During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a Hiroshima laboratory, it is seeming lost when the United States destroys the city with the atomic bomb. Years later a wild boy is discovered wandering the streets of the city alone, born of the immortal heart.

The Man Who Stole the Sun

1979

Japanese

7.5

♡ 4

93%

Kazuhiko Hasegawa Director

Ken Mizoguchi as

Kenji Sawada as Makoto Kido

Kiyoshi Kurosawa as Suspect on TV News

Kimiko Ikegami as Zero Sawai

A high school science teacher is the butt of all his students' jokes, until their bus is hijacked on a school trip. But something more sinister lurks beneath the surface: he's building an atomic bomb in his apartment.

Godzilla

1998

English

5.5

♡ 165

20%

Roland Emmerich Director

Frank Welker as Creature Vocals

Lloyd Kino as Japanese Tanker Cook

Jean Reno as Philippe Roaché

Stoney Westmoreland as Tunnel Guard

French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan as the US military races to destroy the monster before it reproduces and it's spawn takes over the world.

WWII from Space

2012

English

7.4

♡ 26

Simon George Director

John Schaffner as Himself - Corporal, 106th Infantry Division

Frank Gervasi as Himself - Master Sergeant, 1st Infantry Division

Corey Johnson as Himself - Narrator

James Jay Carafano as Himself - The Heritage Foundation

WWII from Space delivers World War II in a way you've never experienced it before. This HISTORY special uses an all-seeing CGI eye that offers a satellite view of the conflict, allowing you to experience it in a way that puts key events and tipping points in a global perspective. By re-creating groundbreaking moments that could never have been captured on camera, and by illustrating the importance of simultaneity and the hidden effects of crucial incidents, HISTORY presents the war's monumental moments in a never-before-seen context. And with new information brought to the forefront, you'll better understand how a nation ranked 19th in the world's militaries in 1939 emerged six years later as the planet's only atomic superpower.

Godzilla

1954

Japanese

7.6

♡ 32

94%

Ishirô Honda Director

Akira Takarada as Hideto Ogata

Toranosuke Ogawa as President of Company

Fuyuki Murakami as Professor Tanabe

Kokuten Kôdô as The Old Fisherman

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.

Blast from the Past

1999

English

6.7

♡ 31

59%

Hugh Wilson Director

Harry S. Murphy as Bob

Christopher Walken as Calvin

Nathan Fillion as Cliff

Dale Raoul as Mom

Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webers into their bomb shelter for 35 years, Adam now ventures forth into Los Angeles to obtain food and supplies for his family, and a non-mutant wife for himself.

Rhapsody in August

1991

Japanese

7.2

♡ 12

60%

Akira Kurosawa Director

Richard Gere as Clark

Mieko Suzuki as Minako

Chôichirô Kawarasaki as Noboru

Hidetaka Yoshioka as Tateo

An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity about the 1945 bombing stirs buried memories and moral questions. When an American nephew from Hawaii visits, the family confronts grief, guilt, and the possibility of reconciliation across generations.

White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

2007

English

8.2

♡ 9

100%

Steven Okazaki Director

Harry S. Truman as Self

Sakue Shimodaira as Self

Chiemi Oka as Self

Shigeko Sasamori as Self

Steven Okazaki presents a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of the first -- and hopefully last -- uses of nuclear weapons in war. Featuring interviews with fourteen atomic bomb survivors - many who have never spoken publicly before - and four Americans intimately involved in the bombings, White Light/Black Rain provides a detailed exploration of the bombings and their aftermath.