Terror of the Lost Tokusatsu Films - From the FIles of The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies

Think The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films turned over every stone and revealed every surprise known to man? Think again. In the great tradition of the inevitable sequel delve into yet more unproduced scripts from the Land of the Rising Sun. Witness the confrontation between Mizuno the Gas Human and the Frankenstein monster in Frankenstein vs. the Human Vapor. Marvel at the Human Torch, which was both an attempt to revive Toho's mutant films and also a stylistic continuation of the Bloodthirsty Trilogy. Thrill to the adventures of the Super Noah in The Flying Battleship which turned into TV's Mighty Jack. Puzzle at an adaptation of Sakyo Komatsu's post-apocalyptic thriller Japanese Apache starring the Crazy Cats. And, finally find out what happens After Japan Sinks! Also detailed are completed lost films like Shinichi Sekizawa's Fearful Attack of the Flying Saucers (1956) plus reviews of rare movies like Invisible Avenger (1954), Buruuba (1955), Woman Vampire (1959) and Blue Christmas (1978) to name only a few.

About the author

John LeMay is the author of over a dozen titles on the history of the Southwest such as Tall Tales and Half truths of Billy the Kid and The Real Cowboys and Aliens series.

Product details

• Authors: John Lemay
• Assisted by: Ted Johnson (Editor)
• Publisher: Bicep Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2019
• EAN: 9781734154634
• ISBN: 978-1-73415-463-4
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 216 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 376 g
• Series: The Big Book of Japanese Giant; The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV