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Shin Godzilla
A god incarnate. A city doomed.
( Action / Horror / Sci-Fi )


Shin Godzilla Poster



US Runtime: 120 min

Country of Origin: Japan

Premiere Date:
Jul 29, 2016   [USA]
 
Directors: Hideaki Anno   [Director]
Shinji Higuchi   [Director]
 
Writer: Hideaki Anno   [Screenplay]
 
Producers: Minami Ichikawa   [Executive Producer]
Yoshihiro Sato   [Producer]
Masaya Shibusawa   [Producer]
Taichi Ueda   [Producer]
Kazutoshi Wadakura   [Producer]
Akihiro Yamauchi   [Co-Executive Producer]
 
Cinematography: Kosuke Yamada   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Hideaki Anno   [Editor]
Atsuki Sato   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Akira Ifukube   [Original Music Composer]
Shirô Sagisu   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Yuji Hayashida   [Production Design]
Eri Sakushima   [Production Design]
 
Casting by Asuka Minami   [Casting]
Tsuyoshi Sugino   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: Cine Bazar   (JP)
Toho Pictures   (JP)
 


Plot Summary:

    Something has surfaced in Tokyo Bay. As the Prime Minister of Japan pleads with the public to remain calm, a horrific creature of tremendous size makes landfall in the city, leaving death and destruction in its wake. Then it evolves.

Cast:

Hiroki Hasegawa
Rando Yaguchi : Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
Yutaka Takenouchi
Hideki Akasaka : Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
Satomi Ishihara
Kayoko Ann Patterson : US special envoy
Kengo Kora
Yusuke Shimura : Secretary of Rando
Satoru Matsuo
Syuichi Izumi : Policy Research Council Vice Chairman
Mikako Ichikawa
Hiromi Ogashira : Ministry of the Environment Nature
Issey Takahashi
Ryu Yasuda : Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Research / Promotion Bureau Director
Kanji Tsuda
Fumiya Mori : Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare / Research and Development Division Director
Shinya Tsukamoto
Kunio Hazama : Jouhoku University Associate professor
Toru Nomaguchi
Tachikawa : Agency for Natural Resources and Energy / Electricity and Gas Industry Department Director
Daisuke Kuroda
Tatsuya Negisi : Nuclear Regulatory Agency / Monitoring information Division Director
Ren Osugi
Seiji Ookouchi : Prime minister
Kimiko Yo
Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense
Akira Emoto
Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
Sei Hiraizumi
Yusuke Satomi : Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Toru Tezuka
Sekiguchi : Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Kenichi Yajima
Yanagihara : Minister of land, infrastructure and transportation
Akira Hamada
Kouno : Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications
Ikuji Nakamura
Kanai : Minister of State for Special Missions
Tetsu Watanabe
Kooriyama : Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary for Crisis Management
Jun Kunimura
Masao Zaizen : JSDF Chief of Staff, Joint Staff Office
Shingo Tsurumi
Yajima : JSDF Vice Chief of Staff, Joint Staff Office
Jun Hashimoto
JSDF Eastern Army Chief of Staff
Pierre Taki
Saigo : Operation "TaBa" Combat leader
Takumi Saitoh
1st. tank squadron captain
Kreva
2nd. tank squadron captain
Ken Mitsuishi
Kozuka : Governor of Tokyo
Kyusaku Shimada
Katayama : Minister for Foreign Affairs ad interim
Taro Suwa
Tahara : Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications / Disaster Management Division
Yū Kamio
Kazekoshi : Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister
Arata Furuta
Sawaguchi : Police Agency Commissioner General's Secretariat
Moro Morooka
National Police Agency Criminal Investigation Bureau Director-General
Kôsei Katô
National Police Agency in charge of crisis management officer
Shohei Abe
Fire and Disaster Management Agency in charge of crisis management officer
Keisuke Koide
Firefighters of Tokyo Fire Department
 
Hairi Katagiri
Prime Minister's Office staff
Suzuki Matsuo
Hayafune : Free Journalist
Takahiro Miura
Journalist
Yohta Kawase
Journalist
Ren Mori
Evacuees
Atsuko Maeda
Evacuees Aqua Tunnel
Kazuo Hara
Biology Professor
Isshin Inudo
Ancient Biologist
Akira Ogata
Marine Biologist
Hideaki Anno
Bus Driver
Kihachi Okamoto
Dr. Goro Maki (photograph)
Mansai Nomura
Godzilla (motion capture)
Mayumi Ogawa
Katsuhiko Yokomitsu
Yusuke Sugiyama
Ambulance Personnel Who Guides Evacuation
Sho Oyamada
Akihisa Yanagi
Takashi Kobayashi
official of Japan Self-Defence forces
Takashi Fujiki
Tokyo deputy governor
Shota Taniguchi
Taiji Sodehara
Tomonori Mizuno
Haruomi Aida
Keitaro Azumi
deputy minister of foreign affairs.
Kôichi Miwa
Jun Komatsubara
Yuichi Ito
section chief of Disaster Prevention
Koji Seki
So Nozawa
Kou Maehara
Masayuki Shida
Charles Glover
Ranshinggu
Takao Kinoshita
Hisao Kanno
Riko Yonemura
Daisaku Nishino
Toshihito Kokubo
Michiko Iwahashi
Shoki Matsui
 
 

Stunt Crew:


Mao Asô
Stunts
 
Hiroki Ezawa
Stunt Coordinator
 
 

