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"Share the Challenge"

Alternate titles

"Share the Challenge.
'Benimaru' Edition" (2023)

Directed by

Shinji Hamasaki

Producer

Nagasumi Ichioka, Madoka Katsumata, Yuta Muto, et al.

Written by

Junpei Iwata

Music by

Katsuya Yamada, Yasunori Okada

Production companies

Dentsu, DASH

Distributor

Marubeni

Running time

1 minute 30 seconds
30 seconds (short version)

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"Share the Challenge" (できないことは、みんなでやろう。「紅丸」篇, Dekinai Koto wa, Minna de Yarō. "Benimaru"-hen, lit. "Share the Challenge. 'Benimaru' Edition") is a 2023 commercial directed by Shinji Hamasaki for Japanese trading company Marubeni's "Share the challenge." green business initiative and ad campaign. Produced by DASH with advertising agency Dentsu, it stars Masato Sakai, Yurika Nakamura, and a refurbished King Ghidorah suit originally built by Fuyuki Shinada for the 2001 film Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. The commercial was first posted online on September 8, 2023, before making its television premiere that September 10 during a broadcast of the TBS drama Vivant, which also stars Sakai.

Plot

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While Benimaru is battling an army, zombies suddenly emerge from the ground and attack, forcing Benimaru to team up with his enemies. As they battle the zombies, King Ghidorah appears and spits gravity beams, making the zombies team up with their opponents. Just as they prepare to battle King Ghidorah, King Ghidorah spots a meteor heading towards Earth. Benimaru, the army, the zombies and King Ghidorah team up to destroy the meteor with the commercial ending with King Ghidorah shooting the meteor with his gravity beams.

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

Creative director and copywriter Junpei Iwata
Planned by Shumpei Murata
Art directors Yuki Nakao, Ryohei Yabusaki
Digital planner Kai Yamazaki
PR planner Hitomi Katahira
Creative producer Sumina Sugita
Account executives Daigo Tajima, Kota Kashizuka
Produced by Nagasumi Ichioka, Madoka Katsumata, Yuta Muto
Production managers Sohei Shimada, Kenya Ijima, Issei Kobayashi, Eiori Nagano, Shinya Suzuki, Nao Ugajin
Directed by Shinji Hamasaki
Assistant directors Shigetake Hashimoto, Joji White, Yuta Suzuki
Cinematography by Tetsuya Kondoh
First assistant camera Yoshihiro Okayama
Camera assistants Jo Aki, Motoki Kano, Yu Kakei
Steadicam operator Taro Kimura
Assistant steadicam operator Yuta Takase
Digital imaging technician Takahiro Shimokawa
Lighting by Satoshi Mizoguchi
Lighting assistants Itsuki Oishi, Ryotaro Taki
Sound recordist Masaharu Tanabe
Assistant recordist Daisuke Ohori
Production design by Toru Takahashi
Assistant production designer Yohei Takeuchi

https://www.advertimes.com/20230912/article433330/

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

Masato Sakai as Benimaru
Yurika Nakamura as Nuehime
Shinnosuke Takahashi as Sasorigenji
Shin Koyanagi as Gaemon
Jun Niioka as Hebisuke
Catcher Nakazawa as Waninobou
Shun Ito as Hiru
Kota Yamaguchi as Samezo
Bob Suzuki as Gamanyudo
Bayarsaikhan
Otgonbayar
Naranbaatar
Enkhtaivan
SILLE
Soma Santoki as narrator (voice)

Appearances

Monsters

King Ghidorah
Zombies

Trivia

The protagonist of the commercial, Benimaru's name is a reversal of the name of the company the commercial was made for, Marubeni.

Films

Godzilla films

Showa era

Godzilla (1954) • Godzilla Raids Again (1955) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) • Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) • Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) • Son of Godzilla (1967) • Destroy All Monsters (1968) • All Monsters Attack (1969) • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) • Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) • Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) • Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

Heisei era

The Return of Godzilla (1984) • Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) • Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) • Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) • Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) • Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)

Millennium era

Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) • Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) • Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) • Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) • Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) • Godzilla Final Wars (2004)

Reiwa era

Live action	Shin Godzilla (2016) • Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Animated	GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters (2017) • GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle (2018) • GODZILLA: The Planet Eater (2018)

American films

GODZILLA (1998) • Godzilla (2014) • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

Short films

"Godzilla vs. Charles Barkley" (1992) • Monster Planet of Godzilla (1994) • Godzilla: The Real 4-D (2017) • Dream Challenge: Godzilla Appears in Sukagawa (2019) • "The Faceless Star" (2019) • Godzilla vs. Evangelion: The Real 4-D (2019) • Godzilla Interception Operation Awaji attraction video (2020) • Godzilla Appears at Godzilla Fest (2020) • Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle (2021) • "The Impact of a Blue Day" (2021) • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (2021) • Godzilla vs. the Tigers (2022) • Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex (2022) • Fest Godzilla 3: Gigan Attacks (2022) • "GO YOUR WAY" (2023) • Godzilla vs. Megalon (2023) • Fest Godzilla 4: Operation Jet Jaguar (2023)

