The Sons of Godzilla: From Destroyer to Defender - From Ridicule to Respect by Peter H. Brothers

Author:Peter H. Brothers [Brothers, Peter H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Film, History, Media Tie-In, Non-Fiction
ISBN: 9781724667274
Google: JWP-vQEACAAJ
Amazon: 1724667270
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2018-11-02T00:00:00+00:00

Kazuhito Kirishima (Kunihiko Mitamura), Genichiro Shiragami (Koji Takahashi),

Miki Saegusa (Megumi Odaka) and Asuka Okochi (Yoshiko Tanaka) gaze in awe at Biollante.

Biollante is sprinkled with intriguing characters: the cynical Goro, the grief-stricken Shiragami, the conflicted Kazuhito, the fatally-efficient Agent SSS9, the jovial Okochi (whose "reality is reality" comment recalls Ms. Ozawa's cry of "The truth is the truth!" from Godzilla), and the telekinetic Miki. Conflicts abound between Kazuhito and Okochi, Goro and Kuroki, and even Kuroki and General Hyodo, who are constantly at odds, with the younger officer consistently overriding the senior military man's objections (one disagreement concerned the implementation of the untested "M6000 Thunder Control System;" when Kuroki arrives at the Wakasa Bay Operations Center, the sulking general refuses to acknowledge the young man's arrival). Their spats come to a respectful conclusion when the general hands Kuroki's cap back to him as Godzilla departs; or is it possible the general is rubbing it in because Kuroki ultimately failed to kill the monster?

The film deals with spirituality without mentioning any specific religion, although Mark Justice found a profound Shinto influence: "After Dr. Shiragami's daughter, Erika, is killed by a terrorist bomb, he splices some of her DNA into the already mutated genetic structures of a rose and Godzilla, creating Biollante. Though it is Dr. Shiragami who acts as a catalyst, it is his belief in the never-ending Divine Spirit, in this case Erika's spirit, that serves as the impetus for creating Biollante. Being part Godzilla, rose, and Erika, Biollante fully represents the Shinto concepts of change, renewal, and the continuance of the Divine Spirit. As the Divine Spirit is in all of creation, including DNA, Biollante is the Divine Spirit of all of its donors. By being part of Biollante's genetic makeup, Erika's sprit is renewed and given physical life again. That this life is in a changed form is a reinforcement of the notion that the Divine Spirit continues after the termination of the earthly effort, even if in a different physical form."

For his first Godzilla film, 37-year-old Kazuki Omori also wrote the screenplay, and he seemed to be on a mission to separate his approach from Return of Godzilla's by killing-off Erika's character; not so coincidentally played by Yasuko Sawaguchi (Naoko in the 1984 film), who by then had appeared in four films and two television series, and the confidence that comes with experience showed. Omori's vision is also a distinctly darker one than Fukuda's: Biollante begins with people being killed, and whereas the transient in the skyscraper comically taunted the 1984 Godzilla and lived however briefly to tell about it, Goro is immediately killed after giving Godzilla some lip.

Omori is a curious figure in Godzilla lore. Unlike Honda who held Godzilla in the greatest reverence, or Fukuda, who adored the first Godzilla and was reluctant to helm any sequels, Omori always made it clear he was never a fan, yet had no problem being involved with the series; after all, work is work. "I'm not such an enthusiastic fan (of Godzilla)," he once told Markalite magazine.

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