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movies = []
f = open('kaiju_movies.dat')
f.readline()
for line in f:
    fields = line.split('|')
    #print fields
    movies.append(fields)
f.close()
print movies
num_movies = len(movies)
print "There are %d movies." % num_movies
num_mothras = 0
for fields in movies:
    if 'Mothra' in fields[2]:
        num_mothras += 1
print "That damn moth appears %d times." % num_mothras


    

    




[['Godzilla', '1998', 'Matthew Broderick\n'], ['The Return of Godzilla', '1984', 'Shockirus\n'], ['Godzilla', '1954', 'None\n'], ['Godzilla Raids Again', '1955', 'Anguiras\n'], ['King Kong vs. Godzilla', '1962', 'King Kong,giant octopus\n'], ['Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster', '1964', 'King Ghidorah,Mothra,Rodan\n'], ['Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster', '1966', 'Ebirah,Mothra,giant condor\n'], ['Son of Godzilla', '1967', 'Kamacuras,Kumonga,Minilla\n'], ['Destroy All Monsters', '1968', 'Anguiras,Baragon,Gorosaurus,King Ghidorah,Kumonga,Manda,Minilla,Mothra,Rodan,Varan\n'], ['All Monsters Attack', '1969', 'Gabara,Minilla,Maneater\n'], ['Godzilla vs. Hedorah', '1971', 'Hedorah\n'], ['Godzilla vs. Megalon', '1973', 'Gigan,Jet Jaguaar,Megalon\n'], ['Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla', '1974', 'Anguiras,King Caesar,Mechagodzilla,Fake Godzilla\n'], ['Terror of Mechagodzilla', '1975', 'Mechagodzilla,Titanosaurus\n'], ['Godzilla vs. Biollante', '1989', 'Biollante\n'], ['Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah', '1991', 'Dorat,Godzillasaurus,King Ghidorah,Mecha-King Ghidorah\n'], ['Godzilla vs. Mothra', '1992', 'Battra,Mothra\n'], ['Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II', '1993', 'Baby Godzilla,Rodan,Mechagodzilla,Mecha-King Ghidorah\n'], ['Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla', '1994', 'Fairy Mothra,Little Godzilla,MOGUERA,SpaceGodzilla\n'], ['Godzilla 2000: Millennium', '1999', 'Orga\n'], ['Godzilla vs. Megaguiras', '2000', 'Meganulon,Meganula,Megaguiras\n'], ['Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack', '2001', 'Baragon,King Ghidorah,Mothra\n'], ['Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla', '2002', 'Kiryu\n'], ['Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.', '2003', 'Kamoebas,Kiryu,Mothra\n'], ['Godzilla: Final Wars', '2004', 'Anguiras,Ebirah,Gigan,Hedorah,Monster X,Keizer Ghidorah,Kamacuras,King Caesar,Kumonga,Manda,Minilla,Mothra,Rodan,Zilla\n'], ['Godzilla', '2014', 'M.U.T.O.\n'], ['Mothra vs. Godzilla', '1964', 'Mothra\n'], ['Invasion of Astro-Monster', '1965', 'King Ghidorah,Rodan\n'], ['Godzilla vs. Gigan', '1972', 'Anguiras,Gigan,King Ghidorah\n']]
There are 29 movies.
That damn moth appears 9 times.

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