Shin Godzilla:ORTHOchromatic

Oct 27, 2023

2h 0m

★ 8.0

A god incarnate. A city doomed.

Overview

Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi’s 21st century masterpiece is reborn with this stunning black-and-white version, released in Japan in the leadup to Godzilla’s 70th anniversary. A major critical and commercial success that earned seven Japan Academy Prize awards, Shin Godzilla (2016) pays tribute to the monster movie franchise’s origins while reinventing the iconic kaiju within the context of Japan’s political present. Proposed by Anno and overseen by Higuchi, ORTHOchromatic adds new dimensions to the film’s visual impact by rendering it in orthochromatic (“ortho” for short) black-and-white, a type of monochrome characterized by starker contrasts and more pronounced blacks. The results are awe-inspiring and presents Shin Godzilla as never seen before.

Genres

Action

Science Fiction

Horror

Production Companies

TOHO

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Cast

Rando Yaguchi : Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary

Hiroki Hasegawa

Hideki Akasaka : Special Advisor to the Prime Minister

Yutaka Takenouchi

Kayoko Ann Patterson : US Special Envoy

Satomi Ishihara

Yusuke Shimura : Secretary of Rando

Kengo Kora

Syuichi Izumi : Policy Research Council Vice Chairman

Satoru Matsuo

Hiromi Ogashira : Ministry of the Environment Nature

Mikako Ichikawa

Ryu Yasuda : Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Research / Promotion Bureau Director

Issey Takahashi

Fumiya Mori : Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare / Research and Development Division Director

Kanji Tsuda

Kunio Hazama : Jouhoku University Associate Professor

Shinya Tsukamoto

Tachikawa : Agency for Natural Resources and Energy / Electricity and Gas Industry Department Director

Toru Nomaguchi

Tatsuya Negisi : Nuclear Regulatory Agency / Monitoring Information Division Director

Daisuke Kuroda

Seiji Ookouchi : Prime Minister

Ren Osugi

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