Godzilla Minus One

Godzilla Minus One Movie Details:

Katakana	ゴジラ マイナスワン
Revised Hepburn	Gojira Mainasu Wan
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Genre	Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Release date	October 18, 2023 (Shinjuku Toho Building) November 3, 2023 (Japan)
Running time	2hr 5min
Age rating	PG-13
Starring	Ryunosuke Kamiki Minami Hamabe Yuki Yamada Munetaka Aoki Hidetaka Yoshioka Sakura Ando Kuranosuke Sasaki
Directed by	Takashi Yamazaki
Written by	Takashi Yamazaki Visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki Kiyoko Shibuya
Produced by	Minami Ichikawa Shūji Abe Kenji Yamada Kazuaki Kishida Gō Abe Keiichirō Moriya
Cinematography by	Kōzō Shibasaki
Edited by	Ryūji Miyajima
Music by	Naoki Satō
Production Company	Toho Studios Robot Communications
Distributor	Toho

Godzilla Minus One Movie Cast & Characters:

• Ryunosuke Kamiki as Kōichi Shikishima, a former kamikaze pilot
• Minami Hamabe as Noriko Ōishi, Shikishima’s girlfriend
• Yuki Yamada as Shirō Mizushima, a young crewman aboard the Shinsei Maru
• Munetaka Aoki as Sōsaku Tachibana, former Navy Air Service technician
• Hidetaka Yoshioka as Kenji Noda, a former Naval weapons engineer
• Sakura Ando as Sumiko Ōta, Shikishima’s neighbor
• Kuranosuke Sasaki as Yōji Akitsu, captain of the Shinsei Maru
• Sae Nagatani as Akiko, Ōishi and Shikishima’s adopted daughter
• Miou Tanaka as Tatsuo Hotta, captain of the destroyer Yukikaze
• Yuya Endo as Tadamasa Saitō
• Kisuke Iida as Akio Itagaki, a Tōyō Balloon employee
• Shōta Taniguchi as Taniguchi, an ex-soldier
• The cast listing is sourced from Kinema Junpo and Anime News Network.

English dub

• Darren Barnet as Kōichi Shikishima
• Ell as Noriko Ōishi
• Khoi Dao as Shirō Mizushima
• Greg Chun as Sōsaku Tachibana
• Keong Sim as Kenji Noda, a former Naval weapons engineer
• Zehra Fazal as Sumiko Ōta
• James Kyson as Yōji Akitsu
• Everdeen Angeles as Akiko
• Kelvin Han Yee as Tatsuo Hotta
• Ashley Peldon
• Feodor Chin
• Jeff Fischer
• Keisuke Hoashi
• Kelly Stables
• Nelson Lee
• Zeno Robinson

Storyline:

Feeling as if he unfairly cheated death too many times, Shikishima, a surviving Kamikaze pilot, is attacked on Odo Island along with many war plane engineers by a gargantuan monster. After the engineers die because of Shikishima failing to distract the monster, an overwhelming amount of guilt weighs on him, especially after a homeless woman and a baby move into his home when he returns. Shikishima, now on a personal mission, teams up with a large group of veterans to finally take down the monster known as Godzilla.

Godzilla Minus One Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:

Budget	$10–12 million
Domestic Collection (US & Canada)	$56,418,793
International Collection	$59,438,620
Worldwide Collection	$115,857,413

About Godzilla Minus One Movie:

Godzilla Minus One (ゴジラ-1.0 マイナスワン, Gojira Mainasu Wan) is a Japanese epic kaiju film written, directed, and with visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki. Produced by Toho Studios and Robot Communications and distributed by Toho, it is the 37th film in the Godzilla franchise, Toho’s 33rd Godzilla film, and the fifth film in the franchise’s Reiwa era.

The film stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando and Kuranosuke Sasaki.

Following Shin Godzilla (2016), Toho was unable to produce another live-action Godzilla film until 2020, owing to a contract with Legendary Entertainment. Producer Minami Ichikawa appointed Yamazaki to create the film upon the completion of The Great War of Archimedes (2019).

Principal photography was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving Yamazaki three years to write the script, which draws inspiration from previous Godzilla movies and the works of Hayao Miyazaki and Steven Spielberg. In February 2022, Robot Communications publicized that Yamazaki would soon direct an untitled kaiju movie.

Filming occurred primarily in Chūbu and Kantō from March to June 2022. Shirogumi’s Chōfu studio spent eight months creating the visual effects. The film was revealed to be an installment in the Godzilla series in November 2022, and its title was announced in July 2023.

Godzilla Minus One premiered at the Shinjuku Toho Building on October 18, 2023, and was released in Japan on November 3, to celebrate the franchise’s 70th anniversary. Toho International later released it in North America on December 1.

The film grossed almost $116 million worldwide on an estimated $10–12 million budget, becoming the third-highest-grossing Japanese film of 2023 and surpassing Shin Godzilla as the most successful Japanese Godzilla film.

Critics praised its visual effects, direction, screenplay, characters, and social commentary, with many hailing it as one of the best films of 2023 and among the greatest in the Godzilla franchise.

It also attained numerous accolades, including a leading 12 nominations at the 47th Japan Academy Film Prize (winning eight), three nominations at the 17th Asian Film Awards (winning two), and winning Best Visual Effects at the 96th Academy Awards.