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|jp-title    =''Mothra 3: Invasion of<br>King Ghidorah'' (1998)
|producer    =[[Shogo Tomiyama]]
|producer    =[[Shogo Tomiyama]]
|director    =[[Okihiro Yoneda]]
|director    =[[Okihiro Yoneda]]
|writer      =[[Masumi Suetani]]
|writer      =[[Masumi Suetani]]
|composer    =[[Toshiyuki Watanabe]]
|composer    =[[Toshiyuki Watanabe]]
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|sfx        =[[Kenji Suzuki]]
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|runtime    =99 minutes<br>{{Small|(1 hour, 39 minutes)}}
|runtime    =99 minutes<br>{{Small|(1 hour, 39 minutes)}}
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'''''Rebirth of Mothra III''''' {{Nihongo|モスラ3 キングギドラ来襲|Mosura Surī Kingu Gidora Raishū|lit. ''Mothra 3: King Ghidorah Attacks''}}, is a [[1998]] {{Daikaiju eiga}} and the third and final film in [[Toho Company Ltd.|Toho]]'s ''[[:Category:Rebirth of Mothra|Rebirth of Mothra]]'' trilogy. It was released to [[Japan]]ese theaters on December 12, 1998.
{{Quote|The strongest enemy, the final transformation.|parenthetical=最強の敵、最後の変身。|Tagline}}
'''''Rebirth of Mothra 3''''' {{Nihongo|モスラ3 キングギドラ来襲|Mosura Surī: Kingu Gidora Raishū|lit. "''Mothra 3: Invasion of King Ghidorah''"}} is a [[1998]] [[tokusatsu]] [[:Category:Kaiju Films|kaiju film]] directed by [[Okihiro Yoneda]] and written by [[Masami Suetani]], with special effects by [[Kenji Suzuki]]. Produced by [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]] with special effects produced by [[Toho Eizo Bijutsu]], it is the final entry in the ''[[:Category:Rebirth of Mothra|Rebirth of Mothra]]'' trilogy. It stars [[Megumi Kobayashi]], Misato Tate, Aki Hano, Atsushi Ohnita, Miyuki Matsuda, Takuma Yoshizawa, Kyohei Shinozaki, and Ayano Suzuki. The film was released to [[Japan]]ese theaters by [[Toho]] on December 12, 1998. An English-dubbed version of the film premiered in North America on the Sci-Fi Channel on May 31, [[2003]], though unlike the prior two films it did not receive a home video release in the region until [[2014]].
 
When the dreaded [[King Ghidorah (Rebirth of Mothra 3)|King Ghidorah]] returns to [[Earth]] and begins abducting children in order to feed on their life forces, [[Mothra Leo|Rainbow Mothra]] and the [[Elias]] attempt to stop him but are hopelessly outmatched. Moll sacrifices herself to send Mothra back in time to the Cretaceous Period, when King Ghidorah was considerably weaker and nearly drove the dinosaurs to extinction, in a desperate attempt to stop him. But even with his foe in his younger state, Mothra must use all of his strength if he hopes to conquer the King of Terror.
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==Plot==
==Plot==
Moll, Lora, and Belvera, the Elias sisters are at odds again. Belvera seeks the secret power of their ancestors, tiny triangular power units that transform the sisters' small daggers into powerful swords. She fails to retrieve the proper triangle for her sword, each power unit will only work for a specific sword, but Moll and Lora end up with a unit that transforms one of their swords.
[[Elias|Belvera]] breaks into an ancient temple and unlocks a massive-by-her-standards box. When her sisters Moll and Lora confront her, she calls forth and seizes three triangular jewels from the box. Hopping onto her steed, [[Garugaru]], she teases a power called the Elias Triangle. As Belvera leaves, Moll and Lora call [[Fairy Mothra|Fairy]] to tackle Garugaru, causing her to drop two of the gems. Belvera lets them go, warning they'll be necessary for the "King of Terror." The gem reading "Courage" fits onto Moll's sword, causing it to glow orange and elongate, but "Wisdom" fails to work on Lora's sword. Moll concludes it was meant for Belvera.
 
A meteor explodes as it enters Earth's atmosphere. Returning home to his family that night, Yusuke Sonoda reports that the skies are full of shooting stars. One lands outside Katsuyama. As it glows orange, dirt and debris around it rises into the air. The next morning, the Elias find little left of the meteorite. Fairy scans it and finds that it dates back to the time of the dinosaurs. The monster that emerged begins abducting children from their schools. Belvera, flying into a classroom suddenly devoid of students, names the menace: [[King Ghidorah (Rebirth of Mothra 3)|King Ghidorah]]. The Sonodas' eldest son Shota, who has stopped going to school, slips past the police blockade of the crash site.
 
Moll concludes that Ghidorah plans to exterminate humanity, just as he nearly did to the dinosaurs 130 million years ago. She and Lora call upon [[Mothra Leo|Rainbow Mothra]] to stop him as he attacks a city with shockwaves. The children he snatched reappear in a giant dome near the crash site. A soccer ball one throws at the dome instantly dissolves, sparking a panic. Shota watches Ghidorah land next to the dome and peer inside. Just then, Mothra attacks, but an invisible barrier around Ghidorah blunts all of his rays. He fires Gravity and Antigravity Beams in response, badly injuring him, then stomps her into the ground. Mothra is helpless as Ghidorah throws him into the air and sends him flying with another volley of Gravity Beams. Moll and Lora try to distract him, with Fairy firing her antennae lasers, only for one of his head to glare at Lora and place her under his control. She tries to strangle Moll and they both tumble from Fairy towards the dome.
 
