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'''''Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo! | -------------------------> | ||
{{Quote|The Incredible World of Japanese Fantasy Films}} | |||
'''''Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo!''''' is a 1998 nonfiction book written by Stuart Galbraith IV and published by Feral House. Its main attraction is an oral history of Showa-era kaiju and sci-fi films, as told by the actors, directors, composers, cinematographers, technicians, and producers who worked on them. | |||
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== | ==Description== | ||
Mushroom Men! Gargantuan Space Turtles! Evil Brains from Outer Space! Colossal Cuttlefish! | {{Quote|it=yes|Mushroom Men! Gargantuan Space Turtles! Evil Brains from Outer Space! Colossal Cuttlefish! | ||
They're all here in ''Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo!'' With more than 200 remarkable photos and 50 interviews with the brilliant madmen behind and in front of the camera, ''Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo!'' sifts through the goofy and the grand, with behind-the-scenes info on the wildest and most misunderstood movie genre of them all. | ''They're all here in ''Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo!'' With more than 200 remarkable photos and 50 interviews with the brilliant madmen behind and in front of the camera, ''Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo!'' sifts through the goofy and the grand, with behind-the-scenes info on the wildest and most misunderstood movie genre of them all. | ||
What did well-regarded directors like Akira Kurosawa really think about this disreputable genre? How did monster movie actors feel about being upstaged by guys in rubber suits? How did Japan's special effects wizards create those incredible scenes of mass destruction? | ''What did well-regarded directors like Akira Kurosawa really think about this disreputable genre? How did monster movie actors feel about being upstaged by guys in rubber suits? How did Japan's special effects wizards create those incredible scenes of mass destruction? | ||
With more than 100 capsule reviews and an invaluable Who's Who, this is the essential guide to the best and worst of Japanese fantastic films, from such underrated greats as ''[[Gorath (film)|Gorath]]'', ''[[ | ''With more than 100 capsule reviews and an invaluable Who's Who, this is the essential guide to the best and worst of Japanese fantastic films, from such underrated greats as ''[[Gorath (film)|Gorath]]'', ''[[Magic Serpent]]'', and ''[[Matango (film)|Attack of the Mushroom People]]'' - to the wondrously awful ''Invasion of the Neptune Men''. | ||
[[Godzilla]] has invaded America and Stuart Galbraith IV's ''Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo!'' shows how he and his monster brethren got here. | ''[[Godzilla]] has invaded America and Stuart Galbraith IV's ''Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo!'' shows how he and his monster brethren got here.}} | ||
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==Contents== | ==Contents== | ||
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*Acknowledgments ( | *'''Acknowledgments''' (p. 5) | ||
*Table of Contents ( | *'''Table of Contents''' (p. 6) | ||
*A Symphony of Destruction ( | *'''A Symphony of Destruction''' (p. 8) [introduction] | ||
*Fantastic Films in Japan's Golden Age of Filmmaking ( | *'''Fantastic Films in Japan's Golden Age of Filmmaking''' (p. 17) [essay] | ||
*Witnesses ( | *'''Witnesses''' (p. 34) - Profiles of interviewees. | ||
*Interviews | *'''Interviews''' | ||
** | **(p. 43) After the War | ||
** | **(p. 47) Up the Ladder | ||
**The Birth of [[Godzilla]] ( | **(p. 49) The Birth of [[Godzilla]] | ||
**(p. 53) [[Eiji Tsuburaya|The Old Man]] and Tokusatsu | |||
**(p. 57) Kaiju Eiga in the 1950s | |||
**(p. 59) [[Ishiro Honda]], Kaiju Eiga Auteur | |||
** | **(p. 62) Porky & Blackie | ||
** | **(p. 64) Dubbing | ||
**[[Tomoyuki Tanaka]] ( | **(p. 66) [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]] | ||
**(p. 67) Teruo Ishii & Starman, Japan's Man of Steel | |||
**(p. 69) The Hardest-Working Men in Show Business | |||
**(p. 70) Eiji Tsuburaya at War | |||
** | **(p. 72) Monster Music | ||
**[[Gamera]] - The Children's Monster | **(p. 73) [[Gamera]] - The Children's Monster | ||
** | **(p. 75) Acting with Monsters | ||
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** | *'''Interviews''' [continued] | ||
