Original subtitles

We've got a deadline, don't forget.

We'll have to fell the young trees and mix them in for pulp. Okay, bye.

Hey, boss. Looks like Malaysia's stopped logging altogether.

Yeah?

Must be those conservationists again.

More orders for us.

Yes? Sure. Hey, boss! Tokyo.

Okay, thanks.

Yeah, Goto speaking.

Yeah, we were just discussing it.

If you ask me, it's some kind of fossil.

What can you see?

You got a screwdriver?

- Yeah, sure. - Let me have it here.

Mona!

Give it back, Wakaba! It's my book!

Stop it, children!

Give it back, it belongs to me!

Stop! Taiki!

Come on! Wakaba took my book, Mom!

Come on, she's younger than you are. Why can't you let her have it?

Hello. Mrs. Goto speaking.

Oh, it's you darling. Hi.

What?

But you were gonna come home today.

Hey, come on now. You were supposed to go and pick up Taiki's tutor.

Sorry, you're gonna have to go.

I can't leave, I got problems here.

That's what you always say, dear.

Why are you never around when you're needed?

We got a problem. It's not my fault.

Oh, it's always work, isn't it?

You weren't even here when Wakaba was sick!

I told you why I couldn't come back.

Oh, well, forget it!

You wanna work? Then just get on with it and see if I care!

Lora, come on!

- Fairy! - Fairy!

- Thought you weren't coming home. - I managed to catch the last flight.

Hey. Do you have a chain you could put this on?

- What is it? - I found it at the site.

Let me see that.

If I can just find a chain, it'll make a nice present for Wakaba.

No, don't touch those!

They're very valuable.

Here. This one?

- Huh, yeah. - Okay.

There.

She's sound asleep.

Is that your way of apologizing?

You're lovable, you know that?

Totally unlike your morn.

Don't. I don't want you drinking in here.

It's all right, go back to sleep.

It's just like the legend foretold.

You mean, the legendary creature is trapped in this rock?

Someone has removed the sacred Seal of Elias.

The chamber's unsealed.

A human being, no doubt.

I certainly hope it was.

What if it was Belvera?

If Belvera did take the seal what would happen?

She would try to use the creature held in this rock as her slave.

We must find the seal before it's too late.

Hi, who are you?

Wakaba, get up, it's late!

Look at all this junk mail, it gets worse every week.

Yeah, it's a waste of paper. No wonder we're losing the rainforests.

Don't forget that's how you make your living, dear.

Maybe, but it's still no excuse to waste it.

Hello, Mrs. Goto speaking.

Yes, just hold on a moment please.

Darling, Mr. Mochida for you.

Hello, Goto here.

The Morning Show?

At first sight, it resembles a huge fossil or a remnant of an ancient culture.

It seems the Houkoku Corporation...

...which owns this forest is planning to destroy it.

We've been campaigning to preserve the wilderness in Hokkaido...

- ...and over the past few months... - Who is this guy?

- ...we've been watching Houkoku... - They've been watching us?

Last week, Houkoku had some major problems...

...with environmentalists protesting at their logging operations.

They have been active all over Southeast Asia recently.

Go away!

What's going on in here?

- Darling! I gotta go! - What?

I have to go back to Hokkaido. Looks like trouble.

You're going back already?

You hurt me.

Hey. What are you doing, Taiki?

I'm waiting for my sister.

Your sister? What a sissy!

- Let's go. - Yeah!

What are you doing?

I'm over here.

Hey, come down here.

Look who's behind you.

Shoo, get out of here! Shoo!

He won't go. You see, I'm controlling him.

That's right. And not only that, I'm controlling your sister too.

Hey, Wakaba! Wakaba!

She said she hated you.

I really hate my sisters too.

Well, excuse me, I got to go now.

You can stay here for a while.

Mona. Over there!

You'll be okay now.

Please don't worry. We don't mean any harm.

Go away, you're never gonna mind-control me, do you hear me?

What a chicken he is!

Lora!

Is she in the house?

- What? - Belvera.

The Houkoku Corporation is one of the major players...

...in the international paper industry.

It is involved in logging operations not only in Hokkaido...

...Kyushu and Shikoku...

...but also in countries throughout Southeast Asia.

For Houkoku, it seems that profits are more important...

This wholesale desecration of our natural resources...

...is now being challenged, however.

More and more, environmental groups...

...bare mountainsides all over the region.

Recently, a huge rock...

...was discovered in the middle of one of their logging concessions.

This rock appears to be some kind of giant fossil...

...or even a relic from a bygone civilization.

Whatever its origins, various environmentalists...

...and archeological groups have demanded a halt to operations.

- We were right! - Who is she?

That's my mom.

