This July, the new Godzilla movie “Godzilla Resurgence” will be released. It is directed by none other than Hideaki Anno (“Evangelion” series), whose enthusiasm for special effects in monster movies is unparalleled. In this new trailer, one can see that the creators of the film are not pulling any punches. This is not a peek-a-boo marketing of Del Toro’s Godzilla. We all can see what we can expect.
Though little known today, there were attempts to export Japanese films to the foreign countries before Kurosawa’s “Rashomon“. Japanese film industry explored the possibility to show Shimazu’s film or young Setsuko Hara’s starring vehicle in various countries, from Asia to United States to Europe. They condescendingly ‘exported’ the films made in Japan to Manchuria, Korea and the other occupied territories. However, the attempt to export such films to Europe was a different matter. It was a competitive market saturated with highly sophisticated products. Especially, during the thirties, volatile European politics lowered the melting point of artistic borders, resulting in the …
The title and the year of its production suggests a maritime war film glorifying the sinking of an enemy ship. It turns out, it is a propaganda film to motivate factory workers to improve their productivity (or to work overtime). The product of the interest in the film happened to be a tornado, which (supposedly) sunk the Prince of Wales in December 1941.
