Shin Godzilla
Movie, 2016, Reiwa era, Set in Modern Tokyo
Shin Godzilla is #30 of 35 in release order and #30 of 35 in chronological order in the Godzilla.
The story
When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.
Shin Godzilla recap
A steam explosion in Tokyo Bay floods a tunnel, and while officials argue about procedure, a giant creature crawls up a river into the city, changes into a standing form, and goes back to sea. Rando Yaguchi, deputy chief cabinet secretary, assembles a task force of outcasts and experts. They learn the creature runs on nuclear fission and evolves rapidly, and that a vanished professor, Goro Maki, predicted it and left coded notes. His research names it Godzilla. Kayoco Anne Patterson, an American envoy, works with Yaguchi. Godzilla returns larger and the army cannot hurt it. American bombers wound it, and it answers with beams from its mouth and back that destroy central Tokyo and kill the prime minister and most of the cabinet. Godzilla goes dormant, and the United Nations plans a nuclear strike.
Shin Godzilla ending explained
Yaguchi's team freezes Godzilla in place by pumping a blood coagulant into its mouth, and it stands frozen in Tokyo. They distract it with drones, bring it down with trains packed with explosives and pump the coagulant in. The nuclear strike is called off, but only while Godzilla stays frozen. The final shot shows its tail, with humanoid shapes emerging from it, frozen in place.
Post-credits scenes
No. There is no post-credits scene.
Where to watch Shin Godzilla
Shin Godzilla is streaming on HBO Max in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 87%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Godzilla: Final Wars, before Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters.
- Chronological order: after Godzilla: Final Wars, before Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters.
What to watch before Shin Godzilla
Nothing. Shin Godzilla (2016) doesn't continue an earlier version, so it stands on its own.
Cast
- Hiroki Hasegawa as Rando Yaguchi
- Yutaka Takenouchi as Hideki Akasaka : Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
- Satomi Ishihara as Kayoko Ann Patterson : US special envoy
- Kengo Kora as Yusuke Shimura : Secretary of Rando
- Satoru Matsuo as Syuichi Izumi : Policy Research Council Vice Chairman
- Mikako Ichikawa as Hiromi Ogashira : Ministry of the Environment Nature
- Issey Takahashi as Ryu Yasuda : Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Research / Promotion Bureau Director
- Kanji Tsuda as Fumiya Mori : Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare / Research and Development Division Director
- Shinya Tsukamoto as Kunio Hazama : Jouhoku University Associate professor
- Toru Nomaguchi as Tachikawa : Agency for Natural Resources and Energy / Electricity and Gas Industry Department Director
- Daisuke Kuroda as Tatsuya Negisi : Nuclear Regulatory Agency / Monitoring information Division Director
- Ren Osugi as Seiji Ookouchi : Prime minister
Directed by Shinji Higuchi, Hideaki Anno.