| Shin Godzilla | |
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| Credits | |
| Title: | Shin Godzilla |
| Director: | Hideaki Anno; Shinji Higuchi |
| Writers: | Hideaki Anno |
| Producers: | Akihiro Yamauchi; Minami Ichikawa; Yoshihiro Satô; Taichi Ueda; Masaya Shibusawa; Kazutoshi Wadakura |
| Composer: | Shirô Sagisu |
| Cinematography: | Kosuke Yamada |
| Editors: | Atsuki Satô; Hideaki Anno |
| Production | |
| Production company: | Toho Company, Ltd. Cine Bazar |
| Distributed by: | Toho Company, Ltd. |
| Released: | July 25th, 2016 |
| Rating: | Unrated |
| Running time: | 120 min. |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
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| Previous: | Godzilla: Final Wars |
| Next: | Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters |
Shin Godzilla is a Japanese feature film of the action, giant monster and sci-fi genres. It is the thirty-first film in the overall Godzilla film series and the twenty-ninth film produced by Toho Company. It is the first film produced during the Reiwa era. The movie was directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi with a script written by Hideaki Anno based on concepts developed by franchise creator Ishirô Honda. It was produced by Toho Pictures and Cine Bazar, and distributed through Toho Company, Ltd.. It premiered in Shinjuku, Tokyo on July 25th, 2016. It opened to wide release in Japan on July 29th, 2016. It made its US premiere in Los Angeles, California on October 3rd, 2016. It opened to limited theatrical release in the United States on October 11th, 2016. This film is the third reboot of Toho's Godzilla film series following the "Millennium Era" of non-connected films. The movie stars Hiroki Hasegawa as Rando Yaguchi, Yutaka Takenouchi as Hideki Akasaka, and Satomi Ishihara as Kayoko Ann Patterson.
Plot[]
Cast[]
Note: This database only lists the first 20 cast members. Full a full cast list, see this film's entry on IMDB
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Hiroki Hasegawa | Rando Yaguchi |
| Yutaka Takenouchi | Hideki Akasaka |
| Satomi Ishihara | Kayoko Ann Patterson |
| Ren Ôsugi | Prime Minister Seiji Okochi |
| Akira Emoto | Ryuta Azuma |
| Kengo Kôra | Yusuke Shimura |
| Mikakao Ichikawa | Hiromi Ogashira |
| Jun Kunimura | Masao Zaizen |
| Pierre Taki | Saigo |
| Kyûsaku Shimada | Katayama |
| Ken Mitsuishi | Kozuka |
| Shingo Tsurumi | Yajima |
| Kimiko Yo | Reiko Hanamori |
| Takumi Saitô | Ikeda |
| Takashi Fujiki | Tokyo Lieutenant Governor |
| Yû Kamio | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Suzuki Matsuo | Journalist |
| Takahiro Miura | Journalist |
| Bob Werley | Embassy staff |
| Mark Chinnery | Newscaster |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The Japanese title for this film is シン・ゴジラ, which redirects to this page.
- The tagline for this film is "A god incarnate. A city doomed".
- There are a total of eighty-three cast members credited in this film.
- Production on Shin Godzilla began in December, 2014 with principal filming commencing in October, 2015. Shooting concluded in December, 2015 and the movie went into post-production until June, 2016.
- This is the second Godzilla film released in the 2010s and the first Toho Godzilla film. The American licensed reboot of Godzilla was released in 2014 by Legendary Pictures. The last Toho produced Godzilla film was Godzilla: Final Wars, released in 2004.
- This is the first of the "Shin" era of Tokusatsu reboot projects developed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi. The others include Shin Ultraman in 2022 and Shin Kamen Rider, released in 2023.
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Media
The World of Godzilla
Godzilla miscellaneous
External Links[]
- Shin Godzilla at IMDB
- Shin Godzilla at Wikipedia
- Shin Godzilla at Letterboxd.com
- Shin Godzilla at Themoviedb.org
- Shin Godzilla at the Godzilla Wiki
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