‘Godzilla Minus One’ Lands UK-Irish Deal Ahead Of Tokyo Film Festival Debut 

Godzilla Minus One, the latest edition in Toho’s monster franchise and the closing film at this year’s Tokyo Film Festival, has locked a deal for distribution in the UK and Ireland. 

The Glasgow-based distribution outfit Anime Limited will release the pic in UK and Irish cinemas on December 15. The wide rollout will also include IMAX and 4DX screens. 

Godzilla Minus One is written and directed by Lupin III filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki. The pic is set for a local release on Nov 3 from Toho and comes 70 years after the first film. Synopsis reads: After the war, Japan has been reduced to zero. Godzilla appears and plunges the country into a negative state. Against the most desperate situation in the history of Japan, how — and with whom —will Japan stand up to it?

Alongside writing and directing duties on Godzilla Minus One, Yamazaki also supervised the visual effects. The film stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, and Kuranosuke Sasaki. 

Takashi Yamazaki’s previous features include Parasyte (2014), Fueled: The Man They Called Pirate (2016), The Great War of Archimedes (2019), Dragon Quest: Your Story (2019), Lupin III: The First (2019), and Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020). He made his directorial debut with Juvenile in 2000.

Anime Limited was launched in 2012 and specializes in distributing anime titles. The company has previously handled titles such as Cowboy Bebop (Shinichiro Watanabe) Perfect Blue (Satoshi Kon), Your Name (Makoto Shinkai), and Patema Inverted (Yasuhiro Yoshiura).

Godzilla Minus One closes the Tokyo Film Festival on November 1.