Japanese film folks used to regularly complain that they could never compete with Hollywood because the budget gap was simply too great. A guy in a rubber Godzilla suit didn’t have the same impact as the gee-whiz effects that Lucas, Spielberg and company could command and that cash-strapped Japanese producers could not afford.
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