Shin Godzilla (2016)

Japan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster.

Directors:

Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi (co-director)

Writers:

Hideaki Anno, Sean Whitley (english version)

Stars:

Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara

13 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hiroki Hasegawa	...	Rando Yaguchi
Yutaka Takenouchi	...	Hideki Akasaka
Satomi Ishihara	...	Kayoko Ann Patterson
Ren Osugi	...	Prime Minister Seiji Okochi (as Ren Ôsugi)
Akira Emoto	...	Ryuta Azuma
Kengo Kôra	...	Yusuke Shimura, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
Mikako Ichikawa	...	Hiromi Ogashira, Deputy Director of Nature Conservation Bureau
Jun Kunimura	...	Masao Zaizen, Integrated Chief of Staff
Pierre Taki	...	Saigo, Combat Leader
Kyûsaku Shimada	...	Katayama, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ken Mitsuishi	...	Kozuka, Governor of Tokyo
Shingo Tsurumi	...	Yajima, Joint Staff Deputy
Kimiko Yo	...	Reiko Hanamori, Defense Minister
Takumi Saitoh	...	Ikeda, Tank Captain (as Takumi Saitô)
Takashi Fujiki	...	Tokyo Lieutenant Governor

Storyline

An unknown accident occurs in Tokyo Bay's Aqua Line, which causes an emergency cabinet to assemble. All of the sudden, a giant creature immediately appears, destroying town after town with its landing reaching the capital. This mysterious giant monster is named "Godzilla".

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Plot Keywords:

radioactive | japanese schoolgirl | short skirt | amphibian | long haired woman | 

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Taglines:

A god incarnate. A city doomed.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Funimation Productions [United States] Madman Entertainment [Australia]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese Japanese Sign Language English German

Release Date:

29 July 2016 (Japan)

Also Known As:

God Godzilla

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

JPY 624,610,700 (Japan), 31 July 2016, Limited Release

Opening Weekend USA:

$455,036, 16 October 2016, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$1,908,028, 6 November 2016

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cine Bazar,Toho Company,Toho Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (3.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

For Satomi Ishihara, who plays a Japanese-American diplomat, the hardest part of her performance was learning English. She found out she was playing an American after being cast, and was shocked by the amount of the English dialogue she had to speak when she read the script.

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Goofs

Godzilla's color changes slightly throughout his first attack.

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Quotes

[Godzilla's spine suddenly begins to glow an ominous purple]
Rando Yaguchi: What is that glow?

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Crazy Credits

The Toho logo is the modern version, then turns to the 1950s color logo to homage Gojira (1954)'s era.

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Connections

Referenced in Half in the Bag: Comic Con 2018 Trailers (2018)

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Soundtracks

Theme of Godzilla
Written by Akira Ifukube

User Reviews

Real Godzilla is finally back to reality

(No Spoiler) Godzilla movies including Hollywood's 2014 Godzilla have been not able to surpass the original Godzilla. But finally, I think they did. Godzilla is back. Japanese title is Shin-Godzilla, Shin could mean true, new, God, shaking, and so on, and everything is right. This is not like heroic Godzilla we used to know, it is the new creature. But his terror, message, hopeless feeling, resemble the original Godzilla. Finally, Japan created the real Godzilla. CGIs are really great in this movie, not like ones you saw in previous movies. I'm serious. The destruction scene is amazing. You'll be stunned and get excited. But you can deeply feel the respect for the original Godzilla movie. They really did such a great job. This movie will blow your mind away. Finally, Godzilla is back. He's back!