In a certain period of time, the content created by the film will reveal some events at that time or before, such as Tokyo, after the two atomic bombs were dropped and the natural disasters have been all along, creating monsters, Godzilla and other animated film images to replace the end of the world illusion brought by these injuries. On the one hand, these images show the anxiety of the people at that time in disguise, but at the same time, these images embody the image of abstract events, The method of normalizing abnormalities also alleviates anxiety to another extent. And film and television works such as some destruction were actually manifestations of Japan’s recasting of post-war ideology at that time.
Movies, comics, and other means of ideological and cultural propaganda simultaneously played a role in suppressing post-war panic in Japan’s combat society, distorting facts and history to a certain extent and guiding people to forget that unbearable period of history.
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You illustrated how post-war Japanese visual culture is influenced and form a euphemized commentary on tragic events in the nation. I appreciate your synthesis of opposing thoughts on Japanese film- the anxiety of these images and in turn the normalization and alleviation of it.