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Godzilla: Resurgence (シン・ゴジラ is a Shin Gojira, lit. New Godzilla)2016 Japanese Template:Daikaiju eiga co-produced by Toho Company Ltd. and Cine Bazar, and the 29th installment in the Godzilla series.[5][6] It was released to Japanese theaters on July 29, 2016.
Plot
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Godzilla: Resurgence takes place in modern-day Japan, which has suffered an attack by Godzilla. The United States soon gets involved in the chaos to help Japan secure its existence.[7]
Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi
- Written by Hideaki Anno
- Executive producing by Akihiro Yamauchi
- Produced by Minami Ichikawa, Taichi Ueda, Yoshihiro Sato, Masaya Shibusawa, Kazutoshi Wadakura
- Music by Shiro Sagisu, Akira Ifukube[3]
- Cinematography by Kosuke Yamada
- Edited by Atsuki Sato, Hideaki Anno
- Assistant directing by Kimiyoshi Adachi
- Special effects by Shinji Higuchi, Katsuro Onoe
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
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Appearances
Production
- Main article: Godzilla: Resurgence/Development.
Gallery
- Main article: Godzilla: Resurgence/Gallery.
Soundtrack
- Main article: Godzilla: Resurgence (Soundtrack).
Alternate Titles
- New Godzilla (Literal Japanese Title)
- Real Godzilla (Alternate Translation)
- Shin Godzilla (United States)
- True Godzilla (真·哥斯拉, Hong Kong)
- Authentic Godzilla (正宗哥吉拉, Taiwan)
Theatrical Releases
- Japan - July 29, 2016
- Taiwan - August 12, 2016[9]
- Philippines - August 24, 2016
- Hong Kong - August 25, 2016[10]
- Singapore - August 25, 2016
- Thailand - September 8, 2016[11]
Foreign Releases
Toho Company Ltd. has stated in a press release that it intends to release Godzilla: Resurgence in over 100 countries and territories worldwide.
U.S. Release
Godzilla: Resurgence will be distributed in North, Central and South America by FUNimation Entertainment, who previously distributed Toho's live-action Attack on Titan films there. FUNimation has acquired the theatrical, home video, video-on-demand and broadcast rights to the film, and plans to release it in late 2016.[4] At Toho's insistence, the film will be released in the Americas under the English title Shin Godzilla, a direct translation of the Japanese title, rather than under its international title Godzilla: Resurgence.[12]
Box Office
Godzilla: Resurgence was the top-grossing film in the Japanese box office during its opening weekend, earning 625 million yen (about U.S. $6.1 million) and beating out Finding Dory and ONE PIECE FILM GOLD.[13] According to Toho's official Twitter page for the Godzilla franchise, as of Monday August 1, Godzilla: Resurgence has sold 710,000 tickets since its opening on July 29 and earned 1 billion yen (about U.S. $9.89 million), already almost equaling the total box office gross of Godzilla: Final Wars. With this, Toho's Godzilla series has officially sold 100 million tickets in Japan (not counting the two American films), a first for a Japanese live-action film series.[14] The film retained the top spot in the Japanese box office the following weekend, and as of August 7 has earned a total of 2.2 billion yen (U.S. $19.6 million), and is now projected to earn upwards of the initial expected gross of U.S. $40 million.[15]
Reception
So far, Godzilla: Resurgence has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from Japanese critics. Pop culture site RO65 praised the film as a "masterpiece of unprecedented filmmaking." ORICON STYLE praised the film's realistic style and described it as a true "world-class" Japanese Godzilla film. Cinema Today echoed the sentiments of other reviewers and also described the film as a masterpiece, comparing it to 2004's Dawn of the Dead remake as a return to form and an accurate depiction of modern society dealing with a horrific crisis.[16] The film currently holds a 4.20 out of 5 stars on Yahoo! Eiga.[17]
Videos
Trailers
- Godzilla Resurgence (2016) Teaser Trailer!
Godzilla: Resurgence Japanese teaser trailer
- 『シン・ゴジラ』予告
Godzilla: Resurgence Japanese trailer
- 『シン・ゴジラ』特報2
Godzilla: Resurgence Japanese trailer (short version)
- 【暑假壓軸鉅獻】《真‧哥斯拉》8月25日 日本淪陷
Godzilla: Resurgence Hong Kong trailer
- 【正宗哥吉拉】Shin Godzilla 精采預告 ~ 2016 8 12 哥回來了
Godzilla: Resurgence Taiwanese trailer
Miscellaneous
- 【PARCO】2016夏のグランバザール×映画「シン・ゴジラ」
TV Spot featuring Parco retailing, in association with Godzilla: Resurgence
Trivia
- This is the first Toho-produced Godzilla film since Terror of MechaGodzilla to be released in a month other than December.
- The almost 12-year gap between Godzilla: Final Wars and this film is the longest-ever period of time between the release of two Toho Godzilla films, passing the previous record set by the hiatus between Terror of MechaGodzilla and The Return of Godzilla by nearly three years.
- This film's trailer features the classic "TohoScope" logo in the opening, which was featured in all of Toho's widescreen films from 1957 to 1964, as well as in Godzilla: Final Wars.
- This film's supporting cast includes actors Akira Emoto, who played Akira Yuki in Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla, and Jun Kunimura, who played EDF Major Komuro in Godzilla: Final Wars and Kubal in Toho's Attack on Titan films, which Shinji Higuchi also directed.
- Godzilla: Resurgence is the first Toho Godzilla film to not feature actor Koichi Ueda in some role since The Return of Godzilla.
- This is the first Toho Godzilla film since The Return of Godzilla and first Godzilla film overall since TriStar Pictures' GODZILLA to not feature Godzilla battling another monster.
- This is the only Godzilla film where Godzilla is not a type of reptile and his origin is unconnected to nuclear testing. Rather, in this film Godzilla is a superorganism composed of ancient mixotrophs that have merged together after consuming nuclear waste and taken on the characteristics of other animals.
- Akira Ifukube, who passed away in 2006, is credited as one of the composers of this film's soundtrack, along with Shiro Sagisu.
- Godzilla: Resurgence is the first Toho Godzilla film to not be produced by either Tomoyuki Tanaka or Shogo Tomiyama.
- This film marks the first Toho Godzilla film in which Godzilla is portrayed primarily via computer-generated imagery rather than suitmation. It also marks the second time Godzilla has been portrayed via motion capture. T.J. Storm also portrayed Godzilla through motion capture in Legendary Pictures' Godzilla.
- This is the first film in which Godzilla is the antagonist since Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. in 2003.
- Godzilla: Resurgence will be the first Toho Godzilla film since Godzilla 2000: Millennium to receive a theatrical release in North America.
- The name of the missing zoologist who discovered Godzilla in this film is Goro Maki. Goro Maki was a major character in the films Son of Godzilla and The Return of Godzilla, where he was a newspaper reporter.
- Maki's home in this film is Odo Island, the island where Godzilla first made landfall in the original Godzilla film. Maki even names Godzilla after a mythological being from Odo Island folklore, which was the origin of Godzilla's name in the original film as well.
- The day Godzilla first makes landfall in this film is said to be November 3 (11/3). This can be seen as a reference both to the date the original Godzilla was released in 1954 (11/3), or to the date the devastating March 11 Tohoku earthquake struck Japan in 2011 (3/11).
- It is also stated that the nuclear waste that spawned Godzilla was dumped into the ocean approximately 60 years ago. The original Godzilla was released almost 62 years before Godzilla: Resurgence.
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References
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