Shin Godzilla
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Synopsis
Japan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster.
Cast
- Shin'ya Tsukamoto
- Satomi Ishihara
- Jun Kunimura
- Hiroki Hasegawa
- Takahiro Miura
- Kengo Kôra
- Mikako Ichikawa
- Issei Takahashi
- Kanji Tsuda
- Kimiko Yo
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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 15, 2017Opens 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 Lewis - Jan 8, 2019
gonna have nightmares about Godzilla's first form for years thanks Anno
adamboltNov 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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- CVCameron Varney
An amazing recreation of a movie close to my heart. The right libertys were taken while maintaining the integrity of Gojira. #KINGOFTHEMONSTERS
JDJordan DonTruly Japanese
JBJeremy BurgerThe movie was lacking in what could have been much more epic for 2016.
- AHArby Harutunyan
Fun movie
AWasante wheatgood
ZMZaneta McDonaldThe U.S. version was a lot better than this version.
- TMTyler Manien
exceeded my expectations, well done
JPJay PointWhat a twist!
MSMike SotoPart force of nature. Part political drama. Part pure kaiju camp. Might be too talky for some.
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
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