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Poster for Godzilla (1954), widely considered the first kaiju film. Kaiju (Japanese: 怪獣 （ かいじゅう ）, Hepburn: kaijū, lit. ' strange beast '; Japanese pronunciation: [ka̠iʑɨː]) is a Japanese term that is commonly associated with media involving giant monsters.
The Fiend with Twenty Faces has appeared in other media and served as inspiration for other works, including the two novels Kaijin Nijū Mensō Den (怪人二十面相・伝) by Sō Kitamura and its film adaptation, the manga series Man of Many Faces by Clamp and Nijū Mensō no Musume by Shinji Ohara, [2] and anime Trickster in which he was voiced by Japanese singer-songwriter Gackt. [3]
[5] [6] [7] Pacific Rim, a film featuring giant mecha battling with kaiju, was released in 2013, and the following year Legendary reinterpreted Godzilla for a new generation of audiences in the series' 30th film.
Most of Japan's subsequent "kaiju" ("strange beast") films have this same endearing low-tech quirk. But "Gojira" was released just nine years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Earlier in 1954, a ...
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.
Kaiju and tokusatsu films, notably Warning from Space (1956), sparked Stanley Kubrick's interest in science fiction films and influenced 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). According to his biographer John Baxter , despite their "clumsy model sequences, the films were often well-photographed in colour ... and their dismal dialogue was delivered in ...
A cyborg alien kaiju and enemy of Godzilla [53] Godzilla: Godzilla franchise Various; A giant dinosaur-like kaiju. [54] [55] [56] Jame Gumb: The Silence of the Lambs: Ted Levine; A serial killer that murders women to wear their skin. [57] [58] Hedorah: Godzilla vs. Hedorah: Kenpachiro Satsuma; A kaiju made of sludge. [59] Mark Hoffman: Saw ...
Mothra (Japanese: モスラ, Hepburn: Mosura) is a fictional monster, or kaiju, that first appeared in the 1961 film Mothra, produced and distributed by Toho Studios.Mothra has appeared in several Toho tokusatsu films, often as a recurring monster in the Godzilla franchise.