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PRODUCED BY: Minami Ichikawa, Kazuaki Kishida, Keiichirō Moriya, Kenji Yamada DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Kōzō Shibasaki EDITED BY: Ryūji Miyajima VISUAL EFFECTS BY: Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya MUSIC BY: Naoki Sato RUNTIME: 125 Minutes RELEASE DATE: December 1, 2023
Dec 14, 2023 · written by: Takashi Yamazaki. produced by: Minami Ichikawa, Kazuaki Kishida, Keiichirō Moriya & Kenji Yamada. directed by: Takashi Yamazaki. rated: PG-13 (for creature violence and action) runtime: 125 min. U.S. release date: December 1, 2023 (theatrical)
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, also stylized as Godzilla -1.0 is a Japanese kaiju film directed by Takashi Yamasaki. It is produced by Toho Studios and distributed by Toho Company Ltd. The film is the thirty-seventh installment in the Godzilla film series and the fifth in the Reiwa era of films. The film had a Japanese theatrical release on November 3rd, 2023, marking it the s...
Kōichi Shikishima is a kamikaze pilot during World War 2. After being instructed to commit suicide with his plane, he pretends that his plane is faulty and lands on Odo Island seeking repair. The workers begin working on the plane, but Sōsaku Tachibana approaches Shikishima and implies that he had landed the plane on purpose. During the night, the soldiers are awoken by a siren. When a light is shone on the beach, it reveals a gigantic dinosaur-like creature referred to by the locals as Godzilla. Godzilla attacks the watchtower and kills the soldier manning it. Shikishima is ordered to fire upon Godzilla with his plane’s guns, but freezes up from fear, leading the other soldiers to be slaughtered after they shoot at it out of fear. Shikishima wakes up the next morning after being knocked unconscious by his plane exploding, and sees Tachibana burying the corpses of the dead. Tachibana blames Shikishima for their deaths, as he did not fire upon the monster.
Shikishima returns to Japan, seeing Tokyo in ruins after an air raid. He sees his neighbour Sumiko Ōta, who berates Shikishima for surviving considering his role as a suicide bomber. Ōta reveals to Shikishima that his parents passed away during the air raid, along with her children. Later, Shikishima is at a marketplace when he hears a shop owner chasing a thief. The thief hands a bundle to Shikishima which he opens, revealing an infant girl. Shikishima finds the thief, a woman named Noriko Ōishi, who talks to him, questioning why Shikishima didn’t simply abandon the child. Shikishima learns that Noriko is not the mother of the child, but took her in at the request of the infant’s dying mother. Shikishima begrudgingly allows her to stay in his home. The next morning, Shikishima leaves his home and encounters Sumiko, who accuses him of trying to act like a saint by taking in Noriko and the baby, who is named Akiko, and claims that she won’t forgive him for not fulfilling his duty. However, she offers her supply of rice to make food for Akiko after learning that Noriko couldn’t breastfeed the baby due to not being her biological mother.
Shikishima and Noriko hit it off and effectively become the surrogate parents of Akiko. To pay for food and clothes, Shikishima gets a job as a minesweeper, clearing the underwater mines leftover from the war. Noriko points out that this is a dangerous job, but Shikishima doesn’t care, saying that he needs the money. He is also plagued by survivor's guilt, and suffers recurring nightmares of Godzilla’s attack on Odo Island. He sees the ship, a seemingly decrepit old wooden fishing boat. The leader of the group, Kenji Noda, tells him this is because certain mines are triggered by metal boats. Noda introduces the other two members of the group; Yōji Akitsu, the captain of the boat, and rookie Shirō Mizushima, nicknamed ’Kid’ due to his age, as well as being the only member of the group who isn’t ex-military.
When the United States began conducting nuclear weapons tests on Bikini Atoll during Operation Crossroads, Godzilla was exposed to the radiation, causing it to mutate. Over the following year, Godzilla begins attacking US ships as it makes its way towards Japan. Due to rising tensions between the US and the Soviet Union, the American government is unable to take action, but warns Japan of the approaching threat. A year later, in 1947, Shikishima has become good friends with his team, and has seemingly mended his relationship with Sumiko, who helps look after Akiko when Shikishima goes to work. Noriko reveals that she is taking a job in Ginza to in order to help make some extra money.
