After reading the article, I am getting to know more about the relationship between Japanese history and culture. Tokyo, the apocalypses that happened most frequently, fell victim to various artificial and natural disasters in the past, both in reality and on screens. But these movies do not lead the audiences to be repressed by history; they spread positive attitudes and spirits through them. These disaster films show the tragic past that cannot be discussed in the principal strain and portray the hope after overcoming the difficulties repeatedly. In addition, it also talks about the reconstruction after the deconstruction. In reality, Japan’s economy boosted from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, which shows the optimistic attitudes of the Japanese after recovering from the atomic bomb. Some disasters are artificial in the movie, which also provokes humanity to avoid such disasters happening in real life.
Good summary. Apart from pure optimism, what are other incidents/ emotions provoked by the disaster movies?