Godzilla Minus One’s Massive Oscars Win Breaks An Unfortunate 70-Year Streak

Godzilla Minus One’s Massive Oscars Win Breaks An Unfortunate 70-Year Streak

Godzilla: Minus One has become the first-ever Godzilla movie to win an Academy Award. The massive action franchise celebrates its first Oscar win at the 96th Academy Awards for Best Achievement in Visual Effects.

Godzilla: Minus One beat out Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Napoleon, and The Creator to take home the first-ever Oscar for the longstanding franchise.

Godzilla Minus One’s Massive Oscars Win Breaks An Unfortunate 70-Year Streak

Godzilla: Minus One

PG-13
Action
Adventure
Horror
Sci-Fi

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Godzilla Minus One is the first Godzilla film released by Toho since 2016’s Shin Godzilla. Minus One is a reimagining of the original 1954 Godzilla and takes the franchise back to its roots by exploring the harsh life of post-war Japan. The story follows Koichi Shikishima, a failed kamikaze pilot, who struggles with survivor guilt as a giant monster attacks the city.

Director

Takashi Yamazaki

Release Date

December 1, 2023

Studio(s)

Toho Studios
, Robot

Distributor(s)

Toho Studios

Writers

Takashi Yamazaki

Cast

Ryûnosuke Kamiki
, Minami Hamabe
, Yûki Yamada
, Munetaka Aoki
, Hidetaka Yoshioka
, Sakura Andō
, Kuranosuke Sasaki

Runtime

125 Minutes

Franchise(s)

Godzilla