Godzilla Minus One
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Katakanaゴジラ マイナスワン
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnGojira Mainasu Wan
Directed byTakashi Yamazaki
Written byTakashi Yamazaki
Visual effects byTakashi Yamazaki
Kiyoko Shibuya
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyKōzō Shibasaki
Edited byRyūji Miyajima
Music byNaoki Satō
Production
companies
Distributed byToho
Release dates
Running time
125 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Budget<$15 million[2]
Box office$96.4 million[3]

Godzilla Minus One (Japanese: ゴジラ-1.0マイナスワン, Hepburn: Gojira Mainasu Wan) is a 2023 Japanese epic[lower-alpha 1] kaiju film directed, written, and with visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki. Produced by Toho Studios and Robot Communications and distributed by Toho,[10] it is the 37th film in the Godzilla franchise, Toho's 33rd Godzilla film, and the fifth film in the franchise's Reiwa era.[lower-alpha 2] The film stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando and Kuranosuke Sasaki. In the film, postwar Japan deals with the emergence of Godzilla.

After the release of his film The Great War of Archimedes (2019), Yamazaki was appointed to make a Godzilla film. He subsequently spent three years writing the script, taking influence from Godzilla (1954), Jaws (1975), the films of Hayao Miyazaki, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah (2001), and Shin Godzilla (2016). Yamazaki previously depicted Godzilla in Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007) and a 2021 amusement park ride at Seibu-en. In February 2022, Robot publicized that Yamazaki would soon begin directing a kaiju film. Filming occurred primarily in Kantō and Chūbu from March to June 2022. Shirogumi handled the visual effects at their studio in Chōfu from April 2022 to May 2023.

The film premiered at the Shinjuku Toho Building on October 18, 2023, and was the closing film at the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival on November 1. Toho distributed it in Japan on November 3, to celebrate the franchise's 70th anniversary.[lower-alpha 3] Toho's subsidiary Toho International later released it in North America on December 1. The film has grossed over $96 million worldwide against an under $15 million budget, surpassing Shin Godzilla as the most successful Japanese-produced Godzilla film of all time. Western critics praised its visual effects, direction, story, characters, musical score, and social commentary, and compared it favorably to recent Hollywood films.[14] It has been nominated for numerous awards, including four at the 48th Hōchi Film Awards, six at the 78th Mainichi Film Awards, and four at the Seattle Film Critics Society Awards. A black-and-white version, Minus Color, was released in Japan on January 12, 2024.

Plot

In 1945, near the end of World War II, kamikaze pilot Kōichi Shikishima lands on a Japanese base on Odo Island. Lead mechanic Tachibana deduces that Shikishima had fled from his duty by feigning technical issues. That night, Godzilla, a large dinosaur-like creature, attacks the garrison. Shikishima freezes up and cannot bring himself to shoot the monster from his plane and is knocked unconscious. Tachibana, the only other survivor of the attack, blames Shikishima for failing to act.

Shikishima returns home to find his parents were killed in the bombing of Tokyo. Plagued by survivor's guilt, he works as a minesweeper and begins supporting a woman, Noriko Ōishi, whose parents also died in the bombing, and an orphaned baby, Akiko, whom Noriko rescued. Meanwhile, Godzilla is mutated and empowered by the United States' nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll; it destroys several American warships before heading for Japan. Owing to tensions with the Soviet Union, the U.S. offers no help save for a few decommissioned Imperial Japanese Navy vessels approved by General Douglas MacArthur. The Japanese government, concerned about inducing panic, does not notify the public about the danger.

In May 1947, Shikishima and his minesweeper crew are tasked with stalling Godzilla's approach to Japan. They release a mine into Godzilla's mouth and detonate it, causing significant damage, but it quickly regenerates. The heavy cruiser Takao then engages Godzilla, but is subsequently destroyed when Godzilla unleashes its heat ray. After returning to Tokyo, Shikishima opens up to Noriko about his encounters with Godzilla. Days later, Godzilla makes landfall in Japan and attacks Ginza, where Noriko works. Noriko narrowly survives the initial attack and reunites with Shikishima. Enraged by tank fire, Godzilla obliterates much of the district with its heat ray, killing tens of thousands. Noriko is caught in the blast and presumed dead. Devastated by the loss, Shikishima vows revenge.

Frustrated by the government's inaction, one of the minesweeper's crew, former naval engineer Kenji Noda, devises a plan to destroy Godzilla by luring it out to Sagami Bay before surrounding it with Freon tanks and rupturing them, lowering the water's buoyancy and sinking it, letting the resultant water pressure crush it. Should the plan fail, balloons will be inflated under Godzilla to force it back up, killing it through explosive decompression. To enact his plan, Noda has recruited navy veterans to crew disarmed IJN destroyers. Shikishima recruits Tachibana to repair a broken-down Kyushu J7W Shinden fighter. He plans to kill Godzilla in a suicide attack by flying into its mouth and detonating the explosive charges on board. He leaves Akiko in the care of his neighbor Sumiko.

Godzilla resurfaces, and Shikishima lures it into the trap set by two destroyers. It survives the initial plunge and then breaks free before being forced back up. With the help of a fleet of tugboats, the ships haul Godzilla to the surface. An enraged Godzilla prepares to destroy all the vessels with its heat ray, but Shikishima crashes the plane into its mouth and destroys its head, causing the energy of the heat ray to tear its body apart. The crew celebrates as Shikishima ejects before the explosion and parachutes to safety, having remembered that Tachibana implored him to let go of his guilt and choose to live.

Shikishima visits a hospital where he reunites with Noriko, who survived the destruction but has a black bruise creeping up her neck. Meanwhile, a chunk of Godzilla's flesh begins to regenerate as it sinks into the ocean.

Cast

The cast listing is sourced from Kinema Junpo.[15]

Production

Development

In 2016, Toho Co., Ltd. released a reboot of the Godzilla franchise, entitled Shin Godzilla. It became critically and commercially successful, leading director Hideaki Anno to create two other tokusatsu reboot films: Shin Ultraman (2022) and Shin Kamen Rider (2023).[16] According to Godzilla Minus One producer Kenji Yamada, Toho had planned several live-action Godzilla films in the wake of Shin Godzilla's success, but all were cancelled as they felt none of them were worthy follow-ups.[17] In 2017, Shin Godzilla co-director Shinji Higuchi stated at the American fan convention G-Fest that Toho would not be able to produce another Godzilla film until after 2020; this was due to their contract with Legendary Pictures, who were producing their own Godzilla films, that forbade Toho from releasing their potential Godzilla films in the same year as Legendary's films.[18][19] In 2018, Toho executive Keiji Ota revealed that Shin Godzilla would not receive a sequel and expressed interest in a potential shared universe Godzilla series akin to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.[20]

"Postwar Japan has lost everything. The film depicts an existence that gives unprecedented despair. The title Godzilla Minus One was created with this in mind. In order to depict this, the staff and I have worked together to create a setting where Godzilla looks as if 'fear' itself is walking toward us, and where despair is piled on top of despair. I think this is the culmination of all the films I have made to date, and one that deserves to be 'experienced' rather than 'watched' in the theater. I hope you will experience the most terrifying Godzilla in the best possible environment."

Takashi Yamazaki, the director, writer and visual effects supervisor of Godzilla Minus One, regarding his pitch and vision for the film[10]

In 2019, Toho began a "Godzilla Room" division, devoted to planning new Godzilla projects.[21] Following the release of his film The Great War of Archimedes that same year, producer Minami Ichikawa appointed renowned filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki to make a Godzilla film.[22] He began preparing the project and initially spent one year developing the script. However, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the crew to postpone filming for a few years, leading to the script being rewritten several times over the course of three years.[22][21] During this time, Ichikawa offered Ryunosuke Kamiki and Minami Hamabe the leading roles as a couple in the film prior to them playing similar roles in the NHK drama series Ranman (2023).[22]

Godzilla Minus One is Yamazaki's third time working on a production utilizing Godzilla. His first is Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007) which features the monster in a dream-like opening. During preproduction on Minus One, he also directed and created the effects for Seibu-en Amusement Park's motion simulator attraction Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle (2021).[23][24]

On February 18, 2022, Robot Communications announced the film, with the working title Blockbuster Monster Movie (超大作怪獣映画, Chōtaisaku Kaijū Eiga), via a casting call on their official website.[25][26] Robot stated Yamazaki would direct and that the film would be presented by Toho.[25] The next day, HuffPost writer Kenji Ando mentioned the conjecture from fans on social media whether the film would be a remake of the 1954 film. Ando also noted that it is a period piece set in postwar Japan between 1945 and 1947, citing Yamazaki's comments from an interview regarding his depiction of Godzilla in Always: Sunset on Third Street 2: "You can't have Godzilla unless it's the Shōwa era."[26]

Toho declared that Yamazaki's unnamed kaiju project is a Godzilla film on November 3, 2022, at an event celebrating the franchise's 68th anniversary known as "Godzilla Day". The company also revealed that the film had completed filming and had entered post-production with a targeted release date of November 3, 2023. Yamazaki was named the film's writer and visual effects supervisor.[27][28] During a press conference on December 13, 2022, Toho's head of planning Hisashi Usui implied that the new film is connected to the 1954 film.[29]

Yamazaki stated that the English-Japanese title for Godzilla Minus One was conceived by producer Shūji Abe, and he believes Abe took influence from Tadashi Hirose's science fiction novel Minus Zero.[30] Toho filed a trademark for the Japanese title on July 11, 2023.[31]

Godzilla Minus One had a budget under 10% of that held by previous Godzilla film, Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), produced by the American film company Legendary.[32] Multiple sources —including Variety, IGN, the BBC, The Times, Slate, and The Hollywood Reporter— reported that the film's budget was $15 million,[lower-alpha 4] (roughly ¥2.2 billion),[39][40] however, Yamazaki indicated at the 2023 Tokyo Comic Con that the budget was in fact less than that, saying "I wish it were that much".[2] Beforehand, Yamazaki claimed that the movie cost much more than ¥1 billion[41] ($7 million),[42] but less than ¥3 billion ($20 million).[42]

Writing

Yamazaki said that the worldwide anxiety and government unreliability during the COVID-19 pandemic was one of his major inspirations for the story[43][44][45] and that he hopes these events are reflected clearly in the finished film.[43] He steered clear of setting the film in modern Japan and having to draw inspiration from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster as he believed it would become too similar to Shin Godzilla (2016).[43][46] Instead, Yamazaki decided to set the film in postwar Japan,[46] allowing Godzilla Minus One to explore the themes of anti-war,[47] trauma,[34] hope,[34] guilt,[48] and redemption.[48] He also stated that Godzilla symbolizes the Japanese perspective of nuclear holocaust, akin to the original 1954 Godzilla film.[47][43][49] Yamazaki decided to include the heavy cruiser Takao, Shinden fighter, destroyers Yukikaze and Hibiki because he likes military history and had never depicted them before.[45]

Yamazaki was heavily influenced by Shusuke Kaneko's Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) —which he has cited as his favorite Godzilla film[50]— while writing the screenplay for Godzilla Minus One.[51] At its screening, he reflected in a discussion with Kaneko: "I had forgotten the contents of GMK for a while, but it seems like I self-consciously thought about it when writing the scenario for -1.0. Without realizing it, I was under considerable influence".[51] He also stated that Godzilla Minus One was also inspired by the 1954 film,[47][43] Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975),[52] the films of Hayao Miyazaki,[53] and Shin Godzilla (2016).[54] Godzilla (2014) director Gareth Edwards identified Spielberg's films Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Jurassic Park (1993), and Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk (2017) as other evident influences on the film.[53]

A novelization of the film written by Yamazaki was published in Japan by Shueisha on November 8, 2023.[55][56]

Design

The design of Godzilla in Minus One is a variation of the one in Godzilla the Ride.[57][58] Inspired by the Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack design, Yamazaki initially envisioned his design having "half-moon shaped eyes", but modeling head Kosuke Taguchi gave it "almond-shaped" ones instead, with the final design having "golden, almond-shaped eyes".[58]

Yamazaki attempted to make this Godzilla the most horrifying version yet. The crew designed Godzilla to be ferocious, violent, and dynamic, with a static, god-like aspect. Its dorsal fins were made more "spiky and ferocious" than the incarnation in Godzilla the Ride, as if its regenerative energy had become disorderly. Yamazaki stated that the team also tried to make Godzilla the "deadliest in history" adding that it is "discerning today, experiencing the freshness and fear felt by audiences at the time".[58]

Filming

The replica of the Kyushu J7W Shinden used in the film on display at the Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum

Principal photography took place on location in the Kantō and Chūbu (in the Aichi and Nagano prefectures) regions of Honshu, starting on March 17, 2022, and wrapping circa June 11.[25][26][59] According to Robot's website, the film would be set between 1945 and 1947, so there would be restrictions on the extras' costume sizes, hairstyles (declaring that long-haired men must have perms), and hair colors (declaring that hair dyeing would not be allowed).[25] The film's maritime sequences were filmed at Lake Hamana and in the Enshū Sea.[60] Between April and June 2022, several community businesses near the Tenryū River helped the crew modify and maintain boats to shoot navy scenes in Enshū.[60] Other shooting locations include the City Hall in Okaya, Nagano,[61] the Tsukuba Naval Air Group Memorial Museum in Kasama,[62] the Former Kashima Naval Air Base Site in Miho,[62] and the Shimodate General Sports Park in Chikusei.[62]

During production, scenes featuring the Kyushu J7W Shinden were partly realized through the construction of a 1:1 scale replica of the aircraft,[63] of which only a single example exists and is located outside Japan in the collection of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C..[64] Following the completion of shooting, the replica was transported to and put on display at the Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum in Chikuzen, Fukuoka in July 2022.[65] Toho donated the replica under anonymity, only revealing their involvement in the construction of the model after Minus One released.[63]

Visual effects

Visual effects were handled by Shirogumi at its studio in Chōfu,[66] under the supervision of Yamazaki[27] and direction of Kiyoko Shibuya.[67][lower-alpha 5] The team began creating the effects for Godzilla Minus One around April 2022, per the TV Shinshu special about Yamazaki that was released the following year.[66] Shirogumi revealed by opening a recruitment call for visual effects designers and compositors in August 2022, that post-production had begun and visual effects were taking place from that same month until January 2023;[69] they later changed the dates to between November 2022 and February 2023.[70] Their website named the 3D animation software Houdini and Maya for design and Nuke for compositing.[69][70] Post-production concluded in late May 2023, after the visual effects were finished.[71]

During an interview alongside Shinji Higuchi (co-director of Shin Godzilla), Yamazaki noted that Godzilla's scenes of destruction in Minus One were inspired by Higuchi's effects from Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris, directed by Shusuke Kaneko.[72]

Music and sound effects

Yamazaki's frequent collaborator Naoki Satō scored the film. Rambling Records released Godzilla Minus One Original Soundtrack, on CD in Japan on October 28, 2023, with a limited edition vinyl following on November 24.[73][74] Stock tracks composed by Akira Ifukube for Godzilla (1954), King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) and Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) were used for some scenes.[75]

Natsuko Inoue handled the sound effects. She felt it was her mission to recreate the original Godzilla's roar using a modern sound system. Having tried many methods to keep the sound intact, Inoue decided that it wasn't strong enough, so she opted to record outdoors and use the echoes to enhance it. She decided to play the roar at the ZOZO Marine Stadium to create the fresh sound effect she desired, believing it was the only stadium that could meet the requirements they needed as it had huge speakers, no ceiling, was spacious, and was slightly sloped. Reminiscing on enhancing the roar at the stadium, Inoue said "I'll never forget the emotion I felt when I played it from the biggest speaker behind the electronic bulletin board"; Yamazaki recalled "I felt a shiver in the pit of my stomach when I thought that people who actually saw Godzilla would hear this sound."[76]

Producer Gō Abe stated that sound effects from the Ichibata Dehani 50 series were utilized for the scene where Godzilla attacks a 63 series train, as the crew sought to enhance the postwar setting through practical sounds.[77]

Marketing

On June 12, 2023, the film's Twitter account began a daily countdown for all of Toho's live-action Godzilla films, starting with its previous live-action film Shin Godzilla.[78] On July 11, Toho lifted the embargo on its secret kaiju film project, which was revealed as Godzilla Minus One. The film was announced with a teaser trailer, poster (which was primarily designed by Yamazaki), and the release date for the United States.[79][80][lower-alpha 6] Merchandise for the film was unveiled the next day with a full-body shot of Godzilla.[84]

On July 13, Tamashii unveiled its Godzilla toy for its S.H. MonsterArts line; the toy was sculpted by Yuki Sakai under Yamazaki's supervision and based on 3D data from the film.[85] A series of pre-release products and an exhibit promoting the film was at the exhibition "The Visual World-crafting of YAMAZAKI Takashi [sic], Film Director" in Yamazaki's hometown of Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture, from July 15 to October 29.[84][86] A 2-meter tall Godzilla statue was exhibited at the 2023 Summer Wonder Festival on July 30.[87] At the request of Toho, Hiroaki Fukushi spent roughly one month creating a statue of Godzilla, dubbed "Godzilla Neputa", to promote the film at the Aomori Nebuta Matsuri from August 4 to 8.[88]

Two days after releasing a new teaser,[89] Toho released its official trailer alongside the theatrical release poster, central cast and staff members on September 4.[13][90] On September 14, 15 shots and a visual of Godzilla from the film were released; ticket sales (via Mubichike Online) and flyers for its November 3 release were released the following day.[91][92][93] On September 14, SciFi Japan reported that the film had remained the top trending film on social media sites in Japan and the United States, with the trailer accumulating over 9 million views on YouTube.[94]

During a press conference on September 25, Hamamatsu, the city bordering Lake Hamana (where some scenes in the film were shot), announced that it would promote the film to make the location a tourist attraction by preparing for "location cruising" at the lake in late October.[60] On October 7, behind-the-scenes footage of the making of Godzilla Minus One was broadcast on Channel 4 of TV Shinshu, as part of a television special on Yamazaki, which was narrated by Hidetaka Yoshioka.[95] Toho declared on October 16 that Godzilla Minus One would be the first Japanese movie screened in the 270-degree panoramic film format ScreenX.[96]

On October 18, Yamazaki and the film's stars attended its red carpet premiere along Godzilla Street in Kabukichō, Shinjuku; the red carpet was 50.1 meters in length, which is the fictitious height of Godzilla in Godzilla Minus One.[97][98] Television stations across Japan began airing a television special on Godzilla Minus One in late October.[99] It features interviews with Yamazaki, Kamiki, and Hamabe, and behind-the-scenes footage.[99] On October 23, Yamazaki, Kamiki, and Hamabe attended the red carpet at the opening of the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival.[100] To promote the film in Japan, soft drink manufacture Cheerio released a new Chūhai drink called the "Godzilla Energy Chu-hi [sic]" on November 6.[101]

Selected screenings

On August 24, it was announced that, as a prelude to the release of Godzilla Minus One, Yamazaki had selected "4 Godzilla Works" for screenings in September and October.[102] An accompanying "talk show" took place before each screening, with Shin Godzilla and Shin Ultraman (2022) director Shinji Higuchi serving as the guest for the screening of the original 1954 Godzilla film, and suitmaker Keizō Murase serving as the guest for the screening of Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964).[103] The third and fourth Godzilla films selected by Yamazaki for screenings are Shusuke Kaneko's Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001), and a new black-and-white version of Shin Godzilla created by Hideaki Anno, Higuchi and Katsuro Onoue, respectively.[104] Kaneko and Anno were also the guests at the talk shows for their respective films.[104]

Collaborative projects

The film was promoted at the Tokyo Dome in collaboration with the Yomiuri Giants in their match against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, taking place on October 1. A "special collaboration" video and a 3.6-meter statue of Godzilla were displayed at the venue.[105] On September 27, Fujita Kanko stated in a press release that the Hakone Kowakien Yunessun hot spring theme park in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture would hold an event in collaboration with the film from October 20, 2023, to January 8, 2024.[106]

Release

The red carpet premiere was on October 18, 2023, at the theater of Toho Cinemas inside the Shinjuku Toho Building in Shinjuku, Tokyo.[107][97][98] First responses praised the film as a "masterpiece".[108] It was the closing film at the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival on November 1, 2023,[109] where it was shown with English subtitles.[110] To celebrate the franchise's 70th anniversary,[lower-alpha 3] the film was released nationwide in Japan on November 3, the same date as the first Godzilla film's wide release in 1954.[10] It was shown in 500 theaters nationwide—including in IMAX, Dolby Cinema, 4DX, MX4D, and ScreenX formats—making it one of Toho's largest domestic distributions to date.[96][90][111] An English subtitled version was released in selected Japanese theaters on November 23.[112]

