Glorious Final Trailer for Japan’s ‘Godzilla Minus One’ Now In Theaters
by Alex Billington
December 1, 2023
Source: YouTube
“I don’t want to see Tokyo in flames again!” Japan’s Toho has revealed one final official trailer (#4 in total) for Godzilla Minus One (or Godzilla -1.0) to celebrate the official release worldwide TODAY in theaters. Go see it! Word on the street is it’s one of the best movies of the year, not even just one of the best Godzilla movies, a must watch on the big screen. Prolific Japanese filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki (Lupin III: The First, Stand by Me Doraemon series) is directing. Made under the working title Blockbuster Monster Movie (超大作怪獣映画), co-produced by Robot Comms and Toho Studios. On December 1st, a new reign begins. Post war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb. This epic action sci-fi movie stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, Kuranosuke Sasaki. It looks like they saved the best for last, this just my be the most exciting trailer. I can say this makes me want to go buy my ticket right now and watch it tonight. Hail to the King of Monsters! Gojira is back, baby.
Here’s the fourth & final trailer (+ poster) for Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus One, from YouTube:
You can rewatch the teaser trailer for Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus One right here, and the first full trailer.
“Set in a post-war Japan, Godzilla Minus 1 will once again show us a Godzilla that is a terrifying and overwhelming force, which you already get a sense of from the teaser trailer and poster,” Koji Ueda, President of Toho International, said in a statement. “The concept is that Japan, which had already been devastated by the war, faces a new threat with Godzilla, bringing the country into the ‘minus.'” Godzilla Minus One, also known as ゴジラ-1.0 or Gojira Mainasu Wan in Japanese, is both written and directed by the Japanese producer / filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki, director of many films including Space Battleship Yamato, The Fighter Pilot, Stand by Me Doraemon, Parasyte: Part 1 & 2, Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura, Lupin III: The First, Dragon Quest: Your Story, and Ghost Book previously. Yamazaki is also working on the VFX for the film. Filming began in mid-March 2022, taking place in Kantō and wrapped in mid-June. Toho will debut Godzilla Minus One in theaters in Japan starting on November 3rd, 2023 this fall. It will also open in theaters in the US starting on December 1st, 2023 next month. Who’s ready to watch this?