While we wait to see if Toho’s Godzilla Minus One will take home the “Visual Effects” Oscar at the Academy Awards this weekend – it’s the only category the film is nominated in – some big news is coming out of Japan this week. The new Godzilla movie was nominated in twelve categories at the Japanese Academy Awards, and it just took most of them home!
Godzilla Minus One dominated eight of the twelve total categories it was nominated in, and most importantly the smash hit monster movie won Best Picture of the year!
The following awards were handed to Godzilla Minus One this week…
- Best Picture – Godzilla Minus One
- Best Screenplay – Takashi Yamazaki
- Best Supporting Actress – Sakura Ando
- Best Cinematography – Kozo Shibasaki
- Best Lighting – Nariyuki Ueda
- Best Art Direction – Anri Jojo
- Best Sound – Hisafumi Takeuchi
- Best Editing – Ryuji Miyajima
Back in 2017, Toho’s previous Godzilla movie Shin Godzilla took home seven awards at the Japanese Academy Awards, and it also won the top prize of Best Picture that year.
Toho’s Godzilla Minus One, written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, sees an already devastated post-World War II Japan facing a new threat in the form of Godzilla.
Matt Donato writes in his 4.5 star review for Bloody Disgusting, “Minus One is a blessing to Toho’s kaiju franchise and a towering accomplishment for the entire kaiju subgenre.”
The rave review continues, “After thirty-plus films and nearly seventy years, Toho confidently delivers one of their best Godzilla movies to date.”
The film stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, and Kuranosuke Sasaki, with music by Naoki Sato.
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