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Shin Godzilla
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2016 film by Hideaki Anno
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Shin Godzilla is a 2016 Japanese-American science fiction action drama film distributed by Toho, Funimation, and Netflix. The movie was directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, with Anno also serving as screenwriter. The cast includes Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, and Satomi Ishihara. Music was composed by Shirō Sagisu. Produced by Toho and Toho Pictures, the film is part of the Godzilla media franchise.
The narrative is set in Asia and explores themes of bureaucracy and politics. It has a runtime of 120 minutes and was released on July 29, 2016. The production cost was 15,000,000, resulting in box office revenue of 78,053,145. The film received awards including the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year and the Mainichi Film Award for Best Film. It is followed by Godzilla Minus One.
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Film · TMDB
7.2When 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.
Cast
- Hiroki Hasegawa as Rando Yaguchi : Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
- Yutaka Takenouchi as Hideki Akasaka : Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
- Satomi Ishihara as Kayoko Ann Patterson : US special envoy
- Kengo Kora as Yusuke Shimura : Secretary of Rando
- Satoru Matsuo as Syuichi Izumi : Policy Research Council Vice Chairman
- Mikako Ichikawa as Hiromi Ogashira : Ministry of the Environment Nature
Themes
- japan
- monster
- bureaucracy
- politics
- giant monster
- nuclear radiation
- political incompetence
- tokyo, japan
- destruction
- reboot
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- adventure film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- German
- Followed by
- Godzilla Minus One
- Director
- Hideaki Anno
- Screenwriter
- Hideaki Anno
- Cast member
- Satomi Ishihara
- Composer
- Shirō Sagisu
- Production company
- Toho
- Narrative location
- Asia
- Duration
- 118
- FilmAffinity ID
- 561962
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.shin-godzilla.jp
- Image
- Shin Godzilla by Noger Chen.jpg
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- publication date
- 2016-10-11
- title
- Godzilla Resurgence
- distributed by
- Netflix
- Commons category
- Shin Godzilla
- media franchise
- Godzilla
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 67/100
- capital cost
- 15000000
- box office
- 56644500
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