The Kaiju Film: A Critical Study of Cinema's Biggest Monsters
"The Kaiju (strange monster) film genre has themes that go well beyond the "big monsters stomping on cities" motif. This critical examination of kaiju considers the entirety of the genre, how it has crossed cultures from its original folkloric inspirations in both the U.S. and Japan and how it continues to reflect national values to audiences"--
GenresMonster filmsJapanHistory and criticismMonsters in motion pictures
203 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 2016 by McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers · ISBN 9780786499632
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