Toho Studios’ 29th big screen outing for their favourite atomic kaiju, Shin Godzilla (aka Godzilla Resurgence), makes its way to US shores for a limited theatrical engagement this October, courtesy of the good people at Funimation.
Shin Godzilla - which is a fun play on words that can be translated as either “Real” Godzilla or “New” Godzilla - will be playing on US cinema screens ONLY from October 11 - 18, so those wanting the full sensory experience should start scouring local listings now for their nearest screening.
Co-directed by anime veteran Hideaki Anno (Neon Genesis Evangelion) and Attack on Titan helmsman Shinji Higuchi, Shin Godzilla is both a loving homage to the classic 1954 film from Ishiro Honda, yet also a darkly satirical skewering of contemporary Japanese politics - specifically in the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Starring Hiroki Hasegawa, Satomi Ishihara and a host of cameos from the likes of Shinya Tsukamoto and Jun Kunimura, the film reboots the property, kicking off when underwater disturbances in Yokohama Bay trigger the arrival of a massive, unidentifiable creature. As politicians tie themselves up in bureaucratic redtape, it is left to low level civil servant Yaguchi (Hasegawa) to handle the crisis, with the help of a Japanese-born American envoy (Ishihara).