To me it seems quite obvious that "Gojira" is not just another monster movie; created in Japan, not a decade after the dropping of Nuclear Bombs on the cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, "Gojira" serves as an allegory for the suffering of the Japanese people. The scene opens onto a fishing boat that strays to close to a nuclear testing site, reminiscent of the "Lucky Dragon No. 5", the blast which sinks the ship also awakens the feared "Gojira". "Gojira" a feared beast with rock-like skin, likened to the texture of radiation burns, with the ability to shoot radioactive fire from his mouth and whose footsteps leave radioactive fallout in his wake, seems the perfect living depiction of a Nuclear Bomb. The first shot, of that unfortunate ship is believed to be a reminder of the Lucky Dragon No. 5, a ship that when fishing for Tuna, and instead was delivered a heavy dose of radiation from testing done by the U.S Military on Marshall Islands. The ship, well outside the radius was hit with radioactive fallout when the tested atomic bomb was more powerful than the U.S military realized. As with those in the film, who died as the ship sank, the crew of Lucky Dragon No. 5, obtained radiation poisoning and died quickly. This same atomic testing that killed the crew of the ship, is also attributed with awakening "Gojira", a menacing beast that attacks Japan in the same manner as that of an atomic bomb. Unlike an atomic bomb, the Japanese in "Gojira", find a way to stop the monster, with a fictional "Oxygen-destroyer", thought this may seem the typical happy Hollywood ending the fact that "Gojira", the allegorical Atomic bomb (and in some sense the U.S military), was destroyed, shows the true feelings of the Japanese people. The Japanese mindset is one that believes, what's done is done, and instead of dwelling in the past, the Japanese should work toward the future, the very fact that "Gojira" was so popular, helps the outside world realize that even though the Japanese may not mention it, the atomic bombings are always on their minds.
