{"id":297,"date":"2019-12-25T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/?p=297"},"modified":"2021-03-24T13:48:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T17:48:24","slug":"episode-7-half-human-mini-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/25\/episode-7-half-human-mini-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 7: &#8216;Half Human&#8217; (Mini-Analysis)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"529\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/s1e7-half-human-posters.jpg?resize=529%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/s1e7-half-human-posters.jpg?w=529 529w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/s1e7-half-human-posters.jpg?resize=300%2C227 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Merry Christmas, kaiju\nlovers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of Nathan\u2019s\ncontinuing series on films covered in his absence on Kaijuvision Radio, this\nmini-sode examines Ishiro Honda\u2019s 1955 film <em>Half\nHuman<\/em>, which is infamous for being banned by Toho. Heck, it was stashed so\nfar back in the Island\u2019s film vault, it took Goji-kun and Bro Kong (the podcast\nmascots and possibly Godzilla and Kong\u2019s \u201clittle\u201d brothers) a long time to find\nit for Nathan to watch. Strange as it may sound, it\u2019s serendipitous that this\nepisode was released on Christmas Day because the film takes place partly on\nNew Year\u2019s Day. It follows a group of scientists and students investigating the\nappearance of the Abominable Snowman in the Japanese Alps, where they encounter\na savage tribe who worships the Snowman. Nathan\u2019s analysis focuses on the\nnatives, their parallels to the Ainu (Japan\u2019s indigenous people), and how this\nportrayal got the film banned. He argues that, despite possible insensitivities,\n<em>Half Human<\/em> is unfairly censored and\ndeserves to be viewed by a wider audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All this plus our first\nlistener feedback letters and the Monster Island Christmas party\u2014wherein Nathan\nlearns that kaiju can sing Christmas carols (or so his intrepid producer, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NasaJimmy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jimmy From NASA<\/a>,\ntells him even though he hasn\u2019t fixed the ORCA yet).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s the Kaijuvision Radio episode on the film: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gk9eS-ky9SA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 38: Half Human (1955) (Genetic Origin of the Ainu People)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s the blog with the rules for <a href=\"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/16\/destroyer-novella-christmas-giveaway\/\">the <em>Destroyer<\/em> novella giveaway<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This episode featured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ys25tPy_sWs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cWe\nThree Kings\u201d by Jay Man (OurMusicBox on YouTube)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See you in 2020, listeners!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#JimmyFromNASALives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a9 2019 Nathan Marchand\n&amp; Moonlighting Ninjas Media<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bibliography\/Further Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ainu_people\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cAinu people\u201d (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/li><li>\u201cThe Ainu of\nJapan: an indigenous people or an ethnic group?\u201d by Kaori Tahara (<em>Public<\/em> <em>Archeology<\/em>, vol. 4, no. 2-3).<\/li><li>\u201cThe Ainu People\u201d\n(Ainu Museum; website now closed)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tofugu.com\/japan\/ainu-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe Ainu: Reviving the\nIndigenous Spirit of Japan\u201d by Sarah W. with art by Aya Francisco (<em>Tofugu<\/em>)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eQMJjOAw1ps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cHalf Human (1955) Kaiju Film Review\u201d\n(YouTube) by Adam Noyes of AN Productions<\/a><\/li><li><em>Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to\nKurosawa <\/em>by Steve Ryfle and Ed\nGodzisewski<\/li><li><em>Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men: The Fantastic Cinema\nof Ishiro Honda<\/em> by Peter H.\nBrothers<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapiens.org\/archaeology\/ainu-prejudice-pride\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe Untold\nStory of Japan\u2019s First People\u201d by Jude Isabella (<em>Sapiens<\/em>)<\/a><em><\/em><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1551496\/who-are-the-indigenous-ainu-people-of-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cWho\nare the indigenous Ainu people of Japan?\u201d by Isabella Steger (<em>Quartz<\/em>)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6028\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-297-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/cif9qt\/s1e7-half-human-mini-analysis-lkajvoiuqegoiwqefb.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/cif9qt\/s1e7-half-human-mini-analysis-lkajvoiuqegoiwqefb.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/cif9qt\/s1e7-half-human-mini-analysis-lkajvoiuqegoiwqefb.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/cif9qt\/s1e7-half-human-mini-analysis-lkajvoiuqegoiwqefb.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw(&#039;http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/?powerpress_pinw=297-podcast&#039;);\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/cif9qt\/s1e7-half-human-mini-analysis-lkajvoiuqegoiwqefb.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" download=\"s1e7-half-human-mini-analysis-lkajvoiuqegoiwqefb.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merry Christmas, kaiju lovers! As part of Nathan\u2019s continuing series on films covered in his absence on Kaijuvision Radio, this mini-sode examines Ishiro Honda\u2019s 1955&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/25\/episode-7-half-human-mini-analysis\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Episode 7: &#8216;Half Human&#8217; (Mini-Analysis)<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"iawp_total_views":85,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,7,6],"tags":[213,212,37,219,217,216,203,28,211,73,198,127,19,220,221,215,15,214,18],"series":[],"class_list":["post-297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","category-mini-analysis","category-mini-sode","tag-abominable-snowman","tag-ainu","tag-akira-takarada","tag-banned-films","tag-bears","tag-chika","tag-christmas","tag-films","tag-half-human","tag-history","tag-ishiro-honda","tag-japan","tag-jimmy-from-nasa","tag-kamuy","tag-listener-feedback","tag-momoko-kochi","tag-nathan-marchand","tag-snowboy","tag-the-monster-island-film-vault","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304,"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions\/304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}