From Godzilla's fiery atomic breath to post-apocalyptic anime and harrowing depictions of radiation sickness, the influence of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki runs deep in Japanese popular culture. "It's very difficult for the experience of the atomic bomb, which had never existed in history before, to find a place in the human heart as a memory," she told AFP. And "it's said that the special effects people working on Godzilla modeled the monster's heavily furrowed skin after the keloid scars on the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki."
Published at: 2025-08-04 21:20:51
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