** | **(p. 77) Actors | ||
** | **(p. 81) Into the Sixties | ||
** | **(p. 86) [[Jun Fukuda]] | ||
** | **(p. 87) Big Monsters | ||
** | **(p. 90) Tokusatsu Part II | ||
**Big Fishes in a Little Pond | **(p. 92) Comedy Relief | ||
** | **(p. 94) Big Fishes in a Little Pond | ||
** | **(p. 97) Familiar Faces | ||
**[[Nick Adams]] ( | **(p. 99) Invasion! | ||
**(p. 100) [[Nick Adams]] | |||
**(p. 102) The Case of the Missing [[Giant Octopus|Devil-Fish]] | |||
**(p. 109) The Tale of [[Gappa (film)|Gappa]] | |||
**(p. 111) "When He Died, I Didn't Know How to Live" | |||
** | **(p. 111) Collapse and the 1970s | ||
*Who's Who ( | **(p. 118) Legacy | ||
*Filmography ( | *'''Who's Who''' (p. 120) [additional actor/staff profiles] | ||
*Selected Bibliography ( | *'''Filmography''' (p. 137) [capsule reviews] | ||
*Chart o' Films ( | *'''Selected Bibliography''' (p. 184) | ||
*About the Author ( | *'''Chart o' Films''' (p. 186) | ||
*'''About the Author''' (p. 191) | |||
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==Interviewees== | ==Interviewees== | ||
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*Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba | *Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba | ||
*[[Robert Dunham]] | *[[Robert Dunham]] | ||
*Yu Fujiki | *[[Yu Fujiki]] | ||
*Kinji Fukasaku | *Kinji Fukasaku | ||
*[[Jun Fukuda]] | *[[Jun Fukuda]] | ||
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*[[Yuriko Hoshi]] | *[[Yuriko Hoshi]] | ||
*[[Akira Ifukube]] | *[[Akira Ifukube]] | ||
*Teruo Ishii | *[[Teruo Ishii]] | ||
*[[Momoko Kochi]] | *[[Momoko Kochi]] | ||
*Tsugunobu "Tom" Kotani | *Tsugunobu "Tom" Kotani | ||
*[[Akira Kubo]] | *[[Akira Kubo]] | ||
*Akira Kurosawa | *[[wikipedia:Akira Kurosawa|Akira Kurosawa]] | ||
*Shue Matsubayashi | *Shue Matsubayashi | ||
*Tatsuo Matsumura | *Tatsuo Matsumura | ||
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*[[Kumi Mizuno]] | *[[Kumi Mizuno]] | ||
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*Ryuzo Nakanishi | *[[Ryuzo Nakanishi]] | ||
*Minoru Nakano | *[[Minoru Nakano]] | ||
*[[Teruyoshi Nakano|Teruyoshi "Shokei" Nakano]] | *[[Teruyoshi Nakano|Teruyoshi "Shokei" Nakano]] | ||
*[[Yosuke Natsuki]] | *[[Yosuke Natsuki]] | ||
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*William Ross | *William Ross | ||
*[[Kenji Sahara]] | *[[Kenji Sahara]] | ||
*Henry G. Saperstein | *[[Henry G. Saperstein]] | ||
*[[Masaru Sato]] | *[[Masaru Sato]] | ||
*Seijun Suzuki | *Seijun Suzuki | ||
*Koichi Takano | *[[Koichi Takano]] | ||
*[[Akira Takarada]] | *[[Akira Takarada]] | ||
*Akira Tsuburaya | *Akira Tsuburaya | ||
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{{Books}} | {{Books}} | ||
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[[Category:Books]] | [[Category:Books]] | ||
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The Incredible World of Japanese Fantasy Films
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Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo! is a 1998 nonfiction book written by Stuart Galbraith IV and published by Feral House. Its main attraction is an oral history of Showa-era kaiju and sci-fi films, as told by the actors, directors, composers, cinematographers, technicians, and producers who worked on them.
Description
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Mushroom Men! Gargantuan Space Turtles! Evil Brains from Outer Space! Colossal Cuttlefish!
They're all here in Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo! With more than 200 remarkable photos and 50 interviews with the brilliant madmen behind and in front of the camera, Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo! sifts through the goofy and the grand, with behind-the-scenes info on the wildest and most misunderstood movie genre of them all. What did well-regarded directors like Akira Kurosawa really think about this disreputable genre? How did monster movie actors feel about being upstaged by guys in rubber suits? How did Japan's special effects wizards create those incredible scenes of mass destruction? With more than 100 capsule reviews and an invaluable Who's Who, this is the essential guide to the best and worst of Japanese fantastic films, from such underrated greats as Gorath, Magic Serpent, and Attack of the Mushroom People - to the wondrously awful Invasion of the Neptune Men. Godzilla has invaded America and Stuart Galbraith IV's Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo! shows how he and his monster brethren got here. |
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