The American red carpet premiere and screening was at the Directors Guild of America Theater Complex in Los Angeles on November 10, 2023,[113][114] with Yamazaki and Kamiki in attendance.[115] It was also screened by Polygon at Santa Ana's Frida Cinema on November 27,[116] the Japan Society in Manhattan on November 28,[117] and in selected large screens throughout the U.S. the next day.[118] Toho's American subsidiary Toho International released the film in over 1,000 theaters throughout North America on December 1, with English subtitles.[111] Since December 15, the film has been extended to more than 2,600 American theaters.[119] Dave Filoni was in charge of a screened of the film at Lucasfilm on circa January 10, 2024, which Yamazaki attended.[120][121]

The film was released in other Western countries on December 1.[122] These countries included Australia and New Zealand (via Sugoi Co);[123] Austria, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and Switzerland (via Peppermint Anime);[124] and Benelux, France, Italy, the Nordics, Poland, and Spain.[122] The New Zealand premiere was on November 22, in Queen Street, Auckland.[125] Sato Company released it in Brazil on December 14, 2023[126] while Anime Limited released it in the United Kingdom and Ireland on December 15.[127]

Black-and-white version

Toho released a black-and-white version of the film, titled Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color (ゴジラ-1.0マイナスワンCマイナスカラー, Gojira Mainasu Wan/Mainasu Karā), in Japanese theaters on January 12, 2024;[128][129] it will also be released in AMC Theatres on January 26, 2024.[130] In regards to this new version, Yamazaki said in a statement: "Rather than just making it monochrome, it is a cut-by-cut. I had them make adjustments while making full use of various mattes as if they were creating a new movie."[128][129] Minus Color is an attempt to make it more of a documentary-style horror film, and homage to the 1954 film.[128] This version was also the last credit for producer Shūji Abe,[131][132] who died on December 11, 2023.[133]

Reception

Box office

Godzilla Minus One debuted at number one at the Japanese box office, grossing ¥1.04 billion ($7.8 million)[134] from 648,577 tickets during its first three days.[135] During its opening weekend, the film grossed $1.2 million from 49 IMAX theaters, making it the largest opening for a live-action Japanese film in the format.[136] The film remained at number one for three consecutive weekends[137][138] and was overtaken by Tonde Saitama ~Biwako Yori Ai o Komete~ in its fourth weekend. The film has grossed ¥5.33 billion from 3.46 million tickets as of January 14, 2024.[139]

In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside Animal, Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé, Silent Night, and The Shift, and was projected to gross $11–12 million from 2,308 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $4.7 million on its first day, including $2.1 million from its Wednesday and Thursday previews. It went on to debut to $11 million, finishing in third and breaking the United States opening weekend record for a live-action Japanese film.[140][141][142] In North America, it has also become the biggest debut for foreign film in 2023, surpassing Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village's opening,[143] and the most successful live-action Japanese movie in history.[144] On December 17, Godzilla Minus One became the sixth-highest-grossing Japanese film of all time in the United States.[145] Soon after, it became one of the over 50 films to gross over $40 million in the U.S. during 2023.[146] Meanwhile, in its opening weekend, the film debuted at second place in Brazil[147] and grossed £816,891 in the United Kingdom.[148] Deadline stated that Godzilla Minus One's wide release is "one of the most successful ever from Japan".[149] Since January 10, 2024, it is the second highest-grossing Japanese film in the United States, having surpassed Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train, but remains behind Pokémon: The First Movie (1998).[150] Toho revealed on January 13, 2024 that the film now held the record for the highest-grossing Japanese-language film of all time in the U.S.[3]

Per Box Office Mojo and The Numbers, Godzilla Minus One has grossed $50,968,331 in the United States and Canada;[33] $35,607,531 in Japan;[151] $1,257,871 in Australia;[151] $204,195 in Germany;[151] $3,624,840 in Mexico;[33] $225,061 in the Netherlands;[33] $154,198 in Italy;[33] $213,183 in New Zealand;[33] $114,492 in Norway;[151] $228,148 in Spain;[151] and $3,185,119 in the United Kingdom.[33] Toho announced on January 12, that the film had grossed approximately ¥14 billion ($96.44 million) worldwide,[3] making it the highest-grossing Japanese Godzilla film ever.[152][153]

Critical response

The performances of Ryunosuke Kamiki and Minami Hamabe attained critical praise, with Hamabe subsequently getting three Best Supporting Actress nominations. On the other hand, Takashi Yamazaki received widespread recognition for his direction, screenplay, and visual effects.

Godzilla Minus One has received critical acclaim.[lower-alpha 7] According to The Hollywood Reporter, American film critics have concertedly complimented the film because of Yamazaki's impressive tiny-budgeted visuals, its touching human drama, and the usage of the kaiju metaphor for social commentary.[14] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 98% of 166 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.4/10. The website's consensus reads: "With engaging human stories anchoring the action, Godzilla Minus One is one kaiju movie that remains truly compelling between the scenes of mass destruction."[159] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 80 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[160] American audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, and polls by PostTrak gave it a 92% overall positive score, with 83% saying they would definitely recommend the film.[140]

Screen International critic Tim Grierson felt "there's a reverence shown to Godzilla Minus One's gruesome colossus; audiences may cheer the havoc it wreaks, but Yamazaki understands Godzilla's sombre societal implications."[161] Time Out's reviewer gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, calling it "heartfelt and often awe-inspiring" and Godzilla "one scary bastard".[5] Katie Rife of IGN said the film is more "hopeful" than Shin Godzilla with "more swell, in the score and on the heart strings; less terror and more pride, even (or perhaps especially) while evoking a vulnerable period in Japan's history".[32] The Austin Chronicle critic Richard Whittaker elucidated: "There's as much of Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru here as there is the rubber-suit genius of Godzilla creator Ishirō Honda (himself never shy of political subtext), and that's a pairing as powerful as any monster mash-up."[162]

