No, Godzilla Minus One is not a sequel to Shin Godzilla.
Godzilla Minus One is not a sequel to Shin Godzilla but rather a singular story on its own. Godzilla Minus One’s story takes place in post-World War II Japan where Japanese people are deeply affected by the dropping of Atomic Bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States of America.
What is Shin Godzilla about?
Shin Godzilla (2016) is a Japanese science fiction kaiju film directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi. It is the 29th film in the Godzilla franchise. The film follows the Japanese government as they respond to the emergence of a giant monster from Tokyo Bay. The monster, dubbed Godzilla, is rapidly evolving and becomes increasingly difficult to destroy. The film explores themes of bureaucracy, crisis management, and the human response to disaster.
The film begins with a mysterious accident in Tokyo Bay. One of the strange creatures rises from the water and goes on rampaging through the town. To start with, the Japanese government takes a long time before it can respond, thus allowing Godzilla to create havoc everywhere. Since the monster grows, the government becomes more and more eager to find how they can put an end to it.
Godzilla it traces a group of ministers’ efforts towards planning how to win over Godzilla. Some problems that confront the officials include bureaucratic inertia, panic among the citizens, and the fact that Godzilla never stops mutating and growing bigger and stronger.
In the end, the government is able to develop a weapon that is capable of killing Godzilla. However, the weapon also causes widespread destruction. The film ends with the government reflecting on the lessons they have learned from the Godzilla crisis.
What is Godzilla Minus One about?
Godzilla Minus One is about a postwar Japan that has been reduced to economic ruin. Godzilla appears and plunges the country into a new state of despair.
Takashi Yamazaki, the director of the film argues that it is an expression of “a life that offers unexpected despair”. According to him, the movie should not be watched in theaters but experienced. It represents everything about them.
Yamazaki has also said that the film's title, Godzilla Minus One, was created with this in mind. With little information at hand, Godzilla Minus One should be a dark, dismal film investigating humanity’s potential ability towards despair. Also, it will be a Godzilla homage movie, a reiteration of the 1954 original Godzilla allegory against the nuclear threat.
The film ‘Godzilla Minus One’ will come out into Japanese cinemas on November 3rd, 2023.
FAQs
A. The IMDb rating of Shin Godzilla is 6.8.
A. The duration of Shin Godzilla is 2 hours.
A. Godzilla Minus One will be released on December 1, 2023.
