![]() As the bombings did nothing less than force the Japanese to reconsider the contours of their own humanity, going so far as to engender new identities such as the hibakusha or “bomb-affected people,” the concern with humanism becomes a core component for tokusatsu. hydrogen bomb tests at Bikini Atoll that killed twenty-three fishermen, the mode shares a deep connection with its historical context and is continually haunted by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Evident in the way that the first tokusatsu text, Gojira (1954, Honda Ishirō), refers to the U.S. Tokusatsu or “special filming” consists of live-action science fiction narratives that heavily feature special effects. This essay examines the television and film series Kamen Rider Fourze (2011-2012), approaching it within its role in the larger mode of tokusatsu filmmaking in Japanese science fiction. ![]()
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