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  2. List of films featuring giant monsters - Wikipedia

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    The 1953 American film The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms featured a giant dinosaur that awakens due to nuclear tests in the Arctic. [3] : 42 The 1954 film Them! involved giant irradiated ants. Later in 1954, the Japanese film Godzilla was released, followed by Rodan in 1956.

  3. Kaiju - Wikipedia

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    Kaiju ( Japanese: 怪獣, Hepburn: Kaijū, lit. 'Strange Beast') is a Japanese term that is commonly associated with media involving giant monsters. A subgenre of science fiction, it was created by Eiji Tsuburaya and Ishirō Honda. [1] The term can also refer to the giant monsters themselves, which are usually depicted attacking major cities ...

  4. Godzilla (franchise) - Wikipedia

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    Godzilla. (franchise) Godzilla ( Japanese: ゴジラ, Hepburn: Gojira) is a Japanese monster, or kaiju, media franchise consisting of films, television series, novels, comic books, video games, and other merchandise. The franchise is centered on the fictional kaiju Godzilla, a prehistoric reptilian monster awakened and powered by nuclear radiation.

  5. Category:Japanese monster movies - Wikipedia

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    V. Versus (2000 film) Categories: Japanese horror films. Japanese science fiction films. Monster movies by country.

  6. Gamera - Wikipedia

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    Gamera ( Japanese: ガメラ, Hepburn: Gamera) is a fictional monster, or kaiju, originating from a series of Japanese films. Debuting in the 1965 film Gamera, the Giant Monster, the character and the first film were intended to compete with the success of Toho 's Godzilla film series. Since then, Gamera has become a Japanese icon in his own ...

  7. Mothra - Wikipedia

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    Mothra (Japanese: モスラ, Hepburn: Mosura) is a fictional monster, or kaiju, that first appeared in the 1961 film Mothra, produced and distributed by Toho Studios.Mothra has appeared in several Toho tokusatsu films, most often as a recurring monster in the Godzilla franchise.

  8. King Ghidorah - Wikipedia

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    King Ghidorah (キングギドラ, Kingu Gidora) is a fictional monster, or kaiju, which first appeared in Ishirō Honda's 1964 film Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster.The monster was initially created by Tomoyuki Tanaka, Eiji Tsuburaya and Shinichi Sekizawa as an homage to the eight-headed mythological Japanese dragon Yamata no Orochi.

  9. Gamera, the Giant Monster - Wikipedia

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    Japanese. Budget. ¥40 million [4] Gamera, the Giant Monster [5] (大怪獣ガメラ, Daikaijū Gamera, lit. 'Giant Monster Gamera') [6] is a 1965 Japanese kaiju film directed by Noriaki Yuasa, with special effects by Yonesaburo Tsukiji. [2] Produced and distributed by Daiei Film, it is the first film in the Gamera franchise and the Shōwa era.

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