Triumphant, Ghidorah continues abducting children, including the Sonodas' other children, Shohei and Tamako. Tentacles shoot out from the dome, ensnaring Belvera and Garugaru. More target Shota as he spots his siblings in the dome, but Fairy, now only carrying Moll, repels them. The Sonodas learn of the dome's location on TV and realize they can reach it through a nearby wind cave which serves as Shota's hideout. He leads Moll through the cave, and they find Mothra resting on the other side. Inside the doom, the mind-controlled Lora crosses blades with Belvera, using her "Love" jewel to extend her sword.


Shortly after the Elias sisters face-off, a meteor shower brings a strange object to Earth, a huge meteor that disrupts gravity near it. As it crashes to Earth at night, a family watches. The next day, the oldest of the children, a teenage boy, plays hookey from school, and goes to investigate the object. Meanwhile, school children on playgrounds and around the nearby city begin to mysteriously vanish as a huge shadow passes overhead. Moll and Lora examine the remains of the crashed meteor, realizing that something has escaped, and sensing a great evil has been released. [[King Ghidorah]], a space monster who visited Earth in its past, returns with the captured children to a secluded spot near where the meteor crashed, trapping them in a huge, pulsating organic dome. Belvera, intrigued by King Ghidorah's arrival, and hoping to use him for her own ends, gets too close to the dome, and is drawn inside. Later, Moll and Lora encounter King Ghidorah, and Lora is infected with the monster's evil as she stares into one of its eyes. Lora attacks Moll, under the evil influence, and ''Fairy'' falls from the sky with Moll and Lora, saving Moll before she is also trapped in the dome. Lora joins Belvera inside the dome, where the captured children are screaming and huddling together, terrified. A battle between Belvera and Lora takes place, with Belvera begging for Lora to see reason and to work with her, but Lora is still being influenced by the spell of King Ghidorah.
Mothra tells Moll that the only way to defeat Ghidorah is to travel through time back to Ghidorah's first attack on Earth, 130 million years ago, when he was significantly weaker. Moll sings to power his journey, as he shifts into his Aqua Mothra form, then Light Speed Mothra. Her strength fading, she gives Shota her sword and tells him to make Lora see the light again before turning to crystal. He dares Ghidorah to capture him, and the monster obliges. As he arrives inside the dome, it begins to fill with acid. In the past, Mothra stops Ghidorah from eating a ''[[Triceratops]]''. The younger Ghidorah has no shield, and as Mothra rains down attacks, the Ghidorah in the present begins to feel pain. As she holds her sword to his throat, Shota tells Lora that Moll's last request was for her to help Mothra, and she returns to her senses. Her sword fuses with Moll's, causing Belvera to realize the Elias Triangle refers to her and her sisters. She attaches the "Wisdom" jewel to her sword, then merges it with the others.


Meanwhile Moll, riding Fairy, encounters the teenage boy, and tells him about King Ghidorah. She explains that King Ghidorah needs the childrens' life force to feed upon. She convinces him to accompany her and meet their only hope, [[Mothra Leo|Rainbow Mothra]], who is now recovering from a battle with King Ghidorah. Moll and Rainbow Mothra communicate telepathically, discussing their options. It is agreed that Rainbow Mothra cannot defeat King Ghidorah in its current form-- it is too powerful-- and so it is decided that Rainbow Mothra must travel back in time to a point where King Ghidorah was not so powerful, to a time when the dinosaurs still walked the Earth, and when King Ghidorah had visited from space for the first time to feed upon the Earth's life-force. Rainbow Mothra turns in to [[Mothra Leo|Aqua Mothra]] and then with Moll giving Aqua Mothra all of her power, the massive insect is able to turn into [[Mothra Leo|Light Speed Mothra]] and break through the boundaries of Time and travel backward to confront King Ghidorah, some 65 million years in the past. Moll, her power totally depleted helping her friend time-travel, falls into a state of suspended animation, her body taking on the appearance of frosted glass. Light Speed Mothra appears in the age of the dinosaurs and turns back into Rainbow Mothra. Another fight between Rainbow Mothra and [[King Ghidorah|Cretaceous King Ghidorah]], King Ghidorah's younger form, takes place, and Rainbow Mothra, nearly dead, manages to immobilize Cretaceous King Ghidorah long enough to pick it up and drop it into a nearby volcano, but not before a severed slice off Cretaceous King Ghidorah's tail burrows itself into the ground. Rainbow Mothra is hurled out of the exploding volcano, where prehistoric Mothra Larva cover him in a time-capsule cocoon in which the injured Rainbow Mothra will sleep for many millions of years, and metamorph into a new form.
Mothra shoots off part of Ghidorah's tail; an alarmed Triceratops and ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' watch as it burrows underground. But the younger Ghidorah is still a formidable opponent, and his fireballs begin to wear Mothra down. As he nears death, Lora's song gives him strength. He paralyzes Ghidorah with Excel Shining Field Rainbow powder, then carries him into the active [[Mt. Fuji]]. In the present, Ghidorah and the dome both vanish. As Lora and Belvera mourn Moll, three [[Primitive Mothra]] larvae come upon the fallen Mothra and cocoon him. Suddenly, King Ghidorah bursts out of a meteor in the present again, having regrown his body from the tail Mothra shot off. The Sonodas can only watch as he abducts the children again. With Mothra's whereabouts unknown, Lora and Belvera battle Ghidorah themselves on Fairy. As they do, Mothra's cocoon bursts out of a hillside and opens to reveal his new form: Armor Mothra. Ghidorah is completely outmatched: his Gravity Beams have no effect and Mothra even drops him to the ground with a ram. After slicing one of his wings off, Mothra energizes himself and flies through Ghidorah, causing him to crystalize and explode.


