Is Your War over Now? Nationalism, Nostalgia, and Japan’s Long Postwar from <i>Gojira</i> (1954) to <i>Godzilla Minus One</i> (2023)
This essay explores the political dynamics of the Godzilla film franchise over the past 70 years, arguing that critical and scholarly characterizations commonly oversimplify the movies’ complicated messages, which reflect the complex, often contradictory responses of Japanese filmmakers and audience...
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| Main Author: | William M. Tsutsui |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2024-11-01
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| Series: | Humanities |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/13/6/158 |
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