Variety's Richard Kuipers said the film's "emotionally engaging storyline" and "heat-ray-breathing action", makes it a "high point in the long-running series".[1] Collider described it as a "solid monster movie that hardly ever makes a wrong step" due to its "balances sweeping spectacle and tense action with the more complicated themes of war and loss".[163] James Berardinelli lauded the film's effects, spectacle, screenplay, set and sound design, cinematography, and character development; dubbing it "an excellent Godzilla movie – arguably among the best ever to grace the screen".[164] Christy Lemire rated the film 9 stars out of 10 and expressed: "You definitely feel for all these characters ... and the choices that they make, and that adds a surprising amount of ... emotional heft to what could have just been a thrilling but a purely exciting escapist action film."[165] Kevin Maher, reviewing the film for The Times, deemed that "the Japanese have effectively humiliated Hollywood by delivering the best mega-monster movie since Peter Jackson's King Kong in 2005" and noted how "the average Hollywood Godzilla movie costs almost $200 million and looks worse than this".[36] Andy Lea, writing for Daily Express, gave the film a full five stars rating. Lea, similarly to Maher, felt "this Japanese Godzilla tramples its American rivals into the dust" and expressed how the "action scenes are tense and thrillingly orchestrated and the characters refreshingly three-dimensional".[166]

Dana Stevens esteemed that "Kamiki's anguished, vulnerable performance is one crucial part of what makes this protagonist so memorable". In addition, Stevens recognized that Yamazaki spent a long time writing the screenplay, which allowed him to "fret about things other than radioactive reptiles", such as "how to earn a living in a war-ravaged economy", or if Kamiki's character is "ready to accept the love that Noriko and their adopted daughter are so eager to give him".[37] Meanwhile, Daisuke Satō from IGN Japan praised Kamiki's performance but believed that the other characters, especially Hamabe's Noriko, were overly stereotypical examples of Japanese people during the Shōwa era. He found the film's representation of the female characters controversial and felt uneasy about their acceptance by modern-day audiences.[54] Matt Schley of The Japan Times also criticized the characters, calling them "less impressive" and "one-note" compared with the visuals, adding that: "Much of the script, like the rousing speech near the film's conclusion where a former navy commander urges his men to stand and fight, is eye-roll-inducing stuff."[167] In his review for the South China Morning Post, James Marsh noted that while some criticism has been directed towards the film "pushing a pro-military agenda", the protagonists are "united in vehement criticism of their government, which pressured so many ordinary citizens into wasting their lives for a questionable cause".[9] Marsh later ranked Godzilla Minus One as the best Asian film of 2023.[168]

Godzilla Minus One is considered one of the best films of 2023 and among the greatest Godzilla movies ever made.[158] The Quad-City Times named it the "best thing anyone put on screen in 2023".[169] Many critics on RogerEbert.com, including Matt Zoller Seitz, listed it amongst their favorite films of the year[170] and Leonard Maltin also recommended the film when writing about his favorite films of 2023.[171] Writers for Collider ranked it the year's best Japanese film,[172] fourth best foreign language movie,[173] second best science fiction film,[174] and eleventh best film overall.[175] In addition, Collider ranked it No. 22 on their "25 Best Movies of the 2020s So Far".[176] Cinema Today called Godzilla Minus One "without a doubt the No. 1" film released in Japan during 2023 on their "Top 20 Movies" list;[177] Deadline listed the film amongst their "Top International Films Of 2023" list;[178] Digital Trends and MovieWeb ranked it the second best action film of that year, with the latter calling it "one of (if not the) greatest monster movies in decades";[179][180] Paste ranked the film the third best science fiction movie of the year;[181] Time Out ranked it the fourteenth best film of 2023;[182] and TheWrap included it on their list of "The 10 Best Action Movies of 2023".[183] Forbes ranked it the greatest live-action Godzilla movie ever made.[184]

Other responses

Hideaki Anno, co-director of Shin Godzilla, called the film "well-made" and praised the film's technical prowess, saying that Japan has improved in the field of visual effects.[185] Godzilla (2014) director Gareth Edwards admitted to feeling "jealous", adding that "this is what a Godzilla movie should be" and that the film should be "mentioned as a candidate for the best Godzilla movie of all time".[186][187] At the film's American premiere, Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) director Michael Dougherty told Yamazaki and Kamiki that the film was "amazing". Seth Green said "It's a movie filled with a lot of emotions, and I was very moved by it."[155] Guillermo del Toro noted the film's "Theatre-sized ambition and fulfillment" and called it "A Miracle".[188] Edgar Wright expressed that he "loved" the film and recommended it.[189] Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) director Adam Wingard listed Godzilla Minus One as one of his favorite films of 2023.[190] Joe Dante, James Ponsoldt, and Juel Taylor also list it amongst their favorites of that year.[190]

