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Godzilla: Symbol of Japan's Post WWII Nuclear Anxiety02:41
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But, as anthropologist Peter Wynn Kirby tells us, the Godzilla movies changed over the years, along with Japanese attitudes towards nuclear energy.
Peter Wynn Kirby is a researcher with the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology at Oxford University.
- YouTube: Godzilla 1954 trailer
- New York Times: Japan's nuclear disaster film
This segment aired on March 25, 2011.
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