DarkKnight88
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Yeah, seems Japanese copyright is different than US in that regard.
				
			
- Corporate Cinematographic Works copyrights last 70 years in Japan
 - Cinematographic Works published prior to 1971 follow the "Kurosawa Rule", so Lifetime of the "Author" plus 38 Years with the "Author" understood to be the Director
 - The courts in Japan have evidently been vague about cinematographic authorship, so it's possible they could expand it at some point to include the Screenwriters and Composers like in Europe
 - In the US, copyrights on every Godzilla movie were renewed for pre-1978 films so they are all expire at the end of 95 years
 - The US does not follow the "Rule of the Shorter Term", so the American and Japanese copyright expiration dates do not match.
 
						
					
				
					
				
