But its historical link to Japan’s darkest days has perhaps never been clearer than in Godzilla Minus One, the new live-action Japanese Godzilla movie from Toho, which will be released in U.S. theaters on Dec. 1.
Godzilla Minus One is written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki and will be Toho’s 33rd Godzilla film, and the first in live action since Shin Godzilla.
The good news is that Toho is therefore incentivized to give Minus One a swift release this year in the U.S., before Legendary unleashes Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire in 2024.
Godzilla Minus One is set in the late 1940s, and the creature is shown attacking a country that’s already been brought to its knees by defeat in World War II.