"Vintage Japanese Sci-Fi Movies to Pair with Some Sushi..." Topic
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24 Aug 2021 5:49 p.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill
- Changed title from "Vintage Japanese Sci-Fi Movies to Pair with Some Shushi..." to "Vintage Japanese Sci-Fi Movies to Pair with Some Sushi..."Removed from SF Discussion board
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| Tango01 | 24 Aug 2021 4:42 p.m. PST |
… AND SAKE "Godzilla isn't the only immense import from Japan to make waves like a turbulent tsunami. Some of the most entertainingly bizarre science fiction has slithered out of the country that brought us anime, manga, mochi, sushi and kaiju. The monstrous tokusatsu (huge on the special effects) films that crawled onto Japanese screens in the '60s and '70s managed to breed every imaginable horror storyline, from bioluminescent walking mushrooms to mammoth mutated jellyfish. Tokusatsu is a Frankenstein's monster style of filmmaking pieced together from epic kabuki fight scenes and creepy bunraku puppets of traditional Japanese theater. Kaiju are a species of movie monster that evolved from this hybridization. Many sci-fi movies were invaded by kaiju, whose name literally translates to "strange beast." Most of these mega-tentacled leviathans were superpowered stuntmen in rubber suits, wreaking havoc on a miniature model of Tokyo. However, some tokusatsu films rocketed into the future of science fiction by using unconventional techniques to create the illusion of a skyscraper-sized behemoth with far too many rows of teeth descending on a helpless metropolis…"
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 Virtualscratchbuilder   | 24 Aug 2021 5:22 p.m. PST |
Attack of the Mushroom People. |
| HMS Exeter | 24 Aug 2021 6:02 p.m. PST |
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| d88mm1940 | 24 Aug 2021 8:36 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 25 Aug 2021 3:40 p.m. PST |
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| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 25 Aug 2021 8:43 p.m. PST |
Thanks for some ideas for tv watching. |
| Tango01 | 26 Aug 2021 4:05 p.m. PST |
No mention my good friend… Armand |
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