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"Japan’s greatest monster, Godzilla, turns 70 on November 3 2024, the
anniversary of the first movie to feature the character.
Godzilla (1954) was
a stark exercise in processing the trauma of the Nagasaki and Hiroshima
bombings, but its success inspired the longest-running film franchise in
history, with 37 sequels.
The many Godzilla movies made by Toho, one of Japan’s biggest film studios,
reflect the country’s complex history as victims of the only nuclear bombings
and as a rapidly developing economy in the 20th century.
The two most recent live-action films,
Shin Godzilla (2016) and
Godzilla
Minus One (2023), updated these themes for this century. They respectively
criticised the response to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and Fukushima
meltdown. The films nostalgically captured a resurgent Japanese nationalism.
Of all 38 movies, I believe these five are the best lesser-known Godzilla films
to watch for a mega-monster-marathon."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