Gamera films

Shōwa period	Gamera the Giant Monster (1965) • Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) • Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967) • Gamera vs. Viras (1968) • Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) • Gamera vs. Jiger (1970) • Gamera vs. Zigra (1971) • Gamera Super Monster (1980)

Heisei period	Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995) • Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) • Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) • Gamera the Brave (2006)

Short films	Gamera vs. Garasharp (1991) • GAMERA (2015)

King Kong films

King Kong (1933) • Son of Kong (1933) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • King Kong Escapes (1967) • King Kong (1976) • King Kong Lives (1986) • The Mighty Kong (1998) • Kong: King of Atlantis (2005) • King Kong (2005) • Kong: Return to the Jungle (2006) • Kong: Skull Island (2017) • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

Other Toho films

Shōwa period	Ramayana (1940s) • Invisible Man (1954) • Half Human (1955) • Rodan (1956) • The Mysterians (1957) • The H-Man (1958) • Varan (1958) • The Three Treasures (1959) • Battle in Outer Space (1959) • The Secret of the Telegian (1960) • The Human Vapor (1960) • Mothra (1961) • The Last War (1961) • Gorath (1962) • Matango (1963) • Atragon (1963) • Dogora (1964) • Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) • The War of the Gargantuas (1966) • The Killing Bottle (1967) • Latitude Zero (1969) • Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure (1969) • Space Amoeba (1970) • Daigoro vs. Goliath (1972) • Submersion of Japan (1973) • ESPY (1974) • Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) • The War in Space (1977) • Magnitude 7.9 (1980) • Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984) • Princess from the Moon (1987)

Heisei period	Cyber Cop (1989) • Gunhed (1989) • Mikadoroid (1991) • Reiko, Psyche Resurrected (1991) • Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994) • Rebirth of Mothra (1996) • Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997) • Rebirth of Mothra 3 (1998) • Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie (2005) • Sinking of Japan (2006) • Go! Godman (2008) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 (2015) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2 (2015)

Reiwa period	Monster Hunter (2020) • The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021) • Shin Ultraman (2022) • yokaipedia (2022)

Other Daiei films

The Invisible Man Appears (1949) • Warning from Space (1956) • The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly (1957) • Killer Whale (1962) • Daimajin (1966) • Return of Daimajin (1966) • Wrath of Daimajin (1966) • Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969)

Other Japanese films

Shōwa period	Japanese King Kong (1933) • The Great Buddha Arrival (1934) • The King Kong that Appeared in Edo (1938) • Magic Serpent (1966) • The X from Outer Space (1967) • Gappa (1967) • The Last Dinosaur (1977) • Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977) • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

Heisei period	The Cat (1991) • Sakuya (2000) • Wanigon vs. Gamaron (2000) • The Great Yokai War (2005) • Negadon: The Monster from Mars (2005) • Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters (2008) • Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008) • Geharha: The Dark and Long Haired Monster‎ (2009) • Demeking, the Sea Monster (2009) • Raiga: God of the Monsters (2009) • Death Kappa (2010) • The God of Clay (2011) • A Giant Warrior Descends on Tokyo (2012) • Jellyfish Eyes (2013) • Day of the Kaiju (2014) • Love & Peace (2015) • Kaiju Mono (2016) • The Great Buddha Arrival (2018) • Kaiju Ward Gallas (2019)

Reiwa period	God Raiga vs. King Ohga: War of the Monsters (2019) • The Great Actress Reiko Inui (2019) • Howl from Beyond the Fog (2019) • Monster Seafood Wars (2020) • The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 (2020) • Nezura 1964 (2021) • Yatsuashi (2021) • What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? (2022) • Yuzo the Biggest Battle in Tokyo (2022) • AKARI (2022) • Hoshi 35 (2023) • Brush of the God (2024) • "Foodlosslla: What Should Humanity Do!?" (2024) • Kaiju: Island of Fire (TBA)

Miscellaneous

Films	The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) • The Giant Behemoth (1959) • Gorgo (1961) • Bulgasari (1962) • Gogola (1966) • Space Monster Wangmagwi (1967) • Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967) • APE (1976) • The Mighty Peking Man (1977) • Pulgasari (1985) • Reptilian (1999) • Cloverfield (2008) • 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) • Colossal (2016) • The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) • Rampage (2018) • Notzilla (2019) • untitled Cloverfield sequel (TBA)

Documentaries	Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection (1986) • Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998) • GAMERA1999 (1999) • Bringing Godzilla Down to Size (2008) • The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga (2019) • Yonggary Chronicle Project (2019) • Godzilla's Leading Ladies (2020)

Fan films	Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969) • Gamera 4: Truth (2003) • Waiting for Gorgo (2009) • G vs. G (2019) • Godziban (2019) • Heritage (2020) • Coming Out (2020) • Wolfman vs. Godzilla (TBA)

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