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Toho is planning sequels to multiple Godzilla movies. Toho is a Japanese production company that is best known for the Godzilla franchise, which follows a giant irradiated lizard who is alternately depicted as a rampaging avatar of destruction or a valiant hero who defends humanity from other monsters.

Altogether, there are 33 Japanese Godzilla movies and five English-language installments, four of which are part of Legendary's Monsterverse, which also features monsters and locations from the King Kong movies.

Per Bloomberg, after distributing 2023's Godzilla Minus One themselves and earning $116 million worldwide against a slim reported budget of just $15 million, Toho is pushing to own more of its content. This includes the planned sequel to Godzilla Minus One, which is currently in development.

However, Toho's international head Koji Ueda also revealed that, in addition to the upcoming Godzilla Minus One 2, Toho's plans include a follow-up to 2016's Shin Godzilla and...

Following the recent release of the original Godzilla on 4K Ultra HD, The Criterion Collection is bringing Godzilla vs. Biollante to 4K Uhd and Blu-ray on March 18.

Released in 1989, the 17th installment in Toho’s classic kaiju franchise has been newly restored in 4K with Japanese 5.0 surround DTS-hd Master Audio and newly translated English subtitles.

Written and directed by Kazuki Ōmori (Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah), the film stars Kunihiko Mitamura, Yoshiko Tanaka, Masanobu Takashima, Megumi Odaka, Toru Minegishi, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Toshiyuki Nagashima, and Kenpachiro Satsuma as Godzilla.

Special Features include:

Audio commentary by film historian Samm Deighan (new) 1993 making-of featurette with director Kazuki Omori and special-effects director Koichi Kawakita, among others 1999 featurette on the Biollante and Super X2 vehicle concepts Deleted special effects TV spots and trailers An essay by sci-fi and horror film expert Jim Cirronella

Criterion writes, “Diving into delirious realms of imagination, this second film of the...

2024 marks the 70th anniversary of the first on-screen appearance of the one and only Godzilla, and with that timing, it's worth revisiting some of the most underrated movies in his filmography. Godzilla's history is loaded with classics that G-fans universally appreciate, like Godzilla vs. Biollante, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, and Mothra vs. Godzilla. The radioactive lizard has also seen a revival in recent years, with Legendary's Monsterverse smashing box office records and Toho's Godzilla: Minus One winning an Oscar. However, some of the best Godzilla movies have fallen out of the public consciousness and deserve more love.

Godzilla's cinematic history has historically been broken out into different "eras" that each carry their own distinct tone and aesthetic, and each era boasts movies of varying popularity. Each era has at least one or two movies that tend to rise to the top in Godzilla movie rankings, but as a result,...

by Alyssa Charpentier

“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength,” remarked Francis de Sales. This seemingly contradictory adage finds a home not only in the 16th century but also in female movie characters from the Japanese Godzilla series. The Godzilla saga, which celebrates its 70th birthday this year, features numerous inspiring women. Refer to “Gojira,” the 1954 original, for a glimpse at its first, Emiko Yamane (Momoko Kochi). Emiko's tender heart shines in her caregiving for the film's wounded and her convictions that compel scientist Daisuke Serizawa to use his apocalyptic Oxygen Destroyer device against Godzilla. Noriko Oishi (Minami Hamabe) is the franchise's most recent figure of female endurance in “Godzilla Minus One” (2023): she courageously rears a small child—not even her own—following postwar Japan's devastation while living with an emotionally tortured, disgraced young Kamikaze who doesn't intend to marry her (a precarious...

Director Adam Wingard cites Godzilla vs. Destoroyah as one of his favorite Godzilla films for its emotional highs and poignant moments. The Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire director also addressed the question of including BabyGodzilla in a MonsterVerse sequel. BabyGodzilla is not the same character as Minilla from Son of Godzilla (1967); Toho created BabyGodzilla for Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II in 1993.

Warning: This article contains spoilers for Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)

Godzilla vs. Destoroyah is “one of my top Godzilla movies.” Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’s director, Adam Wingard, made the revelation when he was asked about the possibility of BabyGodzilla, aka Godzilla Jr., showing up in a MonsterVerse sequel. The filmmaker tiptoed around the question, but he was willing to give a roundabout answer to the inquiry. Wingard said in an interview with DiscussingFilm:

“I’ll say this, one of my top Godzilla movies is Godzilla vs. Destoroyah.

Family, friends, and fans mourn the loss of a man notable for his entertaining performances and bright personality that put smiles on peoples' faces. On December 16th, 2023, beloved actor and stunt performer Kenpachiro Satsuma passed away at the age of 76 following a battle with interstitial pneumonia. Multiple news outlets have reported on his passing. Nikkan Sports says the following on the website Yahoo! Japan: “Kenpachiro Satsuma, the second generation suit actor in the “Godzilla” movie series, died of interstitial pneumonia on March 16 at the age of 76″ Satsuma's family confirmed the news to be true on social media. His passing has been met with an outpour of tributes, including from individuals who knew Satsuma personally, people who worked with him, and those who admired his work.

Kenpachiro Satsuma, born Yasuaki Maeda, was a major player in the tokusatsu performance art known as suitmation, in which a fictional character is brought to...

The director of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters reveals how the upcoming show will focus on characters on the ground, providing a fresh perspective on the MonsterVerse franchise. By developing characters that viewers can invest in, the show aims to balance the excitement of monster battles with relatable human experiences. The approach of telling a monster story from the point of view of people on the ground has excited the partners involved in the show, including Apple, Toho, and Legendary.

A director of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters has revealed how the upcoming show is planning to avoid a complaint from the MonsterVerse franchise. The show will be the first live-action television title in the franchise, which includes the movies Godzilla (2014), Kong: Skull Island, and Godzilla vs. Kong. It will focus on the mysterious monster-studying organization called Monarch, following Army officer Lee Shaw (played at different ages by Kurt and Wyatt Russell...

A rejected plan for Godzilla vs. Biollante called for the Japanese pop culture icon to go up against a single human character. Even when united, the humans in Godzilla's movies rarely have success when fighting him. Typically, what little hopes they have rest on technology, but one human in Toho's Godzilla franchise wouldn't have needed it.

Released in 1989 as the sequel to 1984's Return of Godzilla, Godzilla vs. Biollante was the second installment in the Heisei series. Directed by Kazuki Omori, the movie saw Godzilla contend with Biollante, a powerful creature born from a science experiment. Due to Biollante's regenerative properties and other abilities, Biollante proved to be a challening adversary. However, she wasn't the only one at odds with the kaiju. As per usual, the humans were determined to bring Godzilla down as well, but of course, their efforts were in vain.

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**Massive spoilers for every Godzilla movie, with the exception of the 2014 reboot, and Mothra follow**

August 6th and 9th, 1945 forever changed the course of history. When the first nuclear bombs were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, World War II ended, but a new fear was born that dominated the thoughts of all men, women, and children for decades to come. The Cold War, atomic bomb testing, a cartoon turtle telling children to “duck and cover”, and this new technology that had the actual potential to literally end the world changed the perception of what was scary. Art reflects life, so cinema began to capitalize on these fears. Gone were the days of creepy castles, cobwebs, bats, vampires, werewolves, and the other iconic images that ruled genre cinema in film’s earliest decades. Science fiction was larger than ever and giant ants, giant octopi, terror from beyond the stars, and...