Houkoku was asked to suspend the logging operations.

This request has been ignored.

- Gagaru, move it! - ...are underway to clear a way.

For its part, the Ministry of the Environment...

Wakaba!

Fairy!

Belvera! Give back the seal!

What's going on?

I really don't know, Mom.

But Belvera has done something to Wakaba.

Wakaba! Wakaba!

Belvera! You give back that seal!

Try it again!

Faster!

Fairy!

Wakaba, talk to me, Wakaba!

No!

Police. Call the police.

Taiki!

- Mom! - Taiki! Taiki!

Belvera! Please stop it!

Lora!

What?

Wakaba! Wakaba!

Mama?

Wakaba!

- Are you hurt? - I can't breathe, Mama!

Oh, my God, it's terrible!

Mama, I can't breathe! Mama! Stop it!

Fairy?

Fairy!

Fairy.

Sorry. It's all my fault.

No, it's all right.

But Fairy here won't be able to fly for a while.

I'm sorry.

We've messed up your house, haven't we?

Who are you little people?

Belvera. Will she be coming back again?

I guess not. She's heading for Hokkaido.

Hokkaido?

It's where they discovered the mysterious rock.

But that's where your father's working.

This is private property. Now get out of here!

If we go now, you'll just go ahead and blow up the rock won't you?

- So what? It's none of your business! - What's going on here?

- Boss, these guys are... - Hey!

Hey! Excuse me!

- Are you in charge here? - Yes I am.

Who gave you permission to film here? Leave right now.

I think we have a right to know exactly what you plan.

I give up. Their phone keeps ringing.

Desgidora?

What is that?

It's a mythical creature from our ancient legends.

A terrible space monster that came to Earth 65 million years ago.

You mean to say a space monster landed here?

Yes. It was long before man was around, of course.

That's when the dinosaurs all died.

Desgidora used to wander in outer space...

...sucking all of the energy out of the planets.

When it came to the solar system, it first landed on Mars.

And soon turned it into a barren wasteland.

And after that, Desgidora made its way down to Earth.

Bravely, our ancestors fought the huge monster...

...and locked it inside a rock.

That's right. They managed to seal it in there...

...with the seal of Elias, so it couldn't get out again.

My husband took the seal.

They say the seal of Elias possesses magical powers...

...that can harness universal energy.

If that energy is put to good use, great things can be achieved with it.

But if the energy's used for evil, we could all die.

So as you can see, we must put the seal back as soon as possible.

However...

Get it wired up quick!

Come on, hurry!

It's stopped. Look!

Thanks a lot, Morn.

It's okay. If I hadn't seen those little people...

...I would never have believed you.

Here. There you go.

What lovely dolls you've got there!

They're really special.

And that toy moth too, isn't it beautiful?

What's its name?

Fairy.

Fairy, that's its name.

Fairy.

The bulldozer's moving.

Hey, you! Where did the dynamite go?

Hurry up, please.

I just can't wait to see my little pet.

Hurry! Hurry up! Hurry up!

- Mr. Goto! - Mr. Goto!

He's fallen!

Gagaru!

We did it!

We did it, We did it, We did it!

Gagaru, let's go.

- Hey, come on! - Hurry!

- Okay, move back! - Let's go! Let's get out of here!

- All right, go! - Wait for me!

Come on!

Move it!

- Go, go! - Get out of here!

One second! Okay, go!

Wonderful!

Belvera! Give us back the shield!

They're both here. But how come?

You never heard of airplanes?

It's the seal!

Mona!

Mona!

We can't stop it now.

Desgidora!

Desgidora!

I command you to rise!

Yuichi! Yuichi!

Are you all right?

Yuichi! Talk to me, Yuichi!

My Yuichi!

Are you all right?

- Darling... - Oh, my God, you're all right!

Quick! Let's go.

Thank goodness!

Mommy's disappeared.

- It's too dangerous here! - But Mom?

We'll find your mother. You have to get out of here!

Fairy!

What's happening?

It's Desgidora. It's sucking the energy from the earth, like before.

- We must hurry! - Let's go!

Wakaba! Keep going.

Wakaba!

Fairy!

This Way!

Hey! Does Desgidora eat people too?

No.

There's more energy in the earth and plants.

It's not interested in the smaller things.

Wow! That makes me feel a whole lot better.

People don't live long. Only 80 years or so.

But trees, they can live for many hundreds of years.

Mona!

There it is.

Desgidora.

Gagaru! Come back down here.

We must find a way to tame it.

What is it doing now?

It'll stay and suck the energy from the forest for a while...

...before moving on again.

- It's terrible. - Once it's sucked enough energy...

...it'll be strong enough to move around more freely.

And then soon, it'll be strong enough to fly.

