New Godzilla Women of TOHO book
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2011 12:40 amI walked into a Tsutaya Book store at random the other day, and just randomly caught this out of the corner of my eye:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E5%88%A5%E5%86 ... 238&sr=8-1
This book is far better than a similar themed book released a while back (which focused mostly on GxMG's Shaku Yumiko instead of a *real* comprehensive book on TOHO's Godzilla women). Really a great book with a lot of stills of the most famous TOHO SFX actresses I had never seen before, as well as interviews with most of these lovely ladies (in Japanese of course). Even Tomoko Ai, who disappeared after making TOMG and has never really been interviewed, has a lengthy interview in this book. I wish I had a scanner so I could scan some of the photos...really cool stuff.
My only real complaint is that it bills itself as covering Godzilla girls from 1954-2004....yet, the coverage of heisei series women is very low, with only a few publicity/movie stills, and the millenium series women get next to zilch. However, as I mentioned, the showa series coverage is fantastic...even the more obscure actresses of this era of Godzilla films are covered.
Overall, it's a very interesting book that I recommend, and it will probably slip under the radar with the recent comic and what not...
http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E5%88%A5%E5%86 ... 238&sr=8-1
This book is far better than a similar themed book released a while back (which focused mostly on GxMG's Shaku Yumiko instead of a *real* comprehensive book on TOHO's Godzilla women). Really a great book with a lot of stills of the most famous TOHO SFX actresses I had never seen before, as well as interviews with most of these lovely ladies (in Japanese of course). Even Tomoko Ai, who disappeared after making TOMG and has never really been interviewed, has a lengthy interview in this book. I wish I had a scanner so I could scan some of the photos...really cool stuff.
My only real complaint is that it bills itself as covering Godzilla girls from 1954-2004....yet, the coverage of heisei series women is very low, with only a few publicity/movie stills, and the millenium series women get next to zilch. However, as I mentioned, the showa series coverage is fantastic...even the more obscure actresses of this era of Godzilla films are covered.
Overall, it's a very interesting book that I recommend, and it will probably slip under the radar with the recent comic and what not...