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Synopsis
Something has surfaced in Tokyo Bay. As the Prime Minister of Japan pleads with the public to remain calm, a horrific creature of tremendous size makes landfall in the city, leaving death and destruction in its wake. Then it evolves.
Cast
- Hiroki Hasegawa
- Yutaka Takenouchi
- Satomi Ishihara
- Ren Ôsugi
- Akira Emoto
- Kengo Kôra
- Mikako Ichikawa
- Jun Kunimura
- Pierre Taki
- Kyûsaku Shimada
Moviegoers are saying
Shin Godzilla delivers a masterclass in tension-building and governmental crisis response, with audiences praising its authentic portrayal of bureaucratic chaos in the face of catastrophe. The 4K revival has breathed new life into this 2016 masterpiece, with viewers finally experiencing the terrifying spectacle on the big screen nearly a decade later.
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- Aug 6, 2023
I loved the running joke of everyone in the Japanese government perpetually demanding that they move to yet another special conference room as Tokyo gets owned.
Will MenakerNov 28, 2016Maybe only Anno could have made something so weirdly modern, a simultaneously sincere and completely absurd anti-kaiju that begins as a nightmare bureaucratic comedy of errors then pivots to fully embrace a collectivist Japanese spirit of ingenuity, all of it a reflection…
matt lynchJan 8, 2019gonna have nightmares about Godzilla's first form for years thanks Anno
adambolt - Jan 15, 2017
Opens as a bureaucratic farce, with lanyard nerds moving from boardroom to slightly bigger boardroom while civilian lives are being lost--most interesting is how Anno and Higuchi capture their futility in the filmmaking, very few compositions in each of the setups match so…
Josh LewisNov 3, 2022Love a movie where the real monster isn’t the colossal radioactive dinosaur, but the dinosaurs that run our governments. Happy Birthday Godzilla!
Joe AAug 17, 2025as we were walking out my dad goes “the government gets in the way of everything”
zoë rose bryant -
Feels weird to watch a movie where a country chooses to unite together in the face of an existential threat, rather than be ripped apart by bureaucracy, psuedoscience, and factionalism.
David ChenFeb 17, 2017I watched this for the poster but instead got one of the most batshit experiences I've ever had watching a film.
#1 gizmo fanApr 4, 2021guys did you know the evangelion guy made this movie? you didn’t?? here let me play decisive battle for the 7th time
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- Ezekiel Bertsch lovedShin Godzilla
my absolute favorite godzilla movie. i love the narrative style much more than the legendary movies. the cgi for godzilla is a little off but it makes him more scary and creepy. the utter sense of hopelessness is unmatched in other godzilla movies. the True Godzilla
Jikitiz is "meh" onShin GodzillaWasn't the best, but Godzilla looked immaculate 😍
lucy lovedShin Godzillalike. a brilliant reflection of not only post-war japan but also godzillas legacy in post war japan?? also a great criticism of bureaucracy. really sort of excellent. amazing cinematography. features the line “post-war extends forever” which has haunted me for a while
- Daniel Shelford lovedShin Godzilla
The best representation of Godzilla in a long time. Classic elements mixed with new ideas, well written and Godzilla is scary again
nik is "meh" onShin GodzillaGodzilla parts were good but everything else was boring. I didn’t even finish it
cool guy dislikedShin Godzillastopped at like 40 mins but super boring, might pick it up again
- Garmelie lovedShin Godzilla
This simply is a masterpiece. Less simply Hideaki Anno is a genius. He nails the framing of Godzilla; where it is not a film about a monster, but a disaster film with the crisis of said monster at the center. Purposely jarring, chaotic, and incredibly quick the political majority of this film is an…
NathanDirector lovedShin GodzillaRating: 7.6/10 Shin Godzilla is a brilliant, terrifying, and razor-sharp political satire disguised as a monster movie. Directors Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi deliver a unique and relentlessly tense procedural that masterfully satirizes governmental bureaucracy in the face of an…
Aidan White likedShin Godzilla8.1/10 godzilla is so dope bro - the first time that godzilla goes nuclear in this movie is like one of the coolest scenes ever - the story is very disconnected but i loved how it followed the actual like response to a godzilla level event - cool concept that godzilla can evolve like it does in…
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- JMJ Miranda
I came in with zero knowledge, no trailers, no expectations. I really enjoyed the tension building and the disorganized, then organized planning on how to deal with the threat of Godzilla. The main actor carried the movie for me, I would have liked more input from the…
DMDayna McCaskillIt made me cry. Need I say more?
EREdwin RamirezAmazing movie showing how government works and how we are helpless to a huge catastrophe
- CRCheryl Rapp
Awesome
DMDaniel MendiolaAlmost 10 years later after it first released back in 2016, I finally got the chance to see it on the big screen and man it was, amazing! The only thing I did not like about this re-release of Shin Godzilla is that they only had the 4DX for this movie for one day and on a…
SASandeep AgarwalIt was overall, Good! It's interesting that the original Godzilla was a true Monster. Godzilla was focused on destruction and killing. The western world turned him into a prehistoric creature for humanity...
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Metacritic
Oct 13, 2016
If the film often takes an aggressive approach to driving this central thesis home, Shin Godzilla manages to negotiate a difficult balance between delivering the monster movie thrills promised by its central creature and a film that utilizes those thrills in service of something more substantial.
Dominick Suzanne-Mayer
Consequence
Oct 12, 2016
Shin Godzilla ushers in a new age for Godzilla, and a welcome one at that. It’s not perfect, but it’s ready to ask big questions and also demand thoughtful answers. In that sense, it’s one of the most valuable Godzilla movies to come along in years, decades even.
Will Ashton
The Playlist
Oct 12, 2016
If this fun but frequently exasperating new chapter in Godzilla’s never-ending story feels like a major anomaly, its eccentricities are what best allow it to channel the forward-thinking urgency of Honda’s original.
David Ehrlich
IndieWire
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Shin Godzilla 4K (2025) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as PG-13, meaning that some material may be considered inappropriate for children under 13.
How long is Shin Godzilla 4K (2025)?
The movie is 2hr long.
What's Shin Godzilla 4K (2025) about?
Something has surfaced in Tokyo Bay. As the Prime Minister of Japan pleads with the public to remain calm, a horrific creature of tremendous size makes landfall in the city, leaving death and destruction in its wake. Then it evolves.
Who's the cast of Shin Godzilla 4K (2025)?
- Hiroki Hasegawa as Rando Yaguchi
- Yutaka Takenouchi as Hideki Akasaka
- Satomi Ishihara as Kayoko Ann Patterson
- Ren Ôsugi as Prime Minister Seiji Okochi
- Akira Emoto as Ryuta Azuma
- Kengo Kôra as Yusuke Shimura, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
- Mikako Ichikawa as Hiromi Ogashira, Deputy Director of Nature Conservation Bureau
- Jun Kunimura as Masao Zaizen, Integrated Chief of Staff
- Pierre Taki as Saigo, Combat Leader
- Kyûsaku Shimada as Katayama, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Who's the director behind Shin Godzilla 4K (2025)?
Shinji Higuchi and Hideaki Anno directed Shin Godzilla 4K (2025).
Who produced Shin Godzilla 4K (2025)?
Yoshihiro Satô, Masaya Shibusawa and Taichi Ueda produced Shin Godzilla 4K (2025).
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