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Gojira film

1950's, Honda

Godzilla: king of the monsters film

1950's, Honda & Morse

Astro Boy series

1950's-1960's, Tezuka

Barefoot Gen film

1980's, Masaki

Grave of the Fireflies film

1980's, Takahata

Grave of the Fireflies film

1980's, Takahata

White Light, Black Rain film

2000's, Okazaki

White Light, Black Rain film

2000's, Okazaki

BBK/BRNK series

2010's, Komatsuda

Kamikaze Taxi film

1990's, Harada

Go film

2000's, Yukisada

Salaryman Kintaro series

1990's, Miike

The Family Game

1980's, Morita

Mushroom Cloud term

Cloud from the explosions of the atomic bombs. Trunk of fire cloud spanning across the sky carrying ash and nuclear radiation

Hibakusha term

Survivors of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Kami shibai term

Paper plays or paper dramas: before manga

Kaiju eiga term

Monster films

Tokusatsu eiga term

Special effects films

Mecha fetishization

Technological optimism that gave a positive vision of how Japan could rebuild its economy through machines

Victim's history

Japanese depiction of WWII where Japanese people are made victim to the war

Fireflies

Symbolic similar to the cherry blossoms, Transience of life

Fireflies

Symbolic similar to the cherry blossoms, Transience of life

Atomic Robot man

1940's tin toy made for American children

Miyata Jiro art

1990's, Torimitsu, salaryman crawling exhibit

Emperor Hirohito stands next to general douglas mcarthur, 1940's, Faillance

II "Fire", 1950's, Maruki couple

II "Fire", 1950's, Maruki couple

Hibakusha Tsuyo Kataoka Nagasaki, 1961, Tomatsu

Bottle melted and deformed by atomic bomb heat, radiation, and fire, Nagasaki. 1961. Tomatsu.

Bottle melted and deformed by atomic bomb heat, radiation, and fire, Nagasaki. 1961. Tomatsu.

Otherness term

Difference within a cultural group

Zainichi term

Permanent ethnic Korean holding special permanent residence in Japan

Zainichi term

Permanent ethnic Korean holding special permanent residence in Japan

Nikkeijin term

Ethnically Japanese people who live/have lived outside of Japan

Tunnel (Rio). 2007. Oiwa.

Tunnel (Rio). 2007. Oiwa.

Tunnel (Tokyo). 2008. Oiwa.

Everyday life. 2008. Kim.

Coming-of-age ceremony. 2010. Kim.

Everyday life. 2008. Kim.

Salaryman term

White-collar male worker in Japan

Kazoku term

Important historical overview of family, the meaning changes overtime. The Ideal family: Salaryman husband, education mama, and student child

Obento term

Boxed lunches Japanese mothers make for their children

Ideological state apparatus term

An institution that shapes culture and can indoctrinate people into a certain mindset through the spreading of ideology

Exam hell term

Intense competition involved with high school and university exams

Juku term

Cram school. Classes provided by private schools that offer educatiin beyond the normal educational institution

Ash-colored mountain. 2009-2011. Aida.