Rebirth of Mothra III
1998 film by Okihiro Yoneda
Rebirth of Mothra III (モスラ 3 キングギドラ来襲, Mosura Surī Kingu Gidora Raishū; released in Japan as Mothra 3: Invasion of King Ghidorah) is a 1998 Japanese kaiju film directed by Okihiro Yoneda, written by Masumi Suetani, and produced by Shōgo Tomiyama. Produced and distributed by Toho Studios, it is the final film in the Rebirth of Mothra trilogy, following the previous year's Rebirth of Mothra II.
Rebirth of Mothra III stars Megumi Kobayashi, Misato Tate, Aki Hano, Atsushi Ohnita, and Miyuki Matsuda, and features the giant monster characters Rainbow Mothra and King Ghidorah. The film was released theatrically in Japan on December 12, 1998, and was released in the United States as a Sci-Fi Channel TV premiere on May 31, 2003. However, despite its predecessors being released on DVD in 2000, the film did not receive a North American home media release until 2014, when all three films were released on a Blu-ray bundle by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
Plot
The Elias sisters, Moll and Lora, attempt to stop their vengeful sister, Belvera from seeking the secret power of the Elias Triangle, three power units that can transform the sisters' daggers into powerful swords. Belvera succeeds, but she is thwarted by her sisters' pet, Fairy Mothra, and fails to retrieve the proper unit for her dagger while Moll and Lora end up with one for the former.
The next day, teenager Shota ditches school to investigate a meteor recently landed in Aokigahara Forest, while children from across the city mysteriously vanish. Upon examining the meteor's remains, Moll and Lora deduce that King Ghidorah, a three-headed space dragon who had invaded Earth and killed the dinosaurs, has returned to capture the children, placing them in an organic dome. Moll and Lora then summon their ally, Mothra, to fight Ghidorah. After a brief battle, the dragon overpowers Mothra and hypnotizes Lora, forcing her to attack Moll before attempting to drag them both into the dome.
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