Today marks a very special day for a timeless Japanese icon. On Nov. 3, 1954, the first Godzilla film was released in Japan. The monster flick, which many people saw as an allegory for the Atomic ...

Tsuburaya (1901-1970) produced many works known for “tokusatsu” special effects, such as “Godzilla” in 1954 ... Based on the Japanese folktale “The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter,” the ...

Takashi Yamazaki, the director behind the latest Godzilla movie, set for U.S. theatrical release later this year, was determined to bring out what he believes is the essentially Japanese ...

The annual showcase features classic monster movies, along with art and toys from creators across the country.

More than six decades after Godzilla roared onto the screen in Ishiro ... Golden Globe nominee Zhang Ziyi, Japanese star Ken Watanabe, actor and rapper O’Shea Jackson Jr. The ensemble cast ...

Higuchi, the director of the 2016 “Shin Godzilla” (or “New Godzilla,”) has reimagined the 1975 Japanese film “The Bullet Train,” which has the same premise: A bomb will go off if the ...