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Shin Godzilla

Shin Godzilla

A god incarnate. A city doomed.

20167.22h 0m

Overview

When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.

Directed by Shinji Higuchi
Written by Masayuki, Hideaki Anno, Ikki Todoroki
Produced by Yoshihiro Sato, Taichi Ueda, Kazutoshi Wadakura
Box OfficeBudget: $15.0MRevenue: $78.1M

Top Cast

Hiroki Hasegawa

Hiroki Hasegawa

Rando Yaguchi : Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary

Yutaka Takenouchi

Yutaka Takenouchi

Hideki Akasaka : Special Advisor to the Prime Minister

Satomi Ishihara

Satomi Ishihara

Kayoko Ann Patterson : US special envoy

Kengo Kora

Kengo Kora

Yusuke Shimura : Secretary of Rando

Satoru Matsuo

Satoru Matsuo

Syuichi Izumi : Policy Research Council Vice Chairman

Mikako Ichikawa

Mikako Ichikawa

Hiromi Ogashira : Ministry of the Environment Nature

Issey Takahashi

Issey Takahashi

Ryu Yasuda : Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Research / Promotion Bureau Director

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Fumiya Mori : Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare / Research and Development Division Director

Shinya Tsukamoto

Shinya Tsukamoto

Kunio Hazama : Jouhoku University Associate professor

Toru Nomaguchi

Toru Nomaguchi

Tachikawa : Agency for Natural Resources and Energy / Electricity and Gas Industry Department Director

Themes & Keywords

japanmonsterbureaucracypoliticsgiant monsternuclear radiationpolitical incompetencetokyo, japandestructionrebootkaijuhopelesssatiricalpolitical turmoilhuman made disastergodzillanuclear disasterus japan relationstokusatsuintense

About Shin Godzilla

Shin Godzilla is a action, science fiction, horror film released in 2016 exploring themes of japan, monster, bureaucracy, politics, giant monster, nuclear radiation. Directed by Shinji Higuchi, it stars Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara. When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.

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