Godzilla was a symbol of thermonuclear weapons as well as a victim, an intentional directorial decision by director Ishiro Honda, who explained, "I took the characteristics of an atomic bomb and ...

So I have a kind of hatred of nuclear weapons." The film, then, used Godzilla as a metaphor for the atomic bomb. The monster’s arrival is a consequence of H-bomb testing, and his scales even ...

Against the backdrop of a ceremony dominated by “Oppenheimer,” a film focused on the man behind the atomic bomb, many Japanese Americans say the win for “Godzilla Minus One” felt like a ...

My older brother’s generation joined the kamikaze corps. Takashi Yamazaki: For me, Godzilla is a symbol of war and nuclear destruction, so I thought I must incorporate the suicide missions into ...