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New Trailer for Black & White Version of Japan's 'Godzilla: Minus One'

by Alex Billington
December 20, 2023
Source: YouTube

"Live and resist in a world of black and white." Toho in Japan has unveiled plans to release a special black & white version of Godzilla: Minus One in theaters in January 2024 in Japan. The studio has dubbed this new version as "Godzilla-1.0/C", meaning Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color. It's a "monochrome video version" that will be playing in theaters - only in Japan for now, but perhaps later in the US. One can hope! Post war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb. This epic action sci-fi movie stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, Kuranosuke Sasaki. This is the latest B&W release of a great action movie, following Mad Max: Fury Road and The Mist, among others. It's actually much more of a throwback to the first 1954 Gojira movie, which was originally in B&W anyway. This is an awesome trailer, properly evoking that classic 1954 feel. This movie rules! Go see it again.

Here's the "monochrome" version trailer (+ poster) for Yamazaki's Godzilla Minus One, from YouTube:

You can rewatch the teaser for Yamazaki's Godzilla Minus One here, the first full trailer + final trailer here.

"Set in a post-war Japan, Godzilla Minus 1 will once again show us a Godzilla that is a terrifying and overwhelming force, which you already get a sense of from the teaser trailer and poster," Koji Ueda, President of Toho International, said in a statement. "The concept is that Japan, which had already been devastated by the war, faces a new threat with Godzilla, bringing the country into the 'minus.'" Godzilla Minus One, also known as ゴジラ-1.0 or Gojira Mainasu Wan in Japanese, is both written and directed by the Japanese producer / filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki, director of many films including Space Battleship Yamato, The Fighter Pilot, Stand by Me Doraemon, Parasyte: Part 1 & 2, Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura, Lupin III: The First, Dragon Quest: Your Story, and Ghost Book previously. Filming began in mid-March 2022, taking place in Kantō and wrapped in mid-June. Toho first opened Godzilla Minus One in theaters in Japan on November 3rd, 2023, along with a worldwide release starting on December 1st, 2023 earlier this month. This black & white version opens in Japan on January 12th, 2024. For info - visit Toho's site.

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