of deliberations,” responded swiftly. However, Godzilla defeats the countermeasures of the Self-Defense Forces and defeats the adult Mothra. A change from the comedy-like previous work “King Kong vs. Godzilla,” Godzilla who just exists as a “threat” and continues to progress with Ifukube’s music. The appearance of Godzilla gives you a strong sense of pleasure, and you can fully enjoy Godzilla’s charm as a monster.

Source: オール東欧怪獣大図鑑, p 82-83