In the plot of the original Godzilla movie, Godzilla became a victim of the American hydrogen bomb experiment. Nuclear radiation caused Godzilla to wake up from his deep sleep in the deep sea. In order to punish mankind for using nuclear weapons, Godzilla finally destroyed most o

Godzilla comes from Japan, or Japan in the 1950s.

The appearance of Godzilla can be said to have been "exploded" by the United States using nuclear bombs.

In the plot of the original Godzilla movie, Godzilla became a victim of the American hydrogen bomb experiment.

Nuclear radiation made Godzilla wake up from his deep sleep in the deep sea. In order to punish mankind for using nuclear weapons , Godzilla finally destroyed most of Tokyo's basic urban facilities.

In the 1950s, Japan had just experienced an atomic bomb explosion and had become a defeated country after World War II. The entire country was basically in a state of exhaustion and waiting to be revitalized.

At that time, the Japanese people did not dare to be angry, let alone speak out. Who told them that the United States had atomic bombs at that time.

The United States was not satisfied with the atomic bomb, because the utilization rate of the atomic bomb on atoms was too low, so they developed the hydrogen bomb which was more powerful and more efficient.

With new nuclear weapons, naturally we need a place to experiment.

This experimental site is located in the Bikini Atoll of the Marshall Islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

"Here is a little introduction to the Marshall Islands. This archipelago was first discovered by the Germans, then occupied by the Spanish , and then became a German colony, and later controlled by the Japanese.

Until 1945, Japan was defeated, so The United States took over the Marshall Islands.

When the Marshall Islands people thought that their colonial history was coming to an end, the real disaster had just begun..."

In 1952, the United States successfully developed a new type of nuclear weapon, the hydrogen bomb.

On March 1, 1954, the United States detonated the most powerful nuclear weapon "Castle Bravo" in history at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The detonation of

bravo was equivalent to 15 megatons of TNT, 2.5 times more than expected, and produced radioactive fallout within hundreds of kilometers around the archipelago.

But what does this nuclear bomb test have to do with Japan? To be fair, the real victims should be the residents of the Marshall Islands.

But it really affects Japan. . .

This nuclear bomb experiment not only affected humans, but also affected the creatures in the ocean.

Because Japan is an island country, most of their food comes from the ocean.

As a result, nuclear-contaminated tuna and other seafood foods entered Japanese households, causing many Japanese civilians to suffer from acute radiation sickness.

This is a big deal. This incident is regarded by the Japanese as another "nuclear weapon attack" by the United States on Japanese civilians.

A movement against nuclear weapons broke out across the country, and under the influence of this anti-American sentiment, Godzilla was born.

Why Godzilla?

In the end, Japan did not dare to do anything to the United States because the gap in military strength was too great.

But Japan was unwilling to give in. Finally, after much deliberation, it had no choice but to start with the American monster movie "King Kong".

Since it is the benchmark monster King Kong, a giant beast is also needed, so the famous Japanese special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya designed the image of Godzilla with reference to "King Kong".

But if you just imitate "King Kong", you can't beat the United States, so the Japanese added another skill to Godzilla, which allows him to move underwater. This is reflected in the transliteration of the name "Gojira" of the movie Godzilla, which is a combination of two Japanese words: gorira (gorilla) and kujira (whale).

At that time, Japan could only accuse the United States of testing nuclear weapons through Godzilla.

However, there may be no eternal enemies. Just eight years later, Godzilla, which was supposed to be born to fight against the United States, actually co-produced "King Kong and Godzilla" with the American "King Kong" in 1962. .

Of course, there are also the Godzilla series later made by Hollywood in the United States.