Godzilla Minus One
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Short description
In the closing days of the Second World War, a kamikaze pilot named Koichi Shikishima lands his aircraft at a repair base on Odo Island, where he and the other men encounter a giant creature the locals call Godzilla. Shikishima returns to a Tokyo reduced to ruins by bombing, his parents dead and his home gone. A young woman left without family of her own, carrying an infant she rescued during an air raid, comes to share his life. He takes work clearing mines from Tokyo Bay, and the fragile wooden boat he serves on brings him face to face with the monster again, now enlarged and more dangerous after nuclear tests in the Pacific. With the government and military unable to protect the country, civilians must find their own way to confront the threat.
Takashi Yamazaki directed and wrote the screenplay, the fourteenth of the eighteen films he has directed, arriving between Ghost Book and Foodlosslla. Ryunosuke Kamiki plays Shikishima, with Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka and Sakura Ando among the cast.
Made for a modest 15 million USD, the film earned 114 million USD worldwide, a strong return for a Japanese production. On IMDb it holds 7.6/10 from over 200,000 votes, the same score it has on TMDB from a much smaller sample, while a critics' rating of 8.5/10 from 213 reviews places professional assessments noticeably higher than audience ones.
What's left behind the scenes
- Godzilla owes its appearance to computer technology.
- During the attack on the fictional Odo Island, Godzilla kills people but does not devour them. The filmmakers follow a rule established by Toho, the film company that made the earliest films in the franchise – not to show Godzilla devouring people.
- Yukikaze and Hibiki are destroyers that survived World War II. At the end of the war, the first was transferred to the Republic of China as a war trophy, and the second to the USSR.
- After viewing the painting, Gareth Edwards, director of "Godzilla," admitted he felt envious, as this is exactly what a Godzilla film should be.
- On the 41st minute, when the heroes on a boat are escaping Godzilla, they drop a mine. The water from the explosion saturates them from head to toe, but in the next shot, everyone is already dry.
- Japan suffered in World War II, that is, it was reduced to zero. "Minus One" in the title means that with the appearance of Godzilla, the country went into the negative, which is reflected in the Japanese slogan of the film: "Post-war Japan. From zero to minus."
- In reality, Japanese fighters in World War II did not have an ejection system to save the pilot, as shown in the film. Considering that the propeller of the fighter was located at the rear, it first had to be shot off with directed explosions, and only then could the pilot jump with a parachute. Such systems were not in use in Japanese aviation until the end of the war.
- Gareth Edwards, director of the 2014 "Godzilla" film, attended a preview screening of the film. According to his own words, watching this film, he experienced feelings of envy and jealousy. Edwards stated that this is exactly what a Godzilla film should be like.
- Japanese fighters in World War II did not have an ejection system as depicted in the film. Considering the fighter's propeller was located in the rear, it would have needed to be jettisoned first.
- In the opening scene, when Godzilla attacks Odo Island, he kills people but does not devour them. The filmmakers follow the rule of the first films in the franchise.
- "Minus One" in the film's title refers to the fact that Japan had already suffered in World War II, i.e. was reduced to zero, and with the appearance of Godzilla it went even further into the negative, as reflected in the Japanese slogan of the film: "Post-war Japan. From zero to minus."
- In one episode, the heroes measure the radiation level of a child's tricycle. It looks exactly like the bicycle of a boy named Shin, which is on display at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Shin died in the atomic bomb explosion.
- Instead of creating the monster's roar from scratch, the film's creative team simply played the original Godzilla roar through speakers and recorded the resulting sound.
- "Yukikaze" and "Hibiki" are real destroyers that survived World War II. After the war, in 1947, the first was transferred to the Republic of China (present-day Taiwan), and the second to the USSR (present-day Russian Federation) as compensation.
- The people of Tokyo are going to oppose Godzilla, but there is no army in the country to come to their aid. After the end of World War II, the victorious powers forced Japan to disarm and forbade it from having an army.
- On the 63rd minute, they measure the radiation level of a child's tricycle. This is a reference to the bicycle of a child named Shin, which is displayed in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
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