Daiei Film isn’t as close to being a household name as Toho is, but they still knew an opportunity when they saw one. After Gojira and Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds proved to attract attention even ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Super Monster is less an actual movie and more a stock footage parade. Just about every shot of ...

In 1965, at the height of the kaiju genre’s popularity in Japan, Daiei Film introduced audiences to its own giant monster, Gamera, a mutated fire-breathing turtle who later became known as “the friend ...

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