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{{{name}}} Directed by Shinji Higuchi, Hideaki Anno Producer Minami Ichikawa, Taichi Ueda, Yoshihiro Sato, Masaya Shibusawa, Kazutoshi Wadakura, Akihiro Yamauchi (Executive) Written by Hideaki Anno Music by Shiro Sagisu, Akira Ifukube Distributor Toho Company Ltd.JP FUNimation EntertainmentUS Rating To be added Budget To be added Box office ¥6,017,239,800 (Japanese Earnings So Far) Running time 119 minutes (1 hour and 59 minutes)

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“	Japan vs. Godzilla. (ニッポン対ゴジラ。)	„
	— Japanese tagline

“	A god incarnate. A city doomed.	„
	— English tagline

Godzilla: Resurgence (シン・ゴジラ,   Shin Gojira, lit. New Godzilla) is a 2016 Japanese Template:Daikaiju eiga co-produced by Toho Company Ltd. and Cine Bazar, and the 29th installment in the Godzilla series. It was released to Japanese theaters on July 29, 2016, and was released to American theaters on October 11, 2016.

Plot

Full plot synopsis to be added after North American release.

FUNimation's official North American synopsis for the film:

"Make way for the ultimate homage to one of the most enduring legends of the big screen—Godzilla! The King of the Monsters is back in Tokyo for a city-crushing crusade that speaks to the very roots of the world-renowned franchise.

It’s a peaceful day in Japan when a strange fountain of water erupts in the bay, causing panic to spread among government officials. At first, they suspect only volcanic activity, but one young executive dares to wonder if it may be something different… something alive. His worst nightmare comes to life when a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and begins tearing through the city, leaving nothing but destruction in its wake. As the government scrambles to save the 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."

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
• 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. Hiroki Hasegawa   as   Rando Yaguchi Yutaka Takenouchi   as   Hideki Akasaka Satomi Ishihara   as   Kayoko Ann Patterson Ren Osugi   as   Prime Minister Akira Emoto   as   Chief Cabinet Secretary Kengo Kora   as   Executive Secretary to Chief Cabinet Deputy Secretary Mikako Ichikawa   as   Ministry of the Environment Bureaucrat Jun Kunimura   as   J.S.D.F. Official Pierre Taki   as   J.S.D.F. Official Kimiko Yo   as   Minister of Defense Sei Hiraizumi   as   Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Kenichi Yajima   as   Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akira Hamada   as   Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Toru Tezuka   as   Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Arata Furuta   as   National Police Agency Commissioner-General Moro Morooka   as   National Police Agency Criminal Investigation Bureau Director Tetsu Watanabe   as   Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management Taro Suwa   as   Disaster Prevention Division Director Ken Mitsuishi   as   Tokyo Governor Takashi Fujiki   as   Tokyo Deputy Governor Kyusaku Shimada   as   Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bureaucrat Official Kanji Tsuda   as   Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Bureaucrat Kazuo Takahashi   as   Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Bureaucrat Yu Kamio   as   Foreign Ministry Official Toru Nomaguchi   as   Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Official Satoshi Matsuo   as   Vice Chairman of the Policy Affairs Research Council for the LDP Shinya Tsukamoto   as   Biologist Kazuo Hara   as   Biologist Isshin Inudo   as   Paleontologist Akira Ogata   as   Marine Biologist Takumi Saito   as   J.S.D.F. Official Atsuko Maeda   as   Refugee Ren Mori   as   Refugee Shingo Tsurumi, KREVA, Jun Hashimoto   as   J.S.D.F. Officials Hairi Katagiri   as   Prime Minister's Office Staffer

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right. Matsuo Suzuki   as   Journalist Kawase Yota   as   Journalist Takahiro Miura   as   Journalist Ikuji Nakamura   as   Cabinet Office Minister of State for Special Missions Keisuke Koide   as   Fire Brigade Captain Kosei Kato   as   National Police Agency in Charge of Crisis Management Personnel Shohei Abe   as   Fire and Disaster Management Agency in Charge of Crisis Management Personnel Daisuke Kuroda   as   Nuclear Regulatory Agency Staffer Mansai Nomura   as   Godzilla (Motion capture)

Appearances

Monsters Godzilla (ShinGoji)

Weapons, Vehicles, and Races Type 10 Tank Maneuver Combat Vehicle Type 87 Reconnaissance Vehicle Type 82 Command and Communication Vehicle Type 99 155 mm Self-Propelled Howitzer Type 96 Multi-Purpose Missile System M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle NBC Reconnaissance Vehicle Josomesha Komatsu LAV Type 73 Armored Personnel Carrier Toyota Type 73 Medium Truck Mitsubishi Type 73 Light Truck Kongō-Class Destroyer (Kirishima) Akizuki-Class Destroyer (Teruzuki) Takanami-Class Destroyer (Takanami and Ōnami) Izumo-Class Helicopter Destroyer (Izumo) Ōsumi-Class Tank Landing Ship (Ōsumi) Mitsubishi F-2 AH-64 Apache AH-1 Cobra Kawasaki OH-1 UH-1H Iroquois Mitsubishi H-60 Boeing CH-47 Chinook EC225 Super Puma Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer (Dewey) B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber MQ-9 Reaper Massive Ordnance Penetrator Hayanami-Class Patrol Craft

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 (North America, Australia and New Zealand)
• True Godzilla (真·哥斯拉, Hong Kong)
• Authentic Godzilla (正宗哥吉拉, Taiwan)
• Godzilla Resurges (Godzilla Resurge; Mexico)

Theatrical Releases

View all posters for the film here.

• Japan - July 29, 2016
• Taiwan - August 12, 2016
• Hong Kong - August 25, 2016
• Singapore - August 25, 2016
• Philippines - August 31, 2016
• Thailand - September 8, 2016
• United States - October 11, 2016
• Canada - October 12, 2016
• Australia - October 13, 2016
• New Zealand - October 20, 2016
• Mexico - November, 2016

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

American Shin Godzilla poster

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 stated its plans to release it in late 2016. 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. The film will be released in a limited theatrical run in the United States from October 11-18, 2016 and in Canada on October 12, 19 and 24, and will be playing in over 440 theaters between the two countries. In addition, FUNimation will host early premieres of the film ahead of the theatrical release, the first on October 3 in Los Angeles and the second on October 5 in New York. According to FUNimation's website, the film will be presented in its original Japanese language with English subtitles.

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. According to Toho's official Twitter page for the Godzilla franchise, as of Monday August 1, Godzilla: Resurgence had 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. The film retained the top spot in the Japanese box office the following weekend, and as of August 7 had already earned a total of 2.2 billion yen (U.S. $19.6 million), and was now projected to earn upwards of the initial expected gross of U.S. $40 million. On September 5, Toho revealed that Godzilla: Resurgence had earned a total of 6,017,239,800 yen (about U.S. $58.18 million) in the 38 days since its July 29 theatrical release. With this, Godzilla: Resurgence officially became the highest-grossing live-action Japanese film of 2016 so far. After coming in first place in the Japanese box office for its first two weeks, the film dropped only to second place on its third week and third on its fifth week. Cinema Today reported that as of September 7, Godzilla: Resurgence had sold 4.2 million tickets and achieved a higher attendance than any of Toho's Godzilla films from the Heisei and Millennium series, and was the most-attended Godzilla film in Japan in 50 years, almost equaling the attendance of 1966's Ebirah, Horror of the Deep.

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. The film currently holds a 4.20 out of 5 stars on Yahoo! Eiga.

Videos

Main article: Godzilla: Resurgence/Videos.

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 a 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 is 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, an obvious reference to the release date of the original Godzilla movie.
  • It is also stated in the film 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.
• The well-known Japanese film director Shinya Tsukamoto makes a cameo in this film as a biologist.

External Links

• Official website
• Shin Godzilla on FUNimation's website
• Official website for Australia and New Zealand

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