Back in the present King Ghidorah roars in outrage as it disappears from existence. The children are released, and the boy joins Belvera and Lora (now recovered from her infection by King Ghidorah, thanks to the love of her sisters) as they kneel by the body of their sister Moll, unsure of how they can save her. Suddenly King Ghidorah appears in the sky amidst a massive fireball. This is the ''other'' King Ghidorah which grew from the severed tail of the Cretaceous King Ghidorah killed by Rainbow Mothra in the past. The tail regenerated over time into a full-grown King Ghidorah. The new King Ghidorah starts to capture children again, when suddenly the time-capsule cocoon explodes from a mountain, and Rainbow Mothra emerges, this time as [[Mothra Leo|Armor Mothra]], a formidable version with armour plating all over it. Yet another battle takes place, and this time King Ghidorah is not even a close-to match for Armor Mothra, who first slices King Ghidorah's wing off, and then proceeds to completely disintegrate the monster. Armor Mothra then communicates with Belvera and Lora, telling them to join their powers, and so using the sword bring Moll back to life. The touching reunion between the sisters is short-lived, as Belvera calls for her winged henchman, ''Garu-Garu'', and flies off, promising more conflicts between the sisters, who disagree over how the Elias should interact with (or have power over) Humankind. The children are reunited with their parents, and Armor Mothra transforms into his final form, [[Mothra Leo|Eternal Mothra]], and flies into the sunset.
Mothra sheds his armor, becoming Eternal Mothra, and combines his power with the sword to revive Moll. Belvera departs on Garugaru, telling her sisters it doesn't matter if they don't agree with each other. With the dome gone, the children rush to be reunited with their parents, including the Sonodas. They wave goodbye to the Elias and Mothra.
==Staff==
==Staff==
{{Staffs
{{Staffs
|Directed by=[[Okihiro Yoneda]]
|Directed by|[[Okihiro Yoneda]]
|Written by=[[Masumi Suetani]]
|Written by|[[Masumi Suetani]]
|Produced by=[[Shogo Tomiyama]]
|Executive producer|[[Shogo Tomiyama]]
|Music by=[[Toshiyuki Watanabe]]
|Associate producer|[[Ritsuko Suzuki]]
|Cinematography by=Yoshinori Sekiguchi
|Assistant producer|Makoto Horiguchi
|Edited by=Nobuo Ogawa
|Associate planner|Hiroaki Kitayama
|Assistant Directing by=Masaaki Tezuka
|Visual effects producer|[[Toshihiro Ogawa]]
|Special Effects by=[[Kenji Suzuki]]
|Music by|[[Toshiyuki Watanabe]]
*Theme song "[[Mothra's Song]]"
|*Performed by|[[Megumi Kobayashi]], Misato Tate
|*Lyrics by|[[Tomoyuki Tanaka]], [[Shinichi Sekizawa]], [[Ishiro Honda]]
|*Composed by|[[Yuji Koseki]]
|*Arranged by|Toshiyuki Watanabe
*Theme song "[[Haora Mothra]]"
|*Performed by|Megumi Kobayashi, Misato Tate
|*Lyrics by|Yoginka
|*Composed and arranged by|Toshiyuki Watanabe
*Ending theme "Future"
|*Performed by|[[Megumi Kobayashi]]
|*Lyrics, composition, and arrangement by|RYUZI
|Cinematography by|[[Yoshinori Sekiguchi]]
|Edited by|Nobuo Ogawa
|Production design by|Akira Sakuragi
|First assistant director|[[Masaaki Tezuka]]
|Director of special effects|[[Kenji Suzuki]]
|First assistant director of special effects|[[Akira Kato]]
|Visual effects supervisors|[[Yutaka Onodera]], [[Tetsuo Ohya]]
}}
}}
==Cast==
==Cast==
{{Cast
{{Cast
|Megumi Kobayashi|Moll
|[[Megumi Kobayashi]]|[[Elias|Moll]]
|Misato Tate|Lora
|Misato Tate|[[Elias|Lora]]
|Aki Hano|Belvera
|Aki Hano|[[Elias|Belvera]]
|[[Koichi Ueda]]|Kôchô}}
|Atsushi Ohnita|Yusuke Sonoda
|Miyuki Matsuda|Yukie Sonoda
|Takuma Yoshizawa|Shota Sonoda
|Kyohei Shinozaki|Shohei Sonoda
|Ayano Suzuki|Tamako Sonoda
|[[Koichi Ueda]]|Principal Kocho
*Atsushi Ohnita
*Miyuki Matsuda
*Takuma Yoshizawa
*Ayano Suzuki
*Kyoko Donowaki
*Hironori Okajima
*Toru Kodama
*Yoshinobu Yano
*Wataru Takeda
*Makoto Fudano
*Kensuke Kikuchi
*Hiromi Watanabe
*Maki Taniguchi
*Harumi Yoshitoshi
*Kaori Yanagioka
*Chiharu Tsuji
*Yoko Midorikawa
*Mika Iketani
|Futoshi Tanifuji|Elementary school teacher
*Kazunori Shigeki
*Naomi Kusumi
*Kariko To
*Katsuya Takamatsu
*Tomisaburo Horikoshi
*Masaaki Morita
*Hideo Usui
*Osamu Okado
*Kimie Suzuki
|Hiromi Suzuki|Teacher watching TV
*Sayaka Yamaguchi
|Shiro Namiki|Newscaster
|Hoei Project, Gekidan Himawari, Theatre Academy, Tokyohoei Television, Gekidan Tohai, Central Kodomo Talent, Central Kodomo Gekidan, Tokyo Jido Gekidan, Nihon Jido|Child extras
|[[Tsutomu Kitagawa]]|[[King Ghidorah (Rebirth of Mothra 3)|King Ghidorah / Cretaceous King Ghidorah]]
}}
==Appearances==
==Appearances==
===Weapons, Vehicles, and Races===
{{Col-begin}}
*[[Elias]]
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===Monsters===
===Monsters===
*[[Mothra Leo]] ([[RaishuReinbouMosu]], AkuaMosu, RaitoMosu, YoroiMosu, EternaruMosu)
*[[Mothra Leo|Rainbow Mothra]]  
*[[King Ghidorah|{{tt|King Ghidorah|'Grand King Ghidorah'}}]] ([[RaishuGhido]], HakuAkiGhido)
**Light Speed Mothra
*[[Fairy Mothra]] ([[RaishuFairy]])
**Armor Mothra
*[[Garu Garu]] ([[RaishuGaru]])
**Eternal Mothra
*[[King Ghidorah (Rebirth of Mothra 3)|King Ghidorah]]
**Cretaceous King Ghidorah
*[[Fairy Mothra]]
*[[Garugaru]]
*[[Primitive Mothra]]
*[[Primitive Mothra]]
*[[Tyrannosaurus rex]] ([[RaishuTirano]])
*''[[Triceratops]]''
*[[Triceratops]]
*''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]''
*''[[Pteranodon]]''
*Sauropod
*[[Rodan]] (video game sprite)
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===Weapons, vehicles, and races===
*[[Elias]]
*Bell 206B-3 JetRanger III Helicopter
{{col-end}}
==Development==
According to an interview with special effects director [[Koichi Kawakita]], [[Toho]] planned to produce a new film featuring [[King Ghidorah]] as early as December [[1995]]. The film was initially planned for release in [[1999]], but King Ghidorah was eventually worked into ''Rebirth of Mothra 3'' in [[1998]].<ref>[http://www.davmil.org/www.kaijuconversations.com/kawakit2.htm Koichi Kawakita Interview II - davmil.org]</ref> Toho considered introducing another new [[kaiju]] for the film as the antagonist, which was to be fire-themed; however, it was ultimately decided to use a popular existing monster instead. Originally, [[Rodan]] was to be the villain, while [[Mothra Leo]] would have traveled back in time to medieval [[Japan]] rather than the Cretaceous Period.<ref>''[[Toho Special Effects Movie Complete Works]]''. [[villagebooks]], 2012. Pages 260-263. ISBN 9784864910132.</ref><ref>''Rebirth of Mothra 3 Encyclopedia''. 1998. Page 84, "Kenji Suzuki Interview." ISBN 4766931165.</ref> Other dropped concepts included explicitly tying King Ghidorah to Nostradamus's "King of Terror" prophecy, and naming the space monster as [[Desghidorah]]'s father.<ref name="LeMay">{{cite book|title=The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films|author=John LeMay|date=2017|publisher=Bicep Books|page=246}}</ref> A remnant of the Nostradamus connection survives in the finished film with the moniker Moll and Lora ascribe to King Ghidorah.
==Gallery==
{{Main|Rebirth of Mothra 3/Gallery}}
==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
{{Main|Rebirth of Mothra III (Soundtrack)}}
{{Main|Rebirth of Mothra 3/Soundtrack}}
==Alternate Titles==
==Alternate titles==
*'''''Mothra 3: King Ghidorah Attacks''''' (''Mosura Surī: Kingu Gidora Raishū''; Literal Japanese Title)
*'''''Mothra 3: Invasion of King Ghidorah''''' (literal Japanese title)
*'''''Mothra 3: Invasion of King Ghidorah''''' (''Mosura Surī: Kingu Gidora no shin'nyū''; Alternate Japanese Title)
*'''''Mothra III Invasion of Kingghidora''''' (alternate English title)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Takaki|first1=Junzo|last2=Matsunomoto|first2=Kazuhiro|last3=Nakamura|first3=Satoshi|last4=Motoyama|first4=Sho|last5=Tsuchiya|first5=Rieko|title=[[The Godzilla Chronicles]]|edition=3rd|date=24 December 1999|publisher=Takeshobo|pages=226–227|isbn=978-4812405819}}</ref>
==Theatrical Releases==
*'''''Rebirth of Mothra III''''' (United States home video title)
*'''''Mothra: King Ghidorah Returns''''' (''Mothra: King Ghidorah kehrt zurück''; Germany)
==Theatrical releases==
*[[Japan]] - December 12, 1998
*[[Japan]] - December 12, 1998
==[[United States|U.S.]] Release==
==[[United States|U.S.]] release==
For years, ''Rebirth of Mothra III'' was not available on DVD in the United States like its predecessors, though it was occasionally aired on the Syfy Channel. It was finally released by Sony on September 9, 2014, in a Blu-ray triple feature with the first two movies.
''Rebirth of Mothra 3'' premiered on the Sci-Fi Channel on May 31, 2003, the same day as ''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'' and ''[[Rebirth of Mothra 2]]'', although they had already been released on DVD three years prior. [[Sony]] planned to include the film in its 2009 ''Icons of Sci-Fi: Toho Collection'' DVD set, but ultimately removed it.<ref name="HK">[http://hkfilmnews.blogspot.com/2008/07/return-of-classics-another-exclusive.html HK and Cult Film News - Return of the Classics: Another Exclusive HKCFN Interview with Sony's Mike Schlesinger]</ref> Aside from a stint on the free online streaming service Crackle, TV airings remained the only legitimate way to see ''Rebirth of Mothra 3'' in the U.S. until 2014, when the trilogy was released in a Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Blu-ray set with Japanese and English audio options.
==Box office==
''Rebirth of Mothra 3'' grossed ¥850,000,000 in Japan, a lower figure than the first two entries in the trilogy.
==Reception==
==Reception==
The film is often considered the best of the Rebirth of Mothra trilogy. Many fans praise [[King Ghidorah]]'s [[RaishuGhido|design]], powers, and role in the film, as well as the battles between [[Mothra Leo]] and King Ghidorah.  
While the ''Rebirth of Mothra'' trilogy is held in low esteem by kaiju fans overall, they generally consider ''Rebirth of Mothra 3'' to be on par with ''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]''. The 2007 readers' poll conducted by ''G-Fan'' produced a 5.9 out of 10 rating for the film, ranking it 42nd among 49 kaiju films surveyed, but still the highest in the trilogy.<ref name="G-Fan1">[http://www.g-fan.com/html/gfan_index/index_79.php G-FAN Magazine Index: G-Fan #79]</ref> By the 2014 poll, its rating was essentially unchanged, lowering to 5.8.<ref name="G-Fan2">[http://www.g-fan.com/html/gfan_index/index_105.php G-FAN Magazine Index: G-Fan #105]</ref> This time, ''Rebirth of Mothra'' surpassed it with a 6.2 score. In a 2013 Toho Kingdom poll, 43% of respondents named it their favorite in the trilogy, compared with 53% for ''Rebirth of Mothra'' and 5% for ''[[Rebirth of Mothra 2]]''.<ref name="TK">[http://www.tohokingdom.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12744 ]</ref>
==Video Releases==
 