Sound Crew:


Hideaki Anno
Sound Designer
Masahiro Kawaguchi
Mixing Engineer
Jun Nakamura
Sound Recordist
Toru Noguchi
Sound Effects
George Oulton
Score Engineer
 
Simon Rhodes
Scoring Mixer
Shirô Sagisu
Mixing Engineer
Haru Yamada
Sound Mixer
Haru Yamada
Sound Designer
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Hideaki Anno
Creature Design
Shota Deguchi
CG Animator
Sachiko Eba
Matte Painter
Kanae Ebe
Compositing Artist
Shuncarlos Fukushima
Compositing Artist
Go Fushimi
CG Supervisor
Kimiyuki Hashimoto
Visual Effects Coordinator
Hiromichi Hayashi
VFX Artist
Shinji Higuchi
Visual Effects Director
Shinji Higuchi
Visual Effects
Shinji Higuchi
Visual Effects Technical Director
Junya Hirota
Compositing Artist
Yusuke Hirota
CG Animator
Mitsuyasu Inagaki
Compositing Lead
Tsubasa Ishida
VFX Artist
Yutaro Ishida
Compositing Artist
Yutaka Iwama
CG Animator
Kosuke Kamata
Compositing Artist
Kento Kanda
Visual Effects Producer
Yudai Kato
Compositing Artist
Haruka Kikuchi
CG Animator
Shingo Kobayashi
Compositing Supervisor
Naoki Korematsu
Compositing Artist
Kazuyori Kosaka
Visual Effects Producer
Rinami Kudo
Compositing Artist
Daisuke Kuwabara
Compositing Artist
Mahiro Maeda
Creature Design
Toshio Miike
Visual Effects Art Director
Miura
CG Animator
Shinji Miyake
VFX Artist
Maki Morikawa
VFX Artist
Koji Nakayama
Compositing Lead
Atsushi Ogasawara
VFX Lighting Artist
Yoshiya Okoyama
VFX Supervisor
Eisin Okubo
Digital Compositor
Katsuro Onoue
Special Effects Supervisor
 
Katsuro Onoue
Visual Effects
Katsuro Onoue
Special Effects
Naoki Otsuki
Compositing Artist
Tetsuo Oya
Visual Effects Producer
Kensuke Saito
CG Animator
Katsuhiko Sakurai
CG Artist
Keiichi Sakurai
VFX Director of Photography
Keiichi Sakurai
Special Effects
Atsuki Sato
Visual Effects Supervisor
Atsushi Sato
Animation Supervisor
Nobuyasu Segawa
Compositing Artist
Takaomi Seki
Visual Effects Production Manager
Wakako Sekine
Compositing Artist
Kazuaki Sekiyama
Special Effects
Nanako Shiba
Compositing Artist
Tetsuya Shiraishi
Visual Effects Director
Atsushi Sugimoto
Compositing Artist
Kazutaka Sugiyama
Modeling
Keizō Suzuki
VFX Director of Photography
Keizō Suzuki
Special Effects
Naotaro Takahashi
VFX Artist
Masaki Takaoka
Visual Effects Director
Takayuki Takeya
Creature Design
Yoshiyuki Toyooka
Compositing Artist
Suzuka Uchiyama
Compositing Artist
Takuya Uenishi
Modeling
Takuya Uenishi
Compositing Artist
Teppei Wakabayashi
Visual Effects Producer
Shion Yamada
CG Artist
Hikaru Yamane
VFX Artist
Shoji Yamato
Compositing Artist
Takuto Yamauchi
Compositing Artist
Takashi Yamazaki
Visual Effects
Tsuyoshi Yano
VFX Artist
Tomotaka Yokoo
Compositing Artist
Kei Yoneoka
VFX Supervisor
 
 

Art Department:


Hideaki Anno
Title Designer
Masato Inatsuki
Art Designer
Junko Kawashima
Sculptor
Mahiro Maeda
Conceptual Design
Mahiro Maeda
Concept Artist
 
Akira Sakamoto
Set Decoration
Ryoko Taguchi
Sculptor
Toshiaki Takahashi
Set Decoration
Takayuki Takeya
Character Designer
Isao Tsuge
Set Decoration
 
 

Directing Crew:


Kimiyoshi Adachi
First Assistant Director
Nao Ichihara
Assistant Director
Yū Inose
Second Assistant Director
Yusuke Ishida
Second Unit Director
Kazuhiro Nakagawa
Assistant Director
 
Kensei Nakayama
Assistant Director
Katsuro Onoue
Co-Director
Ikki Todoroki
First Assistant Director
Linto Ueda
Second Unit First Assistant Director
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Hideaki Anno
Additional Director of Photography
Takayuki Kawabe
Gaffer
Masayuki
Additional Director of Photography
Atsushi Ogasawara
Lighting Technician
Keiichi Sakurai
Second Unit Cinematographer
 
Keiichi Sakurai
Second Unit Director of Photography
Keizō Suzuki
Second Unit Cinematographer
Keizō Suzuki
Second Unit Director of Photography
Ikki Todoroki
Additional Director of Photography
 

Other Crew:


Hideaki Anno
Additional Sound Re-Recordist
Hiroshi Iwaya
Military Consultant
Masayuki
Additional Sound Re-Recordist
 
Sean Muramatsu
Dialogue Coach
Mansai Nomura
Motion Actor
Ikki Todoroki
Additional Sound Re-Recordist
 
 

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