Kaiju

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Kaiju (怪獣（かいじゅう）, kaijū; lit. 'strange beast') is a term used in film and media for a subgenre of monster films produced in Japan known as kaiju eiga (monster films), also serving as a subgenre of tokusatsu (special effects filmmaking).

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