'''Sony Pictures'''
[[King Ghidorah (Rebirth of Mothra 3)|King Ghidorah]]'s design and portrayal routinely garner praise, as do the battle scenes. Targets for criticism include the uninvolved human cast, a convoluted time-travel story, and the low-quality CGI and dinosaur effects.
*Triple feature with ''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'' and ''[[Rebirth of Mothra II]]''
==Video releases==
*Languages: Japanese and English (2.0 Stereo DTS-HD)
'''[[Toho]]''' DVD (2006, 2011, 2013, 2015)
*Format: Multiple Formates, Blu Ray, NTSC, Widescreen
*'''Region:''' 2
*Other Details: 1.85:1 aspect ratio, 100 minutes.
*'''Discs:''' 1
*Extras: 4 trailers for ''Rebirth of Mothra'' (3 teasers, 1 theatrical), 4 trailers for ''Rebirth of Mothra II'' (3 teasers, 1 theatrical), 3 trailers for ''Rebirth of Mothra III'' (2 teasers, 1 theatrical)
*'''Audio:''' Japanese
*'''Subtitles:''' Japanese
*'''Special features:''' Audio commentary by special effects director [[Kenji Suzuki]], message from producer [[Shogo Tomiyama]], behind-the-scenes tokusatsu footage, featurette with special effects cinematographer [[Keiichi Sakurai]], trailers and TV spots, featurette focusing on [[Keizo Murase]], [[Shinichi Wakasa]], and [[Masaaki Tezuka]]
'''[[Sony]]''' Blu-ray + Digital HD (2014)
*'''Region:''' A/1
*'''Discs:''' 2
*'''Audio:''' Japanese (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0), English (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0)
*'''Subtitles:''' English, French
*'''Special features:''' Four trailers for ''Rebirth of Mothra'', four trailers for ''Rebirth of Mothra 2'', three trailers for ''Rebirth of Mothra 3''
*'''Notes:''' Packaged with ''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'' and ''[[Rebirth of Mothra 2]]''. Subtitles correspond to the script of the English dub, not the original Japanese dialogue.
'''Toho''' Blu-ray (2017)
*'''Region:''' A/1
*'''Discs:''' 3
*'''Audio:''' Japanese
*'''Subtitles:''' Japanese
*'''Special features:''' Audio commentary by special effects director Kenji Suzuki, message from producer Shogo Tomiyama, behind-the-scenes tokusatsu footage, featurette with special effects cinematographer Keiichi Sakurai, trailers and TV spots, image gallery, featurette focusing on Keizo Murase, Shinichi Wakasa, and Masaaki Tezuka
*'''Notes:''' Packaged with ''Rebirth of Mothra'' and ''Rebirth of Mothra 2''.
==Videos==
==Videos==
===Trailers===
===Trailers===
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*In this film, [[King Ghidorah]] became the first and so far only {{Kaiju}} to make his debut in the [[Godzilla (Franchise)|''Godzilla'' series]] and later appear in a film without [[Godzilla]].
*Despite being replaced as the villain of the film, [[Rodan]] makes a brief appearance on the screen of a [[Sega]] Dreamcast VMU, after a child playing ''[[Collect Godzilla: Giant Monster Assembly]]'' is abducted by [[King Ghidorah (Rebirth of Mothra 3)|King Ghidorah]].
{{Kaiju Movies}}
*In this film, King Ghidorah became just the second [[kaiju]] to make his debut in the [[Godzilla (franchise)|''Godzilla'' series]] and later appear in a film without [[Godzilla]], after the [[Giant Octopus]].
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*''Rebirth of Mothra 3'' was the first [[Toho]] kaiju film made without the involvement of producer [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]]. A framed photo of Tanaka appears in the Sonoda family's house as a tribute.
**It was also the first Toho kaiju film since [[1984]] without [[Koichi Kawakita]] serving as the director of special effects.
*Plush toys of Sonic and Tails, two characters from the ''[[wikipedia:Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' franchise, appear in Yusuke Sonoda's truck and attached to a fan in the Sonodas' house, respectively.
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Rebirth of Mothra 3
The Japanese poster for Rebirth of Mothra 3
Alternate titles
Flagicon Japan.png Mothra 3: Invasion of
King Ghidorah (1998)
See alternate titles
Directed by Okihiro Yoneda
Producer Shogo Tomiyama
Written by Masumi Suetani
Music by Toshiyuki Watanabe
Special
effects by 		Kenji Suzuki
Production company Toho Pictures, Toho Eizo Bijutsu
Distributor TohoJP, Columbia TriStar Home VideoUS
Rating Not Rated
Box office ¥850 million[1]
Running time 99 minutes
(1 hour, 39 minutes)
Aspect ratio 1.85:1
Rate this film!
3.79
(34 votes)

