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b'Merry Christmas, kaiju lovers!\\nAs part of Nathan\\u2019s continuing series on films covered in his absence on Kaijuvision Radio, this mini-sode examines Ishiro Honda\\u2019s 1955 film\\xa0Half Human, which is infamous for being banned by Toho. Heck, it was stashed so far back in the Island\\u2019s film vault, it took Goji-kun and Bro Kong (the podcast mascots and possibly Godzilla and Kong\\u2019s \\u201clittle\\u201d brothers) a long time to find it for Nathan to watch. Strange as it may sound, it\\u2019s serendipitous that this episode was released on Christmas Day because the film takes place partly on New Year\\u2019s Day. It follows a group of scientists and students investigating the appearance of the Abominable Snowman in the Japanese Alps, where they encounter a savage tribe who worships the Snowman. Nathan\\u2019s analysis focuses on the natives, their parallels to the Ainu (Japan\\u2019s indigenous people), and how this portrayal got the film banned. He argues that, despite possible insensitivities,\\xa0Half Human\\xa0is unfairly censored and deserves to be viewed by a wider audience.\\nAll this plus our first listener feedback letters and the Monster Island Christmas party\\u2014wherein Nathan learns that kaiju can sing Christmas carols (or so his intrepid producer,\\xa0Jimmy From NASA, tells him even though he hasn\\u2019t fixed the ORCA yet).\\nHere\\u2019s the Kaijuvision Radio episode on the film:\\xa0Episode 38: Half Human (1955) (Genetic Origin of the Ainu People).\\nHere\\u2019s the blog with the rules for\\xa0the\\xa0Destroyer\\xa0novella giveaway.\\nThis episode featured\\xa0\\u201cWe Three Kings\\u201d by Jay Man (OurMusicBox on YouTube).\\nSee you in 2020, listeners!\\n#JimmyFromNASALives\\n\\xa9 2019 Nathan Marchand & Moonlighting Ninjas Media\\nBibliography/Further Reading\\n\\u201cAinu people\\u201d (Wikipedia)\\n\\u201cThe Ainu of Japan: an indigenous people or an ethnic group?\\u201d by Kaori Tahara (Public\\xa0Archeology, vol. 4, no. 2-3).\\n\\u201cThe Ainu People\\u201d (Ainu Museum; website now closed)\\n\\u201cThe Ainu: Reviving the Indigenous Spirit of Japan\\u201d by Sarah W. with art by Aya Francisco (Tofugu)\\n\\u201cHalf Human (1955) Kaiju Film Review\\u201d (YouTube) by Adam Noyes of AN Productions\\nIshiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa\\xa0by Steve Ryfle and Ed Godzisewski\\nMushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men: The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda\\xa0by Peter H. Brothers\\n\\u201cThe Untold Story of Japan\\u2019s First People\\u201d by Jude Isabella (Sapiens)\\n\\u201cWho are the indigenous Ainu people of Japan?\\u201d by Isabella Steger (Quartz)\\nThe post Episode 7: \\u2018Half Human\\u2019 (Mini-Analysis) appeared first on The Monster Island Film Vault.'