Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents iii
3. Figures v
4. Acknowledgements viii
5. Introduction ‘Every Country Has a Monster’ 1
6. CHAPTER 1 National Films, Transnational Monsters 21
7. CHAPTER 2 The First Monster Boom 48
8. CHAPTER 3 Exchanging Monsters: Korean Kaijū 78
9. CHAPTER 4 Distributing Kaijū: Localisation and Exploitation 114
10. CHAPTER 5 ‘Paul Bunyan Never Fought Rodan’ 148
11. CHAPTER 6 Legendary Monsters 196
12. Conclusion: The Limiting Imagination of Transnational Monsters 232
13. References 244
14. Index 266