“
The strongest enemy, the final transformation. (最強の敵、最後の変身。)
„ 

— Tagline

Rebirth of Mothra 3 (モスラ3 キングギドラ来襲,   Mosura Surī: Kingu Gidora Raishū, lit. "Mothra 3: Invasion of King Ghidorah") is a 1998 tokusatsu kaiju film directed by Okihiro Yoneda and written by Masami Suetani, with special effects by Kenji Suzuki. Produced by Toho Pictures with special effects produced by Toho Eizo Bijutsu, it is the final entry in the Rebirth of Mothra trilogy. It stars Megumi Kobayashi, Misato Tate, Aki Hano, Atsushi Ohnita, Miyuki Matsuda, Takuma Yoshizawa, Kyohei Shinozaki, and Ayano Suzuki. The film was released to Japanese theaters by Toho on December 12, 1998. An English-dubbed version of the film premiered in North America on the Sci-Fi Channel on May 31, 2003, though unlike the prior two films it did not receive a home video release in the region until 2014.

When the dreaded King Ghidorah returns to Earth and begins abducting children in order to feed on their life forces, Rainbow Mothra and the Elias attempt to stop him but are hopelessly outmatched. Moll sacrifices herself to send Mothra back in time to the Cretaceous Period, when King Ghidorah was considerably weaker and nearly drove the dinosaurs to extinction, in a desperate attempt to stop him. But even with his foe in his younger state, Mothra must use all of his strength if he hopes to conquer the King of Terror.

Plot

Belvera breaks into an ancient temple and unlocks a massive-by-her-standards box. When her sisters Moll and Lora confront her, she calls forth and seizes three triangular jewels from the box. Hopping onto her steed, Garugaru, she teases a power called the Elias Triangle. As Belvera leaves, Moll and Lora call Fairy to tackle Garugaru, causing her to drop two of the gems. Belvera lets them go, warning they'll be necessary for the "King of Terror." The gem reading "Courage" fits onto Moll's sword, causing it to glow orange and elongate, but "Wisdom" fails to work on Lora's sword. Moll concludes it was meant for Belvera.

A meteor explodes as it enters Earth's atmosphere. Returning home to his family that night, Yusuke Sonoda reports that the skies are full of shooting stars. One lands outside Katsuyama. As it glows orange, dirt and debris around it rises into the air. The next morning, the Elias find little left of the meteorite. Fairy scans it and finds that it dates back to the time of the dinosaurs. The monster that emerged begins abducting children from their schools. Belvera, flying into a classroom suddenly devoid of students, names the menace: King Ghidorah. The Sonodas' eldest son Shota, who has stopped going to school, slips past the police blockade of the crash site.

Moll concludes that Ghidorah plans to exterminate humanity, just as he nearly did to the dinosaurs 130 million years ago. She and Lora call upon Rainbow Mothra to stop him as he attacks a city with shockwaves. The children he snatched reappear in a giant dome near the crash site. A soccer ball one throws at the dome instantly dissolves, sparking a panic. Shota watches Ghidorah land next to the dome and peer inside. Just then, Mothra attacks, but an invisible barrier around Ghidorah blunts all of his rays. He fires Gravity and Antigravity Beams in response, badly injuring him, then stomps her into the ground. Mothra is helpless as Ghidorah throws him into the air and sends him flying with another volley of Gravity Beams. Moll and Lora try to distract him, with Fairy firing her antennae lasers, only for one of his head to glare at Lora and place her under his control. She tries to strangle Moll and they both tumble from Fairy towards the dome.

