Many have called Godzilla Minus One a return to the original days of kaiju, bringing back the terror and artistry. And now the film will bring the franchise back to its roots with a new black-and-white cut as Toho has was announced that Godzilla Minus One will run to Japanese cinemas at the start of the new year with its latest version, harkening back to the original 1954 Godzilla film.
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In a statement, director Takashi Yamazaki discusses the choice and hypes the new version: “We are now able to announce Godzilla-1.0/C, which we have been working on for a long time. Rather than just making it monochrome, it is a cut-by-cut. I had them make adjustments while making full use of various mattes as if they were creating a new movie.
“What I was aiming for was a style that looked like it was taken by masters of monochrome photography,” he continued. “We were able to unearth the texture of the skin and the details of the scenery that were hidden in the photographed data. Then, a frightening Godzilla, just like the one in the documentary, appeared. By eliminating color, a new sense of reality emerges. Please live and resist further fear at the theater.”
SEE ALSO: Read our review of Godzilla Minus One here
Check out the announcement and new poster below…
【モノクロ映像版上映決定】
白黒＜モノクロ＞の世界で
生きて、抗え。『ゴジラ-1.0／C』
（ゴジラマイナスワン／マイナスカラー）全国の劇場で
2024.1.12(金)より。https://t.co/QJMViKicU1また、同日より入場者特典の配布も決定。#ゴジラマイナスワン#ゴジラ#GodzillaMinusOne#Godzilla pic.twitter.com/syJD5gssHL
— 『ゴジラ-1.0』【大ヒット上映中】 (@godzilla231103) December 19, 2023
In postwar Japan, a new terror rises Godzilla. Will the devastated people be able to survive…let alone fight back?
Godzilla Minus One stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, and Kuranosuke Sasaki.
The B&W-version of Godzilla Minus One is heading to Japanese theaters on January 12th, 2024.
