Godzilla Minus One Opens The Floodgates For Period Kaiju Movies
Godzillahas always been a product of the Second World War, a metaphor for the nuclear hellfire that engulfed thousands in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, burning centuries of infrastructure to the ground in a tragic final act to years of conflict. The creature represents not only nuclear devastation, but political apathy, a society that struggled to rebuild, and defining a new national identity in the face of defeat. But while the original kaiju was inspired by World War 2, rarely have we seen him placed so intimately within its aftermath....