Abstract Does the horror genre reflect the fears of the current culture? If so, what characters and themes are used to represent that fear of the current cultural climate of that era? Looking at the genre through the theoretical lenses of semiotics, queer theory and...
In the article “Godzilla and the Japanese Nightmare: When ‘Them!,” Chon Noriega suggests that there are two ways to analyze the film Godzilla: the critical approach (which focuses on the psychoanalysis of cultural changes and historical events) and the concept of Others. He defines the...
Gojira, Godzilla, or King of the Monsters, whatever name you know it by, it is literally the largest character to come out of Japan and into popular culture. Produced in 1954 by Toho Studios and directed by Ishiro Honda, Godzilla would go on to spawn...
The movie Godzilla directed by Ishiro Honda and written by Takeo Muraka in 1954, depicts a monster created by the devastating effects of nuclear weaponry. In the movie, Japan is thrown into panic after the mysterious exploding and sinking of several ships. One night on...
The 1954 classic science fiction Japanese film that that is known as “Godzilla” or “Gojira” was not only recognized as one of the biggest monster blockbuster films, but it also serves as a root of a real-life altercation that had occurred during that time. Made-to-order...
Godzilla, a franchise that has inspired the creation of an entire subgenre of movies called kaiju films, was first released in 1954, and written and directed by Ishiro Honda. The film functions somewhat as a Golden Age science fiction story, with our two novums being...
