Godzilla walks in front of a bridge with the sun past the horizon in Godzilla (2014).
Summary Godzilla is the longest-running movie franchise in history, spawning 33 Japanese movies which were very different from the five American movies that also came out of the franchise. The Japanese movies have some common features just like the American movies do, so the differences between Japanese Godzilla and American Godzilla can be tracked. This reveals an interesting set of themes, threads, and patterns running through Godzilla as a franchise, American cinema, and Japanese cinema.
While the Japanese Godzillas of the original 1954 movie and Godzilla Minus One lumbered slowly through cities, the Godzilla of TriStar's 1998 movie ran through the streets at an alarming pace. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire also displayed its titular giant lizard moving at a fast pace in combat with Kong.
*Availability in US Godzilla Minus One is the first Godzilla film released by Toho since 2016's Shin Godzilla. Minus One is a reimagining of the original 1954 Godzilla and takes the franchise back to its roots by exploring the harsh life of post-war Japan. The story follows Koichi Shikishima, a failed kamikaze pilot, who struggles with survivor guilt as a giant monster attacks the city.
1 7 Godzilla Is More Multi-Dimensional In Japan More Japanese Movies Explore Its Good Side Close Not all American Godzilla movies have Godzilla in an antagonistic role, but lots more Japanese movies explore the potential protagonism of the character. Godzilla: King of the Monsters in 2019 and Godzilla in 2014 are two American movies where Godzilla played the hero - to a certain extent. But Godzilla fights other monsters who pose a far worse threat to humanity in numerous other Japanese flicks.
Godzilla Minus One was a kaiju movie, but also a war movie and a period drama; it provided an original story that cut right to the heart of the monster's message by harking back to the original context. The original 1954 Godzilla that launched the kaiju genre - the giant monster genre - was about so much more than just a giant reptile. It was about the social problems hitting humanity.
The addition of the Monarch organization to the story is symptomatic of this overall Americanization. The Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. movies weren't content with Godzilla as a symbolic obstacle for humanity to contend with. Rejecting the symbolism present in the Japanese originals, these movies instead decided to build intrigue into a story, of which Godzilla was just one part.
3 Japanese Movies Have A Lower Budget American Godzillas Are More High-Tech Close While Japanese Godzilla movies often carried an important message, their special effects were normally dwarfed by the impressive sheen of the American Godzilla movies. The Godzilla of 1954, Godzilla Minus One, and Shin Godzilla represent only three highlights of Japan's Godzilla track record, with Destroy All Monsters and The Return of Godzilla also rating highly.
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