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Shin Godzilla

2016 · Movie · 120 min
B

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73/100

Averaged across 12 ratings · 407.3K votes

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59–87 out of 100

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Japan's political bureaucracy is thrown into chaos when a massive, rapidly evolving creature emerges from Tokyo Bay and begins rampaging through the city. Government officials, scientists, and the military must cut through red tape and work together to analyze the creature's abilities and find a way to stop it before it destroys the country.

Details

Released
29 July 2016
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese, Japanese Sign, English, German
Runtime
120 min
Rated
PG-13
Budget
$15.0M
Box office
$78.1M
Awards
16 wins, 7 nominations

This title elsewhere

Hiroki Hasegawa

Hiroki Hasegawa

Rando Yaguchi

Yutaka Takenouchi

Yutaka Takenouchi

Hideki Akasaka : Special Advisor to the Prime Minister

Satomi Ishihara

Satomi Ishihara

Kayoko Ann Patterson : US special envoy

Kengo Kora

Kengo Kora

Yusuke Shimura : Secretary of Rando

Satoru Matsuo

Satoru Matsuo

Syuichi Izumi : Policy Research Council Vice Chairman

Mikako Ichikawa

Mikako Ichikawa

Hiromi Ogashira : Ministry of the Environment Nature

Issey Takahashi

Issey Takahashi

Ryu Yasuda : Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Research / Promotion Bureau Director

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Fumiya Mori : Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare / Research and Development Division Director

Awards & nominations

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16 wins from 23 nominations across 9 ceremonies

11th Asian Film Awards 2016 Best Sound Jun Nakamura Nominee
11th Asian Film Awards 2016 Best Visual Effects Tetsuo Ohya Winner
38th Yokohama Film Festival 2016 Special Grand Prize Hideaki Anno Winner
40th Japan Academy Prize 2016 Actor of the Year Hiroki Hasegawa Nominee
40th Japan Academy Prize 2016 Supporting Actress of the Year Satomi Ishihara Nominee
40th Japan Academy Prize 2016 Supporting Actress of the Year Mikako Ichikawa Nominee
40th Japan Academy Prize 2016 Best Music Shirou Sagisu Nominee
40th Japan Academy Prize 2016 Best Cinematography Kousuke Yamada Winner
Show all 23 awards across 9 ceremonies

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