'A film that only Japan could have made': Seventy years on, why Godzilla is the darkest monster movie of them all
Ishirō Honda's momentous 1954 monster film was born out of a national tragedy in Japan. It has a bleak message for humanity ...
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The little-known connection between LA and Japanese monster masterpiece, 'Godzilla'
Today marks a very special day for a timeless Japanese icon.On Nov. 3, 1954, the first Godzilla film was released in Japan.
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This Halloween discover Japan's yōkai monsters
There is a new exhibit at the Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park and it’s perfect for Halloween. Momoka Nakajima, visitor engagement coordinator with the garden, has some monsters she ...
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Climate change quietly slaying Japan’s ‘juhyo’ ice monsters
“Juhyo” ice monsters once inhabited a wide area of the Japanese archipelago but are steadily disappearing due to climate change. The phenomenon, rarely observed outside the country, is a ...