Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color returns to cinemas this November

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Godzilla is returning to cinemas! After overwhelming demand from audiences and cinemas alike, Anime Limited and Toho Co. Ltd are celebrating a very special Godzilla Day – marking the franchise’s 70th anniversary by giving fans the opportunity to experience the kaiju that changed cinema forever in black-and-white, just like the audiences who first witnessed it wreak havoc in 1954. That’s right – the highly requested GODZILLA MINUS ONE/MINUS COLOR, an alternate version of the Academy Award™-winning global sensation, releases in cinemas across the UK & Ireland for the first time alongside the original film from Friday 1st November!

In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror. From renowned director, screenwriter & VFX visionary Takashi Yamazaki (The Eternal Zero, Stand By Me Doraemon) comes Godzilla Minus One, a film about the power of home in the face of despair. The film stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, and Kuranosuke Sasaki, with music by Naoki Sato.

The latest film in Toho’s classic series, GODZILLA MINUS ONE was crafted to be the most terrifying incarnation of the character yet, returning the franchise to its post-war roots with a powerful and poignant story about a Japan gripped by the helplessness of having already lost everything before this new, monstrous threat emerges. The film earned critical acclaim and broke multiple UK & Irish box office records on release, including the largest opening day for a Japanese film (live-action and animated) in over 23 years. The film became a sensation across the world, culminating in GODZILLA MINUS ONE winning Best Visual Effects at the 96th Academy Awards, becoming the first non-English language film to win the award. GODZILLA MINUS ONE/MINUS COLOR presents the original film in a black-and-white version adjusted cut-by-cut and personally overseen by director Takashi Yamazaki.

Celebrated each year on 3rd November, Godzilla Day commemorates the anniversary of the original 1954 film that created a movie monster recognised around the world. This year, fans are invited to start their celebrations early in cinemas!

GODZILLA MINUS ONE/MINUS COLOR and GODZILLA MINUS ONE are both releasing in cinemas in Japanese with English subtitles from Friday 1st November.