Watch Part 2 Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOAflIXvJL8
Part one of my retrospective on Godzilla Minus One, the latest Toho production of Godzilla and easily one of the greatest films to ever star the King of the Monsters. Here, I detail the behind the scenes work of Takashi Yamazaki, how Minus One intersects with the real life history of Japan's devastation in World War II, what makes this story so incredible, and how it speaks to the world today.
Music:
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"The Rising Sun" by CFO$
"Godzilla Theme" by Akira Ifukube
"The White Lady" by Christopher Larkin
"Early Morning from Tokyo" and "Persecution of the Masses" by Shiro Sagisu
"Electric Love" by Kalax
"Fire in the Sky" by The Midnight
"The Poet and The Muse" by Old Gods of Asgard
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uksxw6NUWxo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUHwr2CNobo
https://www.maxon.net/en/article/behind-the-scenes-of-godzilla-minus-one?srsltid=AfmBOooB2RpwnPVNgGXm66EIU6l0rwSf2ADgZF-znoXlqauOJbhTiTsI
https://www.tohokingdom.com/blog/interview-takashi-yamazaki-12-02-2023/
https://www.tohokingdom.com/blog/interview-takashi-yamazaki-02-14-2024/
https://gizmodo.com/takashi-yamazaki-inteview-godzilla-minus-one-nycc-2024-2000519705
https://letterboxd.com/journal/takashi-yamazaki-godzilla-minus-one-interview/
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1285456641/
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/students-teachers/student-resources/research-starters/research-starters-worldwide-deaths-world-war
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/japans-kamikaze-pilots-wwii
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2124.html
https://www.japanpitt.pitt.edu/timeline/postwar-period-1945-present
https://www.cfr.org/japan-constitution/japans-postwar-constitution
https://www.britannica.com/place/Japan/Japan-since-1945
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/japan-reconstruction
https://www.britannica.com/event/Bombing-of-Tokyo
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/first-kamikaze-strikes/
https://levvvel.com/shadow-of-the-colossus-statistics/