The Atomic Bomb in Japanese Cinema: Critical Essays

by Matthew Edwards

Seventy years after the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan is still dealing with the effects of the bombings on the national psyche. From the Occupation Period to the present, Japanese cinema had offered a means of coming to terms with one of the most controversial events of the 20th century. From the monster movies Gojira (1954) and Mothra (1961) to experimental works like Go Shibata's NN-891102 (1999), atomic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786479124
• ISBN13: 9780786479122
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.8" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher