Godzilla vs. Mothra

Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle For Earth (ゴジラvsモスラ, Gojira tai Mosura) is a 1992 Japanese science fiction kaiju directed by Takao Okawara. It is the 19th film in the Godzilla franchise and the fourth film in the Heisei series. Unadjusted for inflation, the film remains the highest grossing film of the Toho Godzilla films and was the second highest grossing film in Japan in 1993, second only to Jurassic Park. The film was released in Japan on December 12, 1992 and in direct to video in the United States in 1998 by Columbia Tristar Home Video as Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth.

Plot

In 1993, an asteroid lands in the ocean and awakens Godzilla. The next day, a young man named Takuya Fujita is detained after stealing an ancient artifact. Later, a representative of the Japanese Prime Minister arrives to the jail where Takuya is being held with Takuya's ex-wife, Masako Tezuka, and offers him to explore an island with Masako and Marutomo company secretary, Kenji Ando, and become a free man. Takuya initially turns down the offer, on the basis that he is to be released in another week. But after his ex-wife informs him that his sentence has been reconsidered, he accepts. After the trio arrives on the island, they find a cave behind a waterfall. Inside, they discover ancient paintings, including a picture of two giant insects fighting one another. While studying them, the sun shines through a hole in the wall, and the light points to a small opening in the cave, where they come upon a giant egg. The three hear a pair of voices, which belong to the Cosmos. They keep the earth's natural order in balance, and informs them the egg belongs to Mothra.