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Godzilla Minus One Will Be Released in U.K. and Ireland Cinemas on Friday
posted on by Andrew Osmond
Update - In a press release on December 12, Anime Limited announced that the film's upcoming release has been expanded to 400 sites.
Takashi Yamazaki's film Godzilla Minus One will go on release in UK and Ireland cinemas from Friday December 15, including IMAX, ScreenX and 4DX screenings. Screening details are given at https://godzillafilm.co.uk/.
The film takes place in Japan following World War II. Ryunosuke Kamiki plays protagonist Kōichi Shikishima, and Minami Hamabe plays heroine Noriko Ōishi. (The two also lead the cast of NHK's ongoing weekday morning series Ranman.) Other cast members include Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Andō, and Kuranosuke Sasaki.
Yamazaki is the director and writer, and is also credited for visual effects. Yamazaki has primarily directed live-action films, including the Always: Sunset on Third Street, Returner, and Parasyte films, but has also directed CG films such as Stand By Me Doraemon.
TOHO made the original announcement on last year's "Godzilla Day."
TOHO's latest Japanese live-action installment in its iconic and long-running franchise is Hideaki Anno's Shin Godzilla, which opened in 2016 and earned 8.2 billion yen (US$75.6 million) at the box office in Japan after opening in Japan in July 2016. The movie was the latest in TOHO's film series after a 12-year absence since 2004's Godzilla: Final Wars. Funimation screened the film in theaters in North America in October 2016.
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