Kaiju Films are movies in which kaiju have appeared.
What Is A Kaiju Film?
Grossly oversimplifying it, a kaiju movie is a giant monster movie whose producers/creators say is a kaiju film. Kaiju is a Japanese word literally meaning "strange beast," but is usually translated as "monster," which is its English equivalent.
Generally speaking, a kaiju film is any film that is made in the East (Japan and other Asian countries) that is about (a) kaiju(s). However, not all kaiju films are made in the East. For example, Gorgo and Pacific Rim are considered kaiju films although they were not made in Asia.
There is no truly all-encompassing way to define a kaiju film or determine what films do or don't qualify as a kaiju film. In Japan, any film featuring a monster is considered a kaiju film, since kaiju is the Japanese term for a monster, so from a technical standpoint virtually any monster film is a kaiju film. But generally speaking, movies that make use of tokusatsu techniques to portray monsters or that feature well-known kaiju such as Godzilla, Gamera, and King Kong are considered kaiju films.
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Space Amoeba (1970 film)
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- Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
- Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
- Gamera vs. Barugon
- Gamera vs. Guiron
- Gamera vs. Gyaos
- Gamera vs. Jiger
- Gamera vs. Viras
- Gamera vs. Zigra
- Gamera: Guardian of the Universe
- Gamera: Super Monster
- Gamera: The Brave
- Gamera: The Giant Monster
- Gappa (1967 film)
- Go! Godman (2008 film)
- God of War (1976 film)
- Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
- Gorgo (film)
- Gunhed
- Rebirth of Mothra
- Rebirth of Mothra II
- Rebirth of Mothra III
- Reptilian (1999 film)
- Reptilicus (1961 film)
- Return of Daimajin
- Rosetta the Masked Angel: Rosetta vs. Freia
- The Birth of Japan
- The Giant Buddha Statue's Travel Through the Country
- The Giant Claw (1957 film)
- The Last Dinosaur (1977 film)
- The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit
- The War in Space
- The X from Outer Space (1967 film)