Shin Godzilla

Original title: Shin Gojira

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6.8/10

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Japan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster.Japan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster.Japan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster.

Directors
- Hideaki Anno
- Shinji Higuchi
Writers
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

40K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,796

362

Directors
- Hideaki Anno
- Shinji Higuchi
Writers
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 13 wins & 10 nominations total

Trivia
Director Hideaki Anno told the actors to speak faster than usual so that they would resemble actual politicians and bureaucrats, citing The Social Network (2010) as a reference and warning he would cut the take if they spoke too slowly.

Goofs
The drug that the government uses to kill Godzilla is described as something that will "disable his internal cooling system". After the drug is used at the end, Godzilla freezes. If the drug was supposed to disable his internal cooling system, it would have overheated him, not frozen him. But it's a bit more complex than that... In fact, in the movie the drug actually does manage to disable Godzilla's cooling system, but in stead of overheating him this triggers a SCRAM-shutdown (=Safety Control Rods Activation Mechanism) as a kind of involuntarily overreaction-thus freezing him in the procedure. By freezing himself temporarily, Godzilla is able to survive this potentially critical trauma.

Quotes
Hiromi Ogashira, Deputy Director of Nature Conservation Bureau: Man is more frightening than Gojira.

Crazy credits
The Toho logo appears as the 1950s color version to homage Godzilla (1954)'s era.

Godzilla's stomping and roar is heard, which also happened in Godzilla (1954).

Connections
Featured in The Late Show Con Karim Musa: Godzilla; Tutti i film, in poche parole (2017)

Soundtracks
Persecution of the Masses
Written by Shirô Sagisu
Lyrics by Mike Wyzgowski
Soprano vocals performed by Catherine Bott
Alto and Mezzo-Soprano vocals performed by Deborah Miles-Johnson
Tenor vocals performed by Andrew Busher
Bass vocals performed by Michael George
Orchestra by London Studio Orchestra

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Featured review

7/10

That's...different. I like it.

"Shin Godzilla" is a far departure from the usual Godzilla movie. With a darker tone and vastly different design of the titular monster, this movie isn't afraid to set itself aside from the more traditional monster movie, focusing more on the political side of things. While I at first thought this was unnecessary, it's important to note that this film was a representation of Japanese tragedies. Similar to how the original film was representative of the nuclear bombings of Japan, this film is representative of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, events heavily involved in political controversy. This isn't a perfect movie in any way, but I admire that bold steps it took to change. Honestly, probably one of the best Godzilla movies.