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Spanish filmmaker Jonathan Belles from Producciones451 is working on a new documentary that will be (hopefully) released during summer 2014: "Godzilla & Hiroshima: The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga".

The documentary will include interviews with critics, experts, historians, etc and will tell all about the link between the Kaiju Eiga as a genre and the Hiroshima/Nagasaki atomic bombs. Also, it will explore how the genre started and how audiences reacted to it during its birth.

There is a lot more to be revealed, so expect some surprises regarding this promising documentary .

For the moment, to keep you informed, this is the official english website of the documentary:

At last, the first trailer for the documentary is available online:



Tentative release date is summer 2014

Looks awesome. I look forward to it.

"A Word With "Godzilla & Hiroshima" Producer/Director Jonathan Belles":

Thanks for the heads up, Armand!!!

Jonathan did a speech introducing his documentary in a spanish library named Argot during the Fantasti'Cs 2013 sci-fi/terror/fantasy literature activities.

Here are the first videos of the speech (in spanish only):

Introduction:



Part 1:

It looks pretty good!

Part 2 (final):

Jonathan's mission to Germany accomplished!

Jonathan is, as always, amazing . And there will be more...

New conference by Jonathan, this time in Valencia, Spain:



Armand, your book is shown and mentioned at 42:10

Right now Jonathan Belles is in Japan for the next round of interviews for his documentary, which includes Akira Takarada, Masaaki Tezuka, Yoshikazu Ishii, Tsutomu Kitagawa and more.

More info in his updated website:

Jonathan is going to do an excellent work, for sure. I would like to see what he gets finally from his journey

I'm looking forward to this.

Please, could someone whose native language is english confirm this?:

Which title sounds more correct:

The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga
or
The Dawn of THE Kaiju Eiga?

Someone can correct me if they know better, but I think you could get away with either one. Kaiju eiga could be taken as a singular or plural noun, so it depends on your preference. If you were to translate kaiju eiga into English, which would you prefer: "The Dawn of the Monster Movie" (as a genre), "The Dawn of the Monster Movies," or "The Dawn of Monster Movies" (all the movies after and including this one)? It's your call to make. I hope this makes sense.

Thanks, Bruticus!!!

Akira Takarada dedicates a few words to Jonathan Bellés:

Second trailer: