1964. The Vietnam war heats up. President Kennedy had been shot a year prior, and currently the Civil Rights Act was passing in the States. 36 people died in an earthquake that struck the city of Niigata. The Olympic Games are being held in Tokyo. Survivors of Hiroshima had recently lost a case against the government that requested reparations, saying Japan had unduly waived the right to negotiate reparations from the US Government. And none of this has any bearing on Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964). No, this film has some small climate change metaphors but is entirely focused on Having A Good Time, much to the chagrin of director Ishiro Honda.

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