It can fly?

From now on, you'll be on your own.

What'll you do?

Don't worry about us. We'll take your mother to a safe place.

And after that...

...we'll call Mothra.

- Mona! - Mothra?

Wakaba, please guard the seal for us again.

Even if we don't come back...

...you must never let Belvera have it.

Let's go!

Are you really going to call up Mothra?

Mothra is too old, she'll never be able to make it!

Why can't we just let her rest in peace?

But only Mothra can stop that monster now.

Like she did millions of years ago.

But there were many Mothras back then, Mona.

Now things are different, she's all alone!

She's old and weakened after giving birth.

She can't do it!

- Where are my children? - They're both safe.

They're heading away from the fire, towards that mountain.

Just follow this valley and you'll be fine.

Thank you!

- Hurry up! - You see that?

What were they?

They were the Elias. Now let's go.

What?

Lora, I'll need your help.

Even if Mothra comes, what can she do?

She'll be killed, you know that!

But what other alternative do we have?

What do you think Mothra would do?

It's so hot!

There's a stream ahead.

It can't be far, I can hear it.

I can't walk anymore.

Do you want me to leave you by yourself?

- No, don't go! - Well, get going then!

I really hate you, Taiki!

Well, I hate you too, so there!

Wakaba!

Taiki!

- Taiki! - Taiki!

- Wakaba! - Wakaba!

Taiki!

Are you all right?

You hurt?

You twisted it.

Where did you learn to bind an ankle?

You have to know first aid when you work out here.

- Mothra! - Mothra!

What is going on? Is that Mothra?

No, I can't make it!

Come on, Wakaba!

Keep going.

That must be Mothra.

But Mothra...

...she must be nearly dead.

Desgidora, Mothra is old, now she's dying!

Go ahead, finish her!

- Mothra! - Mothra!

Mothra!

Lora.

It's the egg.

Yes, of course.

Look there. I think it's hatching.

- But it's too young to hatch now! - No, not yet!

- It must want to help its mother. - But it hasn't grown enough yet!

Its only strength is the strength of its willpower.

Look, it hatched!

Where did it go?

Hey, look. I found this in my pocket.

Go ahead eat it.

But it's my last one.

- I don't want it. - I don't want it either.

If neither of you want it, Gagaru can eat it for you.

So you have the seal.

It's still moving.

Well, why not use it?

Go ahead. It might make Mothra recover her strength. Who knows?

But I don't know how to.

Why don't you do like Mona did?

It doesn't work.

You have to concentrate and pray. Just do like this.

Wakaba!

Hey, it works.

Hey, look! Taiki!

Of course, it must be her child.

It's so small.

Yes, but look. It's really courageous.

No!

Come on, please!

You mustn't give up!

Darling! Look there!

Taiki!

- Wakaba! - Taiki!

- Hey! - Wakaba!

We're over here!

- Mothra! - Mothra!

- Mothra! - Mothra!

Desgidora, Mothra's finished. She's dying.

Leave her. She's no threat.

Attack the little one instead.

Mona!

- Mothra! - Mothra!

Run away! You have to get away!

Mothra!

Hey!

- Hey! - Hey, Dad!

- Mom's there. Look! - Wait, I'm coming down there!

Where on earth could it have gone to?

It's going away-

- Daddy! - You hurt? Are you all right?

My arm hurts.

- Where is it? - It's hiding.

Camouflaged. All moths use camouflage.

Look there!

Run away!

Come on. Come on!

Come on!

- Hurry up! - Mama!

- Wakaba! - Mommy!

- Taiki, come on! - Help!

Taiki!

Oh, thank God!

Hurry, Yuichi!

Hurry-

Come on, darling!

Come on!

Come on, Dad!

Run away! Run away!

Mothra!

Fairy.

Mothra! You must try to fly!

Mothra! Please try!

Lora.

Mothra can't die now!

Mothra!

Can't we help her?

Mothra!

Hey, Wait!

You all right?

Where's it going?

- To transform itself. - What do you mean transform?

It has to change into a full-grown moth.

Where's it gone?

We'll never know that. It's a secret.

If it grows into a moth...

...will it beat Desgidora?

Here.

Will you keep it for a while?

I'm quite sure we'll need your help again sooner or later.

According to a military spokesman in Hokkaido...

...the monster stands around 50 meters tall...

...and measures around 100 meters from head to tail.

The stream of burning material it emits from its three mouths...

...is said to be like molten lava.

The military is on full alert in the area...

...and reinforcements have been called up to try to contain the monster...

...and also to fight the fires that are raging throughout Hokkaido.

So far the monster has scorched over 8,000 square kilometers of forest.

Communication with the Hokkaido area has been difficult

...as many telephone transmitters have been destroyed...

