why are some japanese monster movies from the showa era tear jerkers in the end ?

[AllaN01Bear]

[RazorbackExpat]

1. I got kind of teary-eyed watching Gamera: Super Monster with Elvira

I'm not sure whether it was because it brought back memories from the first time I saw it, or the super cute ending, or Gamera defeating all those nasty monsters, or the cute girl villain getting zapped by her erstwhile masters, or Gamera forfeiting his life to save the world, as alluded to in the theme song:

Yuuki de
mamore
kono chikyuu

Bravely protect this world

[AllaN01Bear]

2. agreed . ive been watching atragon , a fictional japanese sub. tear jerker at the end .

also been watchin damijin giant stone statue samuri . tear jerker too also. dont forget . gamera is also friend to all children.

[RazorbackExpat]

3. I recently watched Raiga,

which is a spoof of monster movies. I was amazed when I saw the location, because I was very familiar with it-- the Asakusa district of Tokyo. Raiga rises out of the Sumida River and starts knocking stuff around-- including the giant golden "hop" on top of the Asahi Beer building. In fact, he knocks it up in the air and it lands across the river, right in front of the entrance to Asakusa Station, which I used at one time in my commute. Then these two guys who are obviously tourists walk out of the station, and one of them points to the "hop" and says, "What's that?" The other one replies, "Monster doo-doo, what else?"

[AllaN01Bear]

4. lol.

i like to watch them as i like to figure out how they were made . and the same for cartoons

[AllaN01Bear]

5. found Raiga, on tube . bookmarked for later watching.