Kevin Smith called it "by far the best Godzilla movie that I've ever seen", adding that "The human drama is as interesting as some of the most horrifying Godzilla scenes. We grew up with this character, a guy in a rubber suit stepping on buildings was never all that scary. That f***ing shot of his head in the water, chasing that f***ing boat, is terrifying. It's straight out of f***ing Jaws, man. I can't believe it's taken someone this long to be like, 'Let's do Jaws, but with Godzilla.' Fantastic".[191] Several filmmakers, including John Landis, spoke to Yamazaki and three other members of the visual effects crew while they were at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on January 13, 2024, with some telling him that they believed Godzilla Minus One is the best movie of 2023.[192] Monarch: Legacy of Monsters creators Matt Fraction and Chris Black commend the film's storyline and themes, with Black feeling it was equal to their show and Legendary's Monsterverse films.[193]

Video game designer Hideo Kojima hailed the film, saying that "Godzilla, the plot, the VFX, Ifukube's music, Ms. Hamabe's appearance, and the applause afterward" were "nothing but pluses", joking that "the result was +120 points, so I would like to change the title".[194] One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda said that the film was "great" and it inspired him to watch other entries in the series afterward.[195] Manga artist Aka Akasaka called the human drama "wonderful" and admitted that he cried during some scenes.[196] Television producer Nobuyuki Sakuma said that it was "both old and new" and "the power of Godzilla gave me goosebumps many times".[197] Yoshifumi Naoi, the bassist of alternative rock band Bump of Chicken, called it a "truly terrific movie", adding: "in many ways, my body is numb even after watching it".[198] Comedian Shohei Osada watched the film three times, declaring it "too interesting".[199]

U.S. performance

Several American media analysts and journalists have noted how the film's critical and commercial success in the United States has outdone recent Hollywood tentpoles, particularly superhero films and how the film delivered quality visual effects on a budget below $15 million, a low figure compared with Hollywood films. Comscore's senior analyst Paul Dergarabedian attributed the film's success to "outside-of-the-box thinking or movies that have a unique point of view, or not trying to just replicate what was successful before". He compared the film to similarly successful 2023 films —such as Oppenheimer, Barbie, and Sound of Freedom— that also offered fresh and unorthodox experiences. Dergarabedian argued that audiences do not have fatigue from Godzilla or action films but fatigue from "bad movies". Saba Hamedy from NBC News said that the film proved that action films based on recycled characters can still find success.[154]

Sam Williamson from Collider attributed the film's box office success to its low budget. He noted that Japan's labor laws incentivize studios to keep costs low at the expense of the cast and crew. Japanese actor Kanji Furutachi stated that Japan lacks unions for actors and filmmakers, which brings a "low-quality environment with long hours and low wages" and rise to exploitation.[200]

Accolades

Godzilla Minus One has received eighteen nominations for Best Visual Effects (winning eight awards) and twenty-three in the Best Foreign Language or Best International Film category (winning seven awards) at critics awards. It is also on the shortlist for Best Visual Effects at the 96th Academy Awards.[201]

Accolades for Godzilla Minus One
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Asian Film Awards March 10, 2024 Best Supporting Actress Minami Hamabe Pending [202]
Best Visual Effects Takashi Yamazaki
Kiyoko Shibuya
Masaki Takahashi
Tatsuji Tojima
Best Sound Natsuko Inoue
Austin Film Critics Association Awards January 10, 2024 Best Picture Godzilla Minus One 6th Place [203]
Best International Film Won
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards December 12, 2023 Best Use of Visual Effects [204]
Best Foreign Language Film Nominated
Chicago Indie Critics Awards January 20, 2024 Best Foreign Film Kenji Yamada
Kazuaki Kishida
Minami Ichikawa
Keiichiro Moriya
Pending [205]
Best Visual Effects Kiyoko Shibuya
Takashi Yamazaki
Columbus Film Critics Association Awards January 4, 2024 Best Film Godzilla Minus One Nominated [206]
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Score Naoki Satō
Critics' Choice Awards January 14, 2024 Best Foreign Language Film Godzilla Minus One [192]
Denver Film Critics Society Awards January 12, 2024 Best Sci-Fi/Horror Won [207]
Best Visual Effects Nominated
Best Non-English Language Feature Won
DiscussingFilm Critic Awards January 6, 2024 Best International Film Runner-up [208]
Best Visual Effects Won
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards December 21, 2023 Best Visual Effects [209]
Best Foreign Language Film Nominated [210]
Georgia Film Critics Association Awards January 5, 2024 Best Picture [211]
Best International Film Won [212]
Golden Reel Awards March 3, 2024 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing
– Foreign Language Feature
Natsuko Inoue Pending [213]
Greater Western New York Film Critics
Association Awards
January 2, 2024 Best Foreign Film Godzilla Minus One Nominated [214]
Hawaii Film Critics Society Awards January 12, 2024 Best Visual Effects [215]
Best Horror Film
Best Sci-Fi Film Won
Best Foreign Language Film Nominated
Hōchi Film Awards December 11, 2023 Best Picture [216]
Best Director Takashi Yamazaki Won [217]
Best Leading Actor Ryunosuke Kamiki Nominated [216]
Best Supporting Actress Minami Hamabe
Houston Film Critics Society Awards January 22, 2024 Best Picture Godzilla Minus One Pending [218]
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Visual Effects
Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards December 18, 2023 Best Film Nominated [219]
Best Foreign Language Film Runner-up [220]
Best Musical Score Naoki Satō Nominated [219]
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards December 13, 2023 Best Horror/Sci-Fi Movie Godzilla Minus One Won [221]
Best International Movie
Best Visual Effects Nominated
Best Action Movie
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Awards February 12, 2024 Best International Film Pending [222]
Best Visual Effects
Mainichi Film Awards February 24, 2024 Excellence Award [223]
Best Director Takashi Yamazaki
Best Film Score Naoki Satō
Best Recording Hisashi Takeuchi
Best Art Direction Asato Kamijō
Best Cinematography Kōzō Shibasaki
Music City Film Critics' Association Awards January 15, 2024 Best International Film Godzilla Minus One Won [224]
Best Action Film Nominated [225]
Nikkan Sports Film Awards December 27, 2023 Yūjirō Ishihara Award [226]
Best Supporting Actress Minami Hamabe
North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards January 3, 2024 Best Narrative Film Godzilla Minus One [227]
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Special Effects Kiyoko Shibuya Won
North Dakota Film Society Awards January 15, 2024 Best Visual Effects Kiyoko Shibuya
Takashi Yamazaki
Nominated [228]
Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards December 18, 2023 Philips Steaks Cheesesteak Award Godzilla Minus One Runner-up [229]
Phoenix Critics Circle Awards Best Foreign Language Film Nominated [230]
Portland Critics Association Awards January 15, 2024 Best Film Not in the English Language [231]
Best Science Fiction Feature Won
Best Visual Effects Nominated
Best Stunts or Action Choreography
Puerto Rico Critics Association Film Awards Best International Feature Won [232]
Best Visual Effects [233]
Best Action Film Runner-up [234]
Best Horror Film [235]
Best Original Score [236]
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards December 19, 2023 Best Foreign Language Film [237]
Best Visual Effects Won
Best Sound Design Nominated
Seattle Film Critics Society January 8, 2024 Best International Film Takashi Yamazaki Won [238]
Best Visual Effects Takashi Yamazaki
Kiyoko Shibuya
Best Action Choreography Takashi Yamazaki Nominated
Villain of the Year Godzilla Won
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards December 17, 2023 Best Visual Effects Takashi Yamazaki Nominated [239]
Utah Film Critics Association Awards January 6, 2024 Best Non-English Feature Godzilla Minus One Runner-up [240]
Best Visual Effects Won
Visual Effects Society Awards February 21, 2024 Outstanding Animated Character in a
Photoreal Feature
Kosuke Taguchi
Takashi Yamazaki
(for Godzilla)
Pending [241]

