Godzilla & Godzilla VS. King Kong トウ

トウ

"トウtal destruction in トウきょう"


T'ang
唐
The "exorcism ceremony" being performed on the island... came from, Buddhism, came from China... hence T'ang.

arrival
到
At last! The arrival of Godzilla!

rice plant
稲
All the poor farmers of the village first terrorized by G-zilla... have veritably 1000s of rice plants.

transparent
透
Radiation, (a big theme of this first film) is transparent, and left behind in the wake of Godzilla.

escape
逃
"IT'S COMING OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN!!" The first great escape scene (of many, many many more to come).

hot water
湯
Godzilla often appears from some hot bubbling water. (underground volcanoes)

board
搭
People boarded the boat and now fear Godzilla, who appeared from the hot, bubbling water.

party
党
All of the political meetings that surround the Godzilla problem... there are political parties involved.

chastise
討
The Prof. chastises everyone for trying to kill Godzilla.

step
踏
Godzilla steps on the train!!!!

overall
統
overall, plans to defeat Godzilla fail miserably.

lamp
灯
Don't use lights! They'll only make him angry!!!!! In numerous scenes, lamps provoke GZ.

cylinder
筒
Cylinders = tank barrels, gun barrels, and everything else that NEVER WORKS to kill Godzilla.

etc.
等
Godzilla destroys buildings, people, temples, etc.

solution
答
There seems to be no solution to this problem.

lament
悼
The post-Godzilla lamentation scene. Very reminiscent of WW2, no?

ascend
登
Finally, the young doctor with the eyepatch refuses to ascend after using his "Oxygen Destroyer" on Godzilla.

Godzilla VS. King Kong

frozen
凍
Geiger readings coming from a frozen iceberg? What could it mean....

winter
冬
The scenes with subs crashing into glaciers in the beginning.

settlement
納
The native villagers "settlement"

pottery
陶
Though rustic, it looks like the natives have pottery down.

facsimilie
謄
The main character thinks that the native's "God" is merely a fascimilie.... boy was he wrong!

pox
痘
The main character's partner getting sick

steal
盗
The Japanese steal King Kong from the island!!

overthrow
倒

fight
闘
Godzilla VS. King Kong!!

throw
投
King Kong loves to throw boulders...

inflation
騰
The inflated balloon that lifts a sleeping King Kong!!



General Godzilla

read
読
Always lots of newspaper headlines flying around in these movies. "GODZILLA DESTROYS TOKYO, READ ALL ABOUT IT"

pagoda
塔
It's on the list of things Godzilla destroys.

ridgepole
棟
^^

beans
豆
Fart.

sugar
糖
cake.

wisteria
藤
As for these 3 trees, let's imagine Godzilla squashing all of them.

paulownia
桐

peach tree
桃

island
島

east
東

hit
当

head
頭

road-way
道

sword
刀


RTK3

prodigal
蕩
standstill
逗
downspout
樋
beseech
祷
helmet
兜
hackneyed
套
inch
吋
lamp [old]
燈
island [alt]
嶋
mandate
掟
mandate: EVACUATE THE CITY, GODZILLA IS COMIN!!!

From here on, anything I already know from experience I will leave story-less for you to fill in the gaps. (Only 2 or 3 people follow this blog anyhow, I mostly just do this for my own records.)