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Films featuring Godzilla and Gamera were made into the 1970s, and a King Kong remake was released in 1976. Awareness of toxic waste and the growth of the environmental movement in the 1970s inspired the release of various horror films, and the giant monster subgenre saw the release of 1971's Godzilla vs. Hedorah , in which the themes of ...
Pages in category "Kaiju films" The following 182 pages are in this category, out of 182 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abyssal Spider;
Kaiju are often somewhat metaphorical in nature; Godzilla, for example, initially served as a metaphor for nuclear weapons, reflecting the fears of post-war Japan following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Lucky Dragon 5 incident. Other notable examples of kaiju include Rodan, Mothra, King Ghidorah, and Gamera.
Kaiju films (10 C, 182 P) Kaiju video games (5 C, 29 P) G. Gamera (2 C, 8 P) ... Pages in category "Kaiju" The following 83 pages are in this category, out of 83 total.
The first film composed by Akira Ifukube who would later compose many of the Godzilla films and other Toho kaiju films years later; also featured ToshirÅ Mifune's first movie role. Drunken Angel: 1948 starring Toshiro Mifune Lady from Hell: 1949 Stray Dog: AKA Nora Inu; directed by Akira Kurosawa; starring Toshiro Mifune
This is a list of monster movies, about such creatures as extraterrestrial aliens, giant animals, Kaiju (the Japanese counterpart of giant animals, but they can also be machines and plants), mutants, supernatural creatures, or creatures from folklore, such as Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster.
Godzilla is one of the most recognizable symbols of Japanese popular culture worldwide and is an important facet of Japanese films, embodying the kaiju subset of the tokusatsu genre. It has been considered an allegory of nuclear weapons. The earlier Godzilla films, especially the original Godzilla, portrayed Godzilla as a frightening, nuclear ...
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