Potential sequel

Director Takashi Yamazaki reflected on the film's ending: "I think it's more cinematic if it doesn't end neatly and properly. It's not just so a sequel can be made, it's also so the characters are kept alive in the hearts of the audience."[242] On the film's opening day, he expressed interest in directing another Godzilla film, saying: "I wonder if you'll let me shoot one more picture?".[243] He elaborated that if he were to make a second Godzilla film, he would prefer a direct sequel that would see a "continuation of those people's story" and how their lives proceeded after the events of Godzilla Minus One.[244] In an issue of Mono Magazine, the director implied that a sequel to the film may explore the curse Godzilla left behind on Japan, similar to the one left behind by the Tatari-gami in Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke (1997).[245] Additionally, Minami Hamabe indicated in the same publication that the film may be the start of an entirely new series of Godzilla films, noting "If there is a next series, I might be the one stepping on and crushing people".[246]

The possibility of a sequel was largely discussed at a stage greeting held after screening of the black-and-white version of the film in Tokyo on January 12, 2024, which several cast members attended, while Yamazaki attended remotely as he was presently in the United States.[247] Yamazaki revealed that he wanted the characters to return to the sea once again for the sequel.[248] Yuki Yamada felt that the minesweeper crew would lure Godzilla using Hamabe's Noriko as a decoy as she possesses the monster's "cells".[249][250]

Producer Minami Ichikawa believed that Toho would take their time to produce the next live-action Godzilla film: "Good films are all about quality. We want great ideas, an excellent script, a talented director, and the right cast to work on it carefully. Godzilla deserves to have that level of intentionality."[21]

Notes

  1. Attributed to multiple references:[4][5][6][7][8][9]
  2. Japan's Reiwa era began on May 1, 2019,[11] however, Toho considers Shin Godzilla (2016) and the Polygon Pictures anime trilogy – Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017), Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle, and Godzilla: The Planet Eater (both 2018) – as part of the Reiwa era.[12]
  3. 1 2 The franchise's 70th anniversary falls on November 3, 2024. However, Godzilla Minus One was released one year prior due to Toho's contract with Legendary Entertainment that forbids them from releasing their Godzilla films in the same year as Legendary's. Legendary’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is slated to be released on April 12, 2024.[13]
  4. Attributed to multiple references:[1][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]
  5. Yamazaki is credited by Japanese sources as in charge of VFX, and English sources have said he was visual effects supervisor. Shibuya is credited in the Japanese theatrical release poster and TV Shinshu television special on Yamazaki as the VFX director (VFXディレクター, VFX direkutā).[68][67]
  6. When reporting on information provided by Toho, American business magazine Forbes initially claimed that Koji Ueda —president of Toho's subsidiary Toho International— had stated Godzilla Minus One was "in continuity with Shin Godzilla" but later changed the line to express it "follows" that film.[80] This misinformation caused several other news outlets to repeat the claim.[81][82][83]
  7. Attributed to multiple references:[35][154][155][156][157][158]

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