Godzilla Minus One (2023)
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- Synopsis:
- Feeling as if he unfairly cheated death too many times, Shikishima (Ryunosuke Kamiki), a surviving Kamikaze pilot is attacked on Odo Island along with many war plane engineers by a gargantuan monster. After the engineers die due to 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.
- Actors:
- Sakura Andô, Minami Hamabe, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Munetaka Aoki, Yuki Takao, Yûki Yamada, Rikako Miura, Takato Yonemoto, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Michael Arias, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Yûya Endô, Saori, Kisuke Iida, Miou Tanaka, Sae Nagatani, Jun Saito, Kenji Mizuhashi, Takumi Nishigaki, Kentarô Furuyama
- Directors:
- Takashi Yamazaki
- Producers:
- Minami Ichikawa, Kazuaki Kishida, Keiichiro Moriya, Kenji Yamada
- Writers:
- Ishirô Honda, Takeo Murata, Takashi Yamazaki
- Others:
- Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi, Tatsuji Nojima
- Aka:
- Gojira -1.0 / G Minus One
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Countries:
- Japan
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Reviews (2) of Godzilla Minus One
Really Well Done - Godzilla Minus One review by KB
I saw this at the cinema after seeing good reviews & was glad i made the effort as it was very effective on the big screen .I'm generally not into these type of films if they're American but this Japanese film was really well done .The action scenes with Godzilla are brilliantly done & realistic & this is partly because they don't seem as if they have been made with C.G.I. & are all the better for it .There is also a credible storyline running through the film .
The Godzilla film you've been waiting for - Godzilla Minus One review by AER
Unlike the current Hollywood cycle of Godzilla movies, this film is lively with great action sequences. Some thought has gone into the make up of the plot and how the beleaguered Japanese took down the atomic monster, Godzilla / Gojira. Characters with convincing arcs lead the way (even though the story telling is very basic) and the script is written in broadstrokes (English subtitles). It's dramatic, the SFX are astounding at times (but not perfect), and the destruction has weight to it - so in other words, it's not as if you are watching a paper-light animation. I've seen the 90s Godzilla and the Gareth Edwards borefest. This was just right. A Godzilla film set during an interesting time and with some food for thought about post-war Japan and how it rebuilt after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
This is the Godzilla film, we've been waiting for. I'm glad the Japanese have finally wrestled Godzilla back from the Americans and done it right. Something similar happened when the French made their first movie about the Three Musketeers earlier this year (2023).
7 out of 10