

An edition of Kaiju Film (2016)
A Critical Study of Cinema's Biggest Monsters
By Jason Barr
Publish Date
2016
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Language
eng
Pages
212
Description:
"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"--