...and the remaining ones are overloaded.

Also, many plants and trees have started to wither.

This phenomenon was first noticed in Monbetsu...

...and has spread to other parts of Hokkaido.

These weather satellite pictures show the strange clouds...

...that have appeared over Hokkaido.

A strange kind of fog seems to be coming out of these clouds.

It's badly affecting all the plant life in Hokkaido.

It's also reported that the oxygen content...

...of the local air has been reduced.

Well, we have some more news just come in.

It seems the monster is now taking to the air.

It's been confirmed that another strange creature...

...was seen heading in from the Pacific.

This strange creature has landed on Yaku Island...

...in Kagoshima prefecture.

- So now from both north and south... - Are you feeling better now'?

...Japan is being attacked by two terrible creatures.

Yaku Island, where the second monster landed...

...Is known as a World Heritage nature conservation area.

It's also famous for its thousand-year-old virgin forest of cedar trees.

The trees you can see on the screen are said to be over 7000 years old.

However, islanders claim that some of the bigger trees are even older...

...some dating back over 10,000 years.

Excuse me. Thank you.

The patients are being kept alive with oxygen.

Lack of oxygen is a serious problem...

...and many of the older people are in poor condition.

Even I feel bad. I can hardly breathe now.

It's getting worse. Hey, what are you doing?

Cell phones aren't allowed in the hospital. It's against the rules.

- This is an emergency! - But rules are rules, sir!

- Don't be ridiculous. Just let me go! - No, you can't!

Hey! Hey, that's my phone. Give it back!

- We'll keep it for you. - Give it to me!

It's you! You're the one who's responsible for this!

It's your fault, do you hear? You let the monster out!

Stop it, he didn't know. How can you say it was all his fault?

He knew exactly what he was doing!

- It's all your fault! - Hey, take it easy.

- Get lost! - Let me go! Leave me alone!

We're all gonna die and it's all his fault!

Now calm down. No one's gonna die.

You don't know that!

No one's gonna die, mister.

Mothra's gonna come and save us.

Mothra?

Look, the tree.

It must be thousands...

No, tens of thousands of years old.

Listen.

A song.

What is it?

We've just heard the creature...

...has been transformed into a gigantic moth.

That's great!

It's gigantic. It's even larger than a jumbo jet.

Our reporter Mr. Hirai is at the scene and sends this exclusive report.

Even if it is that big, a moth's still a moth.

How can it defeat such a terrible monster?

Hey, Mom, every year, more people die from bee stings...

...than die from being bitten by a snake.

It's just an insect, but don't write it off.

See you later!

- Taiki! - Taiki!

- Wakaba, go and stop him! - I'm going too!

- Wakaba! - Come back!

Look at that!

- Faster than its mother! - Fantastic!

It's mutated. Oh, no.

Belvera!

- Belvera! - Belvera!

Taiki!

- Taiki! Throw the seal up to us! - Taiki! Throw the seal up to us!

Here!

Hey, Taiki! Wakaba!

And Desgidora?

He's been sealed up again.

So only this one is left.

Hey!

Taiki! Wakaba!

Belvera!

Come back!

Belvera!

You can't hope to catch me, stupid human.

You evil witch!

Mona, Lora...

...I'm warning you to never trust a human being.

Wait, Belvera.

Mark my words. Sooner or later...

...they'll bring about your destruction. You'll see.

Wait, Taiki.

- Hey, she's getting away. - We're sorry, Taiki.

But we didn't tell you the whole story.

Yes, you see, Belvera is really our sister.

She's your sister?

Wakaba, deep down you do love your brother don't you?

Well, it's the same with us.

See, Belvera is a bit of a troublemaker, it's true.

But she's still our elder sister and we love her.

Taiki and Wakaba, would you like a ride on Mothra?

Can we really ride her?

The caterpillar became a Mothra...

...and received her power from the 10,000-year-old trees.

Hey, Dad!

This is terrible. What on earth have we done here?

Nature spent millions of years making all this...

...and we destroyed it all in a matter of minutes.

So what now?

It may not be too late to save the trees and the forests.

It's going to take many years of hard work.

Maybe...

...when we have grandchildren...

...they can live in a different world.

One where people respect the environment.

We have to make sure that becomes a reality.

Look there!

Look at that.

Mommy!

Fairy says thank you for saving her life, Taiki.

You're welcome.

You two saved the Earth. We're so grateful to you.

No, you did it too. We all did it.

Are you going?

It was a privilege to meet you. Thank you all again.

Especially you, Taiki.

- Goodbye now! - Goodbye now!

Good bye!

Good bye!

- Goodbye! - Goodbye!

Please come back.

Thank you, Mothra!