An entry for GEMSTONE’s Creators Audition, a collaborative project between Toho Co., Ltd. and AlphaBoat in which Japanese artists and filmmakers competed in a challenge to create new works inspired by the Godzilla series, Hedorah Silent Spring was made by Hiroto Yokokawa, director of indie kaiju films The Great Buddha Arrival and Hoshi 35.
You may think the Rachel Carson quote is out of place in a kaiju movie, but Godzilla vs. Hedorah director Yoshimitsu Banno also took inspiration from her book.
Just five minutes long, this finds a man unleashing a small piece of Hedorah on a city, basically deciding that humanity has had its chance to fix the pollution they created. Now, Hedorah will return and destroy everything.
With perfect music by Hiromi Shinoda, this does more in a few moments than most modern kaiju do in hours.
You can watch this on YouTube.
