Ahead of its eagerly anticipated World Premiere at the 64th New York Film Festival, Toho and Gkids has released a behind-the-scenes teaser trailer for Godzilla Minus Zero, the follow-up to 2023’s smash-hit Godzilla Minus One. Once again orchestrating the Academy Award winning VFX is Takashi Yamazaki, who is also on writer/director duties. Set two years […]
Movie Review – The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026)
The Samurai and the Prisoner, 2026. Written and Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Starring Masahiro Motoki, Masaki Suda, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Munetaka Aoki, Ryota Miyadate, Tasuku Emoto, Joe Odagiri, Yusuke Santamaria, Mitsuo Yoshihara, Ryota Bando, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Ikkei Watanabe, Yoshimasa Kondo, Toshihiro Yashiba, Masatoshi Kihara, Yamato Kochi, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Shusaku Kamikawa, Oshirō Maeda, and Shingo […]
Godzilla Minus Zero trailer unleashes the King of the Monsters
Toho has unleashed a teaser trailer for Godzilla Minus Zero, the next instalment in the iconic Godzilla franchise, and writer-director Takashi Yamazaki’s follow-up to the 2023 smash hit Godzilla Minus Zero. Picking up two years after the events of Godzilla Minus One, the film sees Japan finally get back to a normal daily life, but […]
Trailer for Japanese historical drama The Samurai and the Prisoner
Janus Films has shared a poster and trailer for The Samurai and the Prisoner, the Japanese historical drama from writer-director Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Based on Honobu Yonezawa’s novel Kokurojo, the film sees Lord Murashige Araki besieged in his own castle. With the tyrannical Nobunaga Oda’s army closing in and a series of mysterious crimes shattering his […]
4K Ultra HD Review – Godzilla Minus One (2023)
Godzilla Minus One, 2023. Directed by Takashi Yamazaki. Starring Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Sakura Andô, Munetaka Aoki, Kuranosuke Sasaki. SYNOPSIS: In post-WWII Japan, a new threat rises from the depths of the ocean as the aftermath of the atom bomb takes the form of a giant monster. By this point there is no point in […]
Movie Review – Godzilla Minus One (2023)
Godzilla Minus One, 2023. Written and Directed by Takashi Yamazaki. Starring Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Mio Tanaka, Yuya Endo, Kisuke Iida, Gôshû, and Saki Nagatani. SYNOPSIS: Post war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant […]
