Small in scale and intimate in scope, this take on the classic creature celebrates Japanese resilience and can-do spirit.
After World War II, Japanese pilot Koichi is physically unharmed, but traumatised by an incident on a remote island involving a beast the locals call Godzilla. He returns to a shattered Tokyo, with both parents killed by an air raid and starvation looming. Even as he tries to put his past behind him with fellow survivor Noriko and an orphaned baby, the creature he thought he left behind returns to threaten everyone he loves.
This modest Japanese production costing US$12 million had to give way to Hollywood’s Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire , which cost 10 times more. Taking cues from Steven Spielberg’s Jaws and Jurassic Park , Japanese writer-director Takashi Yamazaki draws scares from the title character’s ability to lurk beneath the waves, striking suddenly from the depths.
The story does not attempt to give the monster a sense of purpose. There are no thoughts behind the eyes, only animal aggression. Contrast this with the current American versions, which try to Marvel-ise the story so it fits within a Monsterverse, resulting in movies bogged down with exposition, introductions and spin-off lead-ins.The disgraced Koichi represents a post-war Japan burdened with the shame of defeat.
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