Module Materials
Films:
Dragon Head (Iida, 2003) [JPN ドランゴンヘッド] {doragonheddo}
Grave of the Fireflies (Takahata, 1988) [JPN 火垂の墓] {hotaru no haka}
Barefoot Gen (Masaki, 1983) [JPNはだしのゲン] {hadashi no gen}
Godzilla (Honda, 1954) [JPNゴジラ] {gojira}
Godzilla, Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (Kaneko, 2001) [JPN ゴジラ・モスラ・キングギドラ 大怪獣総攻撃] {gojira, mosura, kingu gidora daikaijuu soukougeki}
Godzilla Resurgence (Anno/Higuchi, 2016) [JPNシン・ゴジラ] {shin gojira}
Readings:
“Images of Armageddon: Japan's 1980s Theatre Culture.” Uchino Tadashi. TDR (1988-) Vol. 44, No. 1 (Spring, 2000), pp. 85-96.
“Panic Sites: The Japanese Imagination of Disaster from Godzilla to Akira.” Susan J. Napier. Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Summer, 1993), pp. 327-35.
“Godzilla and the Japanese Nightmare: When "Them!" Is U.S.” Chon Noriega. Cinema Journal, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Autumn, 1987), pp. 63-77.
“Transcending the Victim’s History: Takahata Isao’s Grave of the Fireflies.” Wendy Goldberg. Mechademia, Volume 4, 2009, pp. 39-52.
“No More Words – Barefoot Gen, Grave of the Fireflies and ‘Victim’s History’.” Susan J. Napier. Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke. New York: Palgrave, 2001, pp. 161-174.