Godzilla Minus One (ゴジラ-1.0, Gojira Mainasu Wan) is a Japanese epic kaiju film directed, written, and with visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki (Lupin III: The First). Featuring Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, and Kuranosuke Sasaki; it is the 37th film in the Godzilla franchise, Toho’s 33rd Godzilla film, and the fifth film in the franchise’s Reiwa era. The story follows a kamikaze pilot named Kōichi Shikishima who returns to post-WWII Japan to find his family dead and home in ruins. After forming a new family with a thief and orphaned baby Kōichi’s happiness is tested with the reemergence of Godzilla.
Score: Excellent 9/10