Director of new Godzilla film pursuing 'Japanese spirituality' of 1954 original

PepsiCo is donating $50K to Prairie View A&M University during the college’s homecoming this Saturday: Here’s whyThis image released by @2023 TOHO CO., LTD. shows Godzilla in a scene from Godzilla Minus One. Takashi Yamazaki, the director behind the latest Godzilla movie, set for U.S. theatrical release later this year, was determined to bring out what he believes is the essentially Japanese spirituality that characterizes the 1954 original.

“There is a concept in Japan called ‘tatarigami.’ There are good gods, and there are bad gods. Godzilla is half-monster, but it’s also half-god.” Set right after Japan’s surrender in World War II, Yamazaki’s rendition predