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Development

Godzilla Minus One was written by Takashi Yamazaki during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the idea of civilians having to take charge in a time of crisis was directly inspired by the current real-world events in Japan. The idea of setting a Godzilla movie primarily in a time before the original 1954 film initially surprised many at Toho before they allowed the story to move ahead in that setting. When creating it, Yamazaki was intentionally thinking of how it could be opposite to Shin Godzilla. Multiple people read through the scripts for Godzilla Minus One, and consistent feedback early on was that the movie's battles were too few and did not have enough impact, with there originally being only one battle in the movie, which Yamazaki reconciled by adding a second battle scene. The idea of Godzilla being sunk to crushing depths with bubbles was suggested by a military advisor, which Takashi Yamazaki liked the idea of so much that he decided to use it. Yamazaki also took inspiration from Titanic to show the audience how an event will occur and build anticipation when he thought of showcasing the plan for Operation Wada Tsumi with a small wooden model in a tank. The Yukikaze was chosen for the final battle due to its reputation as a lucky ship that couldn't sink. The Takao was chosen for the film despite scuttled in the real world a year prior to its events because Yamazaki found it to be a "cool" vessel, with the historical difference being passed off as the United States wanting to supply Japan with defenses against Godzilla without making a direct military move. The main reason he wanted to set the movie in 1947 was so he could use the Takao. When Yamazaki worked on The Great War of Archimedes, he visited a military base to gather information for the movie, he learned about the usage of wooden boats to avoid weaponry which responded to metal, which he later used when thinking of the minesweeper Shinseimaru for Godzilla Minus One. [1]

A new Toho kaiju film to be directed by Takashi Yamazaki, codenamed Blockbuster Monster Movie, was announced on February 18, 2022 through a casting call posted on production company ROBOT's website,[2] as well as on the Godzilla+ application.[3] Few details were given of its premise beyond that it would involve kaiju and be set in postwar Japan between 1945 and 1947.[2][4] On November 3, during Godzilla Fest 2022, the project was revealed to be the next entry in the Godzilla franchise, with a release date set for exactly one year later on November 3, 2023.[5] Subsequent reports confirmed that Yamazaki would also write the film's script and supervise its VFX,[6][7] and that TOHO Studios would carry out production alongside ROBOT.[8] Toho held a press conference on December 13 to announce its domestic film slate for 2023,[9] during which the head of its Planning & Production Department, Hisashi Usui, hinted at a possible relation between the new film and the original Godzilla from 1954.[10]

On July 11, 2023, alongside the reveal of the film's title as Godzilla Minus One, Toho announced that the film will be released to theaters in the United States that December 1. Fansite Toho Kingdom later relayed a clarification from Toho that its American subsidiary, Toho International, will be handling distribution.[11][12] Also on July 11, Toho's Kazuaki Kishida announced via Twitter that he produced the film.[13] On August 29, the Tokyo International Film Festival announced that Godzilla Minus One would be screened as the closing film of its 36th festival on November 1, two days ahead of the film's Japanese theatrical release.[14]

Seven of the film's starring actors, the names of their characters, and the composer and other key staff were released on September 4.[15][16]

Yamazaki named Shusuke Kaneko's Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001), his favorite installment of the Godzilla series,[17] as an unconscious influence on the plot of Godzilla Minus One.[18] Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999), also directed by Kaneko, gave Yamazaki precedent for showing on-screen human death in a kaiju film.[19]

Production

As revealed through a casting call, scenes involving extras were shot from March to June of 2022.[4] Known shooting dates and locations from that casting call included:

  • March 17-19: Aoba, Yokohama, Kanagawa (outdoors, daytime)
  • March 30-31: Kasama, Ibaraki (indoors and outdoors, all-day)
  • April 11-13: Seijo, Setagaya, Tokyo (indoors, all-day)
  • April 17-18: Nishio, Aichi (indoors, daytime)
  • May 4-5: Inashiki, Ibaraki (daytime)
  • May 9-11: Okaya, Nagano (indoors and outdoors, all-day)
  • May 12: Okaya, Nagano (outdoors, all-day)
  • May 12: Okaya, Nagano (outdoors, daytime)
  • May 13: Okaya, Nagano (indoors and outdoors, daytime)
  • May 16-20: Chikusei, Ibaraki (outdoors, daytime)
  • May 28-30: Chikusei, Ibaraki (outdoors, daytime)
  • June 5-6, 11: Chiba

VFX company Shirogumi later opened an online recruiting call for effects designers and compositors. The webpage estimated that post-production work would take place between August 2022 and January 2023,[20] but this was subsequently changed to between November 2022 and February 2023[21] before the page was taken down completely. The film was confirmed to have entered post-production during the Toho press conference that was held on December 13, 2022.[10]

A 1:1 scale model of the Kyushu J7W Shinden was created for use in the film, as the only surviving example of the aircraft in existence is located in an incomplete state in the collection of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.. After production wrapped, this scale model was donated to the Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum in Tacharai, Fukuoka in 2022. Toho kept their involvement in the construction of the replica a secret until after Minus One was released.[22][23]

The entirety of the Shinseimaru chase scene was shot on the ocean over the course of two weeks. In order to get far enough out to sea to remove any islands from visibility, the crew had to sail for thirty minutes, with the cast and crew getting sea sick due to the rough water. This caused many of actors to appear pale, which ended up working in favor of the scene as it helped convey the fear of the characters as Godzilla attempted to catch up to them.[1]

A lot of the scenes had physical sets, including buildings, wreckage, markets, and vessels. The interiors and exteriors of the ships' bridges were partially built and then surrounded with green screens on the outside. Cranes were used in order to convey the motion of the waves when filming scenes in the bridge, with the camera also being attached to a crane and the actors swaying their bodies according to the camera's movement. Shooting scenes for the Yukikaze took just three days.

References

  1. ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 https://youtu.be/5l7TGvHYgqQ
  2. ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Ando, Kenji (19 February 2022). "「初代ゴジラのリメイク？」と話題に。山崎貴監督、終戦直後の日本を舞台にした「超大作怪獣映画」（仮題）を撮影へ". HuffPost.
  3. ↑ "『超大作怪獣映画』ボランティアエキストラ募集開始！". Godzilla+. 18 February 2022.
  4. ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 "山崎貴監督『超大作怪獣映画』撮影が決定！！ボランティアエキストラ大募集！". ROBOT COMMUNICATIONS. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022.
  5. ↑ @godzilla_jp (2 November 2022). "ゴジラ最新作、製作決定。監督：山崎貴 2023年11月3日（金）公開。". Twitter.
  6. ↑ "山崎貴監督で新作『ゴジラ』2023年11月3日公開決定 『シン・ゴジラ』以来、国内30作目". ORICON NEWS. 3 November 2022.
  7. ↑ King, Aidan (3 November 2022). "TOHO Announces a New Godzilla Film Coming on Godzilla Day 2023". Collider.
  8. ↑ "「ゴジラ」最新作が2023年11月3日に公開、監督は山崎貴". Natalie. 3 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "東宝2023年のラインナップ発表　宮崎駿監督の新作、「キングダム3」、山田尚子監督のアニメーションなど". Eiga.com. 13 December 2022.
  10. ↑ Jump up to: 10.0 10.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Nikkan
  11. ↑ "July 12, 2023 7:46 PM". Toho Kingdom. 12 July 2023. Archived from the original on 13 July 2023. Toho has confirmed to us that Toho International will be distributing the upcoming 2023 movie Godzilla Minus One in the United States[.]
  12. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named TK
  13. ↑ Kishida, Kazuaki (11 July 2023). "プロデュース作品の映像＆タイトルを解禁しました。「ゴジラ-1.0」(ゴジラマイナスワン)」 11月3日(金・祝)公開 全てをかけて作りました。今日を皮切りに様々な情報をお届けします。よろしくお願いします。". Twitter.
  14. ↑ "36th TIFF to Open with "Perfect Days" and Close with "Godzilla Minus One"". Tokyo International Film Festival 2023. 30 August 2023.
  15. ↑ "ゴジラ生誕70周年記念の映画「ゴジラ-1.0」に神木隆之介、浜辺美波ら出演（写真8枚）". Natalie. 4 September 2023.
  16. ↑ @godzilla_jp (4 September 2023). "ゴジラ生誕70周年記念作品 『ゴジラ-1.0』（ゴジラ マイナスワン） 2023年11月3日(金・祝)、日本公開。 公式サイト：https://godzilla-movie2023.toho.co.jp #ゴジラ #神木隆之介 #浜辺美波 #山田裕貴 #青木崇高 #吉岡秀隆 #安藤サクラ #佐々木蔵之介 #ゴジラマイナスワン #Godzilla". Twitter.
  17. ↑ "GMK and B&W (!) SHIN GODZILLA Announced as Final "Takashi Yamazaki Selection Godzilla Screenings"". SciFi Japan. 4 October 2023.
  18. ↑ "山崎貴が「『ゴジラ-1.0』は『GMK』の影響下にある」と明言！金子修介は"ガメラ4"のアイデアをポロリ". CINEMATODAY. 14 October 2023.
  19. ↑ "樋口真嗣、山崎貴監督と熱いゴジラトーク『ゴジラ-1.0』に期待と嫉妬「ゴジラ映画やれていいな」". CINEMATODAY. 15 September 2023.
  20. ↑ "山崎貴監督『超大作怪獣映画』スタッフ". Shirogumi. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022.
  21. ↑ "山崎貴監督ゴジラ最新作情報解禁！スタッフ募集". Shirogumi. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023.
  22. ↑ "幻の戦闘機「震電」のレプリカ 福岡・筑前町の大刀洗平和記念館に：朝日新聞デジタル". 朝日新聞デジタル (in 日本語). 2022-07-07. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
  23. ↑ "幻の戦闘機「震電」のレプリカ 福岡・筑前町の大刀洗平和記念館に：朝日新聞デジタル". The Asahi Shimbun (in 日本語). 2022-07-07. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
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