Triumphant, Ghidorah continues abducting children, including the Sonodas' other children, Shohei and Tamako. Tentacles shoot out from the dome, ensnaring Belvera and Garugaru. More target Shota as he spots his siblings in the dome, but Fairy, now only carrying Moll, repels them. The Sonodas learn of the dome's location on TV and realize they can reach it through a nearby wind cave which serves as Shota's hideout. He leads Moll through the cave, and they find Mothra resting on the other side. Inside the doom, the mind-controlled Lora crosses blades with Belvera, using her "Love" jewel to extend her sword.

Mothra tells Moll that the only way to defeat Ghidorah is to travel through time back to Ghidorah's first attack on Earth, 130 million years ago, when he was significantly weaker. Moll sings to power his journey, as he shifts into his Aqua Mothra form, then Light Speed Mothra. Her strength fading, she gives Shota her sword and tells him to make Lora see the light again before turning to crystal. He dares Ghidorah to capture him, and the monster obliges. As he arrives inside the dome, it begins to fill with acid. In the past, Mothra stops Ghidorah from eating a Triceratops. The younger Ghidorah has no shield, and as Mothra rains down attacks, the Ghidorah in the present begins to feel pain. As she holds her sword to his throat, Shota tells Lora that Moll's last request was for her to help Mothra, and she returns to her senses. Her sword fuses with Moll's, causing Belvera to realize the Elias Triangle refers to her and her sisters. She attaches the "Wisdom" jewel to her sword, then merges it with the others.

Mothra shoots off part of Ghidorah's tail; an alarmed Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus rex watch as it burrows underground. But the younger Ghidorah is still a formidable opponent, and his fireballs begin to wear Mothra down. As he nears death, Lora's song gives him strength. He paralyzes Ghidorah with Excel Shining Field Rainbow powder, then carries him into the active Mt. Fuji. In the present, Ghidorah and the dome both vanish. As Lora and Belvera mourn Moll, three Primitive Mothra larvae come upon the fallen Mothra and cocoon him. Suddenly, King Ghidorah bursts out of a meteor in the present again, having regrown his body from the tail Mothra shot off. The Sonodas can only watch as he abducts the children again. With Mothra's whereabouts unknown, Lora and Belvera battle Ghidorah themselves on Fairy. As they do, Mothra's cocoon bursts out of a hillside and opens to reveal his new form: Armor Mothra. Ghidorah is completely outmatched: his Gravity Beams have no effect and Mothra even drops him to the ground with a ram. After slicing one of his wings off, Mothra energizes himself and flies through Ghidorah, causing him to crystalize and explode.

Mothra sheds his armor, becoming Eternal Mothra, and combines his power with the sword to revive Moll. Belvera departs on Garugaru, telling her sisters it doesn't matter if they don't agree with each other. With the dome gone, the children rush to be reunited with their parents, including the Sonodas. They wave goodbye to the Elias and Mothra.

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

  • Megumi Kobayashi   as   Moll
  • Misato Tate   as   Lora
  • Aki Hano   as   Belvera
  • Atsushi Ohnita   as   Yusuke Sonoda
  • Miyuki Matsuda   as   Yukie Sonoda
  • Takuma Yoshizawa   as   Shota Sonoda
  • Kyohei Shinozaki   as   Shohei Sonoda
  • Ayano Suzuki   as   Tamako Sonoda
  • Koichi Ueda   as   Principal Kocho
  • Atsushi Ohnita
  • Miyuki Matsuda
  • Takuma Yoshizawa
  • Ayano Suzuki
  • Kyoko Donowaki
  • Hironori Okajima
  • Toru Kodama
  • Yoshinobu Yano
  • Wataru Takeda
  • Makoto Fudano
  • Kensuke Kikuchi
  • Hiromi Watanabe
  • Maki Taniguchi
  • Harumi Yoshitoshi
  • Kaori Yanagioka
  • Chiharu Tsuji
  • Yoko Midorikawa
  • Mika Iketani
  • Futoshi Tanifuji   as   Elementary school teacher
  • Kazunori Shigeki
  • Naomi Kusumi
  • Kariko To
  • Katsuya Takamatsu
  • Tomisaburo Horikoshi
  • Masaaki Morita
  • Hideo Usui
  • Osamu Okado
  • Kimie Suzuki
  • Hiromi Suzuki   as   Teacher watching TV
  • Sayaka Yamaguchi
  • Shiro Namiki   as   Newscaster
  • Hoei Project, Gekidan Himawari, Theatre Academy, Tokyohoei Television, Gekidan Tohai, Central Kodomo Talent, Central Kodomo Gekidan, Tokyo Jido Gekidan, Nihon Jido   as   Child extras
  • Tsutomu Kitagawa   as   King Ghidorah / Cretaceous King Ghidorah

Appearances

Monsters

Weapons, vehicles, and races

  • Elias
  • Bell 206B-3 JetRanger III Helicopter

Development

According to an interview with special effects director Koichi Kawakita, Toho planned to produce a new film featuring King Ghidorah as early as December 1995. The film was initially planned for release in 1999, but King Ghidorah was eventually worked into Rebirth of Mothra 3 in 1998.[2] Toho considered introducing another new kaiju for the film as the antagonist, which was to be fire-themed; however, it was ultimately decided to use a popular existing monster instead. Originally, Rodan was to be the villain, while Mothra Leo would have traveled back in time to medieval Japan rather than the Cretaceous Period.[3][4] Other dropped concepts included explicitly tying King Ghidorah to Nostradamus's "King of Terror" prophecy, and naming the space monster as Desghidorah's father.[5] A remnant of the Nostradamus connection survives in the finished film with the moniker Moll and Lora ascribe to King Ghidorah.

Gallery

Main article: Rebirth of Mothra 3/Gallery.

Soundtrack

Main article: Rebirth of Mothra 3/Soundtrack.

Alternate titles

  • Mothra 3: Invasion of King Ghidorah (literal Japanese title)
  • Mothra III Invasion of Kingghidora (alternate English title)[6]
  • Rebirth of Mothra III (United States home video title)
  • Mothra: King Ghidorah Returns (Mothra: King Ghidorah kehrt zurück; Germany)

Theatrical releases

  • Japan - December 12, 1998

U.S. release

Rebirth of Mothra 3 premiered on the Sci-Fi Channel on May 31, 2003, the same day as Rebirth of Mothra and Rebirth of Mothra 2, although they had already been released on DVD three years prior. Sony planned to include the film in its 2009 Icons of Sci-Fi: Toho Collection DVD set, but ultimately removed it.[7] Aside from a stint on the free online streaming service Crackle, TV airings remained the only legitimate way to see Rebirth of Mothra 3 in the U.S. until 2014, when the trilogy was released in a Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Blu-ray set with Japanese and English audio options.

Box office

Rebirth of Mothra 3 grossed ¥850,000,000 in Japan, a lower figure than the first two entries in the trilogy.

Reception

While the Rebirth of Mothra trilogy is held in low esteem by kaiju fans overall, they generally consider Rebirth of Mothra 3 to be on par with Rebirth of Mothra. The 2007 readers' poll conducted by G-Fan produced a 5.9 out of 10 rating for the film, ranking it 42nd among 49 kaiju films surveyed, but still the highest in the trilogy.[8] By the 2014 poll, its rating was essentially unchanged, lowering to 5.8.[9] This time, Rebirth of Mothra surpassed it with a 6.2 score. In a 2013 Toho Kingdom poll, 43% of respondents named it their favorite in the trilogy, compared with 53% for Rebirth of Mothra and 5% for Rebirth of Mothra 2.[10]

King Ghidorah's design and portrayal routinely garner praise, as do the battle scenes. Targets for criticism include the uninvolved human cast, a convoluted time-travel story, and the low-quality CGI and dinosaur effects.

Video releases

Toho DVD (2006, 2011, 2013, 2015)

Sony Blu-ray + Digital HD (2014)

  • Region: A/1
  • Discs: 2
  • Audio: Japanese (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0), English (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0)
  • Subtitles: English, French
  • Special features: Four trailers for Rebirth of Mothra, four trailers for Rebirth of Mothra 2, three trailers for Rebirth of Mothra 3
  • Notes: Packaged with Rebirth of Mothra and Rebirth of Mothra 2. Subtitles correspond to the script of the English dub, not the original Japanese dialogue.

Toho Blu-ray (2017)

  • Region: A/1
  • Discs: 3
  • Audio: Japanese
  • Subtitles: Japanese
  • Special features: Audio commentary by special effects director Kenji Suzuki, message from producer Shogo Tomiyama, behind-the-scenes tokusatsu footage, featurette with special effects cinematographer Keiichi Sakurai, trailers and TV spots, image gallery, featurette focusing on Keizo Murase, Shinichi Wakasa, and Masaaki Tezuka
  • Notes: Packaged with Rebirth of Mothra and Rebirth of Mothra 2.

Videos

Trailers

Japanese Rebirth of Mothra 3 Teaser
Japanese Rebirth of Mothra 3 Newsflash/Special announcement #3
Japanese Rebirth of Mothra 3 trailer

Trivia

  • Despite being replaced as the villain of the film, Rodan makes a brief appearance on the screen of a Sega Dreamcast VMU, after a child playing Collect Godzilla: Giant Monster Assembly is abducted by King Ghidorah.
  • In this film, King Ghidorah became just the second kaiju to make his debut in the Godzilla series and later appear in a film without Godzilla, after the Giant Octopus.
  • Rebirth of Mothra 3 was the first Toho kaiju film made without the involvement of producer Tomoyuki Tanaka. A framed photo of Tanaka appears in the Sonoda family's house as a tribute.
    • It was also the first Toho kaiju film since 1984 without Koichi Kawakita serving as the director of special effects.
  • Plush toys of Sonic and Tails, two characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, appear in Yusuke Sonoda's truck and attached to a fan in the Sonodas' house, respectively.

References

This is a list of references for Rebirth of Mothra 3. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. ↑ "Rebirth of Mothra III". Toho Kingdom. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. ↑ Koichi Kawakita Interview II - davmil.org
  3. ↑ Toho Special Effects Movie Complete Works. villagebooks, 2012. Pages 260-263. ISBN 9784864910132.
  4. ↑ Rebirth of Mothra 3 Encyclopedia. 1998. Page 84, "Kenji Suzuki Interview." ISBN 4766931165.
  5. ↑ John LeMay (2017). The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films. Bicep Books. p. 246.
  6. ↑ Takaki, Junzo; Matsunomoto, Kazuhiro; Nakamura, Satoshi; Motoyama, Sho; Tsuchiya, Rieko (24 December 1999). The Godzilla Chronicles (3rd ed.). Takeshobo. pp. 226–227. ISBN 978-4812405819.
  7. ↑ HK and Cult Film News - Return of the Classics: Another Exclusive HKCFN Interview with Sony's Mike Schlesinger
  8. ↑ G-FAN Magazine Index: G-Fan #79
  9. ↑ G-FAN Magazine Index: G-Fan #105
  10. ↑ [1]

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