Shin Godzilla
Shin Godzilla

シン・ゴジラ
Shin Gojira
Shin Godzilla
Also known as | Godzilla Resurgence |
Screenplay Editor General Director |
Hideaki Anno |
Director Special Effects Director |
Shinji Higuchi |
Associate Director Special Effects Supervisor |
Katsuhiro Onoe |
Editor VFX Supervisor |
Atsuki Sato |
Photography | Kozuke Yamada |
Lighting | Takayuki Kawabe |
Art |
Yuji Hayashida Eri Sakushima |
Sound | Jun Nakamura |
Godzilla Concept Design | Hideaki Anno |
Image Design | Hideaki Anno |
Music | Shiro Sagisu |
Production Companies | Toho |
Release Date | July 29, 2016 |
Runtime | 119 minutes |
Preceded by | Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) |
![]() シン・ゴジラ Shin Gojira Shin Godzilla |
Screenplay Editor General Director |
Hideaki Anno |
Director Special Effects Director |
Shinji Higuchi |
Associate Director Special Effects Supervisor |
Katsuhiro Onoe |
Editor VFX Supervisor |
Atsuki Sato |
Photography | Kozuke Yamada |
Lighting | Takayuki Kawabe |
Art |
Yuji Hayashida Eri Sakushima |
Sound | Jun Nakamura |
Godzilla Concept Design | Hideaki Anno |
Image Design | Hideaki Anno |
Music | Shiro Sagisu |
Also known as | Godzilla Resurgence |
Production Companies | Toho |
Release Date | July 29, 2016 |
Runtime | 119 minutes |
Preceded by | Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) |
A steam explosion in Tokyo Bay kicks the Japanese government into emergency response mode. However, the more they analyze the situation, the more serious the situation becomes. A creature emerges from the steam and makes landfall, causing massive devastation and loss of life before returning to the ocean. Yaguchi, a cabinet aide, is frustrated with the red tape and bureaucracy that kept the government from responding sooner and preventing the destruction. Yaguchi gathers a group of like-minded underlings from across different departments and begins studying the creature. They discover to their consternation that the creature left a trail of radioactive residue in the city; somehow the creature’s metabolism produces radioactive isotopes. Kayoko, a liaison with the US, meets with Yaguchi and reveals that a disaffected Japanese scientist, Goro Maki, predicted the appearance of this creature years ago, and named it “Godzilla.” Maki himself has disappeared; he apparently committed suicide by jumping from his yacht in Tokyo Bay shortly before the creature appeared, leaving behind a cryptic schematic of Godzilla’s cellular structure.
Godzilla reappears, having doubled in size and walks upright towards Tokyo again. The self defense force’s attempts to stop Godzilla fail, and the US initiates a bombing strike on Godzilla in downtown Tokyo. Godzilla retaliates with a massive release of radioactive energy, destroying the bombers and incinerating several wards of Tokyo. The prime minister and several of his top advisors and ministers are killed in the incident, forcing Yaguchi and his team to take more responsibility in the interim government. Yaguchi’s team discovers that Godzilla’s DNA is many times more complex than man’s, and is capable of virtually limitless adaptation, meaning even a small piece of Godzilla tissue can reconstitute itself as a living organism. Godzilla as an organism threatens to spread across the globe and destroy civilization. The US pressures Japan and the UN to allow a thermonuclear strike on Godzilla where he’s resting in the heart of Tokyo. Yaguchi rushes to prepare his own plan to defeat Godzilla and avert the nuclear strike.
Since Godzilla’s internal energy source is essentially a nuclear reactor, it requires cooling to prevent overload. Yaguchi’s team plans to “freeze” Godzilla by injecting him with blood coagulant, forcing Godzilla to “scramble” his reactor in order to stay alive. Kayoko uses her influences at the UN to postpone the nuclear strike long enough for Yaguchi to produce enough coagulant to use on Godzilla. The operation begins by goading Godzilla into using up his energy reserves on a fleet of armed drones, and then demolishing nearby skyscrapers to pin him to the ground. A truck fleet injects the coagulant, and Godzilla freezes, his internal temperature plummeting to near absolute zero. The nuclear strike is called off, but is left on the table as an option should Godzilla resume activity.
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Top Billed Cast

Rando Yaguchi

Hideki Akasaka

Kayoko Ann Patterson

Godzilla (Motion Capture)
Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically

Morelli, French Ambassador to Japan

Paine, US Forces Commander

Cussley, US Official

Chief Cabinet Secretary Azuma

Tokyo Vice-Governor Kawamata

NPA Commissioner's Secretariat Sawaguchi

Defense Operations Policy Director-General Matsumoto

Lansing, US Ambassador to Japan

Keisuke Niwano

Internal Affairs Minister Kono

Dr. Hanawa, Biologist

Eastern Army Deputy Chief of Staff Miki

Ministry of Defense Secretary Iki

Acting Prime Minister Yusuke Satomi

32nd Infantry Regiment Company 3, Chairman Kai

Hiromi Ogashira

Dr. Shiga, Paleontologist

Squadron Commander Ashida

Richter, Joint Research Team Leader

Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister Kazakoshi

Government Office Staff

Nation-First Party Deputy Chairman Public Secretary Hisamatsu

Justice Minister Tsukuda

Squadron Commander Togawa

Veteran Journalist

2nd Crane Platoon Leader Kikuchi

Ground Staff Office, Defense Staff Chief Yamamoto

Joint Eastern Army Deputy Chief of Staff Yamaoka

Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Iwata

Fire Brigade Chief

MLIT Disaster Management & Transport Safety Deputy Director Takeo

MSDF Chief of Staff Kitano

Superintendent General Onchi

Yusuke Shimura (Ministry of Defense)

2nd Tank Battalion Leader Murasaki

GSDF Chief of Staff Ishikura

Joint Chief of Staff Zaizen

Radiation Monitoring Division Chief Negishi

Communications Platoon Leader Matsui

Shuichi Izumi

Freelance Journalist Hayafune

Tokyo Governor Kozuka

Young Journalist

MOFA Foreign Policy Bureau Chief Komatsubara

NPA Criminal Affairs Director Motobe

Berghead Institute of Scientific Computing Director

Disaster Management Minister Kanai

ASDF Chief of Staff Ozawa

Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister Anzai

Japan Meteorological Agency Deputy Director Oki

Nuclear Energy Policy Planning Division Chief Tachikawa

Foreign Affairs Minister Kunihira

32nd Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Nogi

Dr. Yanagi, Marine Biologist

Goro Maki (Photo)

Prime Minster Seiji Okouchi

Armored Squadron Unit 1 Commander Ikeda

Special Crane Platoon 1 Leader Murayama

Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiraoka

METI Minister Hayama

Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Katayama

Cartland, U.S. Army Colonel

Tokyo Vice-Governor Tahara

Defense Plans and Policy Dept. Director General Sodehara

MEXT Basic Research Promotion Division Chief Yasuda

Operation Field Commander Saigo

MEXT Minister Sekiguchi

32nd Infantry Regiment Commander Tanba

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Morito

Health Policy Bureau Chief Mori

Johoku University Biologist Hazama

Joint Vice Chief of Staff Yajima

Crisis Deputy Chief Secretary Koriyama

MLIT Minister Yanagihara

Joint Staff Operations Chief Hamada

Defense Minister Hanamori

Environment Minister Kikukawa

METI Manufacturing Bureau Chief Machida

Director General of Operations Samejima