In May of the same year, Shikishima and his team are sent out to impede Godzilla while they wait for the arrival of the battleship Takao, in the hopes that it will defeat the creature. Seeing Godzilla appear and attack another boat, the crew attempts to flee while Godzilla pursues them. They detonate a mine in an attempt to stop it, but Godzilla is unfazed by the explosion. Their second mine is dropped and is caught in Godzilla’s mouth, but the line ends up getting severed, leaving them unable to detonate it. Shikishima gets the idea to use the boat’s machine gun to fire at the mine and successfully detonate it, destroying Godzilla’s face and incapacitating it. However, Godzilla quickly regenerates, fully healing itself in just a few seconds. The Takao then arrives and begins firing at Godzilla, but its artillery proves ineffective and only serves to aggravate the creature. Godzilla proceeds to attack the Takao before diving underwater. A bright light begins to shine under the ship before a blast of energy rises and destroys the Takao in a massive explosion. After returning to Tokyo, Shikishima suffers a mental breakdown, and reveals the truth to Noriko about his past as a kamikaze pilot and Godzilla’s attack on Odo Island. He questions if he actually died on the island, and everything that has happened since then is just an illusion, but Noriko attempts to comfort him, assuring him that he is still alive.
Several days later, Godzilla makes landfall and begins attacking Ginza. Shikishima hears an alert on the radio talking about the attack, and realizes that Noriko is in danger. Noriko witnesses Godzilla’s attack while riding on the train to work, before Godzilla bites down on the train and begins pulling it into the air. Noriko attempts to hang on, but jumps into the water to avoid being killed as Godzilla continues its rampage, destroying buildings and crushing fleeing civilians underfoot. Shikishima manages to find Noriko, and the two attempt to flee before Godzilla is engaged by Type 4 Chi-To tanks. While the attack is initially thought to be successful, Godzilla quickly emerges unscathed before it begins charging its atomic breath, its dorsal plates beginning to glow blue and extend out of its back and tail. Shikishima comments that it’s the same as when Godzilla attacked the Takao. Godzilla’s dorsal spines retract as it fires its atomic breath at the tanks, which creates a massive explosion that quickly spreads across the city. Shikishima is frozen in place as the explosion closes in, but Noriko manages to push him to safety, but is caught in the blast herself. Shikishima is horrified by the sight of the city being reduced to rubble, and is unable to find Noriko, believing her to be dead. Godzilla roars into the sky before leaving, and Shikishima falls to his knees, screaming in anguish.
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•Directed by Takashi Yamazaki
•Written by Takashi Yamazaki
•Produced by Minami Ichikawa, Kazuaki Kishida, Keiichirō Moriya, Kenji Yamada
•Music by Naoki Satō
•Cinematography by Kōzō Shibasaki
•Ryunosuke Kamiki as Koichi Shikishima
•Minami Hamabe as Noriko Oishi
•Yuki Yamada as Shiro Mizushima
•Munetaka Aoki as Sosaku Tachibana
•Hidetaka Yoshioka as Kenji Noda
•Sakura Ando as Sumiko Ota
Mar 11, 2024 · The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Godzilla Minus One, Takashi Yamazaki 's new film in TOHO 's Godzilla franchise, for Best Visual Effects in the 96th Academy Awards ceremony...
Mar 11, 2024 · Japan's Eiga Engeki Bunka Kyōkai (Film Theater Culture Association) named Godzilla Minus One producers Hisashi Usui, the late Shuji Abe, Kenji Yamada, Kazuaki Kishida, Gō Abe, and Keiichirō ...
Nov 3, 2023 · Minami Ichikawa , Kenji Yamada , Kazuaki Kishida , Gō Abe, and Keiichirō Moriya serves as producers on “Godzilla Minus One.”. After a special screening in LA next week, “Godzilla Minus One” hits US theaters in December. Stay tuned for an exact theatrical release date.
