Shin Godzilla(2016)

Name: Shin Godzilla
Director: Hideaki Anno
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Released: Oct 11, 2016
Cast: Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara, Ren Ôsugi

FUNimation Entertainment

PG-13
Rated PG-13 for some creature violence/action.
2h

Release Date: Oct 11, 2016

Something has surfaced in Tokyo Bay. As the Prime Minister of Japan pleads with the public to remain calm, a horrific creature of tremendous size makes landfall in the city, leaving death and destruction in its wake. Then it evolves.

Release Details

Original Release | Oct 11, 2016 | Limited

2025 Re-release | Aug 14, 2025 | Wide (GKIDS)

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Box Office Results

2025-10-19T08:02:45.187Z

All Releases (2)
Total US & Canada:
$5,960,549
Total International
$76,134,742
Total Worldwide:
$82,095,291

Total US & Canada:
$1,918,403
Total International
$76,029,204
Total Worldwide:
$77,947,607

Current Showtimes

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Mon Sep 7
Tue Sep 8
Wed Sep 9
Thu Sep 10
Fri Sep 11
Sat Sep 12
Sun Sep 13

Director & Top Cast

Hideaki Anno
Director

Shinji Higuchi
Director

Hiroki Hasegawa
Rando Yaguchi

Yutaka Takenouchi
Hideki Akasaka

Satomi Ishihara
Kayoko Ann Patterson

Ren Ôsugi
Prime Minister Seiji Okochi

Technical Specifications

Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: Japan

Language: Japanese,Japanese Sign Language,English,German

Summaries

Storyline

An unknown accident occurs in Tokyo Bay's Aqua Line, which causes an emergency cabinet to assemble. All of the sudden, a giant creature immediately appears, destroying town after town with its landing reaching the capital. This mysterious giant monster is named "Godzilla." Nuclear waste and carelessness of man mutate a gilled creature in the Tokyo Bay. With social media capturing the footage, the emergency cabinet meets to find out what the creature is and if it will be a threat, but only to say that the creature is so massive its weight would crush it if it came on land. They are proven wrong as the creature comes on land scaring the people of Tokyo and knocking over buildings. The cabinet sends a defense force to eliminate the monster but it evolves and starts overheating with radiation. This causes the monster to run back to the bay, leaving a risk of returning to the cabinet. Later it comes back in its next form and is now taller and indestructible. The cabinet gives it the name "Godzilla." Something has surfaced in Tokyo Bay. As the Prime Minister of Japan pleads with the public to remain calm, a horrific creature of tremendous size makes landfall in the city, leaving death and destruction in its wake. Then it evolves. The government assembles a motley task force to combat the monster when an envoy from the US Department of State delivers a folder of classified documents. On its cover is written: "GODZILLA." From visionary directors Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi , Shin Godzilla offers a thrilling origin story to one of cinema's greatest creations. Propelled by astounding visual effects and rapid fire dialogue, Shin Godzilla is equal parts pulse-pounding action film and venomous political satire, worthy of the franchise's towering history. 12 years after Godzilla final wars Toho is back to making Godzilla films again . When the ocean is heating up. Noe one thing anything of it until the discovery that its a giant monster who wreaks havoc on japan but goes back to the ocean. When the government tries to figure out what this thing is and how a scientist Goro Maki may be involved. We find out the name that Maki gave to the creature Godzilla unfortunately Godzilla has evolved and is way more deadly and is invulnerable to conventional weaponry. — Randomshjit2727