However, there are no traditional depictions of kaiju or kaiju-like creatures in Japanese folklore but rather the origins of kaiju are found in film. For example, in 1908 it was suggested that the extinct Ceratosaurus was alive in Alaska, and this was referred to as kaijū. After sakoku had ended and Japan was opened to foreign relations in the mid-19th century, the term kaijū came to be used to express concepts from paleontology and legendary creatures from around the world. The Japanese word kaijū originally referred to monsters and creatures from ancient Japanese legends it earlier appeared in the Chinese Classic of Mountains and Seas. Other notable examples of kaiju characters include Rodan, Mothra, King Ghidorah, and Gamera. Kaiju characters are often somewhat metaphorical in nature Godzilla, for example, serves as a metaphor for nuclear weapons, reflecting the fears of post-war Japan following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Lucky Dragon 5 incident. The 1954 film Godzilla is commonly regarded as the first kaiju film. The kaiju genre is a subgenre of tokusatsu ( 特撮, "special filming") entertainment. The term kaiju can also refer to the giant monsters themselves, which are usually depicted attacking major cities and battling either with the military or other monsters. 'Strange Beast') is a Japanese genre of films and television featuring giant monsters. Kaiju ( Japanese: 怪獣, Hepburn: Kaijū, lit. The kaiju Godzilla from the 1954 film Godzilla, one of the first Japanese films to feature a giant monster.
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