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Godzilla Minus Zero premiered at the New York Film Festival. Here’s what you need to know. (No spoilers, promise!)
Blockbuster films in America often have faceless, nameless enemies. Villainous, fictional countries attempt to rule the world, steal nuclear codes, or set off a bioweapon, only to be taken down by one of our aging Hollywood stars. Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus Zero, the director’s sequel to 2023’s acclaimed…
Takashi Yamazaki’s ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ puts Godzilla in a visually spectacular sequel that expands the ‘Minus One’ human drama.
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Fictional monster, or kaiju
Godzilla is a giant monster, or daikaijū, that first appeared in the 1954 film of the same name, directed by Ishirō Honda. The character has since become an international pop culture icon, appearing in various media: 33 Japanese films by Toho, five American films, and numerous video games, novels, comic books, and television shows. Godzilla has been dubbed the King of the Monsters, an epithet first used in Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956), the American localization of the 1954 film.
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Fictional monster, or kaiju
King Ghidorah is a giant dragon-like extraterrestrial monster, or kaiju, in Toho’s Godzilla media franchise. It first appeared in the 1964 film Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, directed by Ishirō Honda. The character was initially created by Tomoyuki Tanaka, Eiji Tsuburaya, and Shinichi Sekizawa as an homage to the eight-headed mythological Japanese dragon Yamata no Orochi. Although the name of the character is officially trademarked by Toho as "King Ghidorah", the character was initially referred to as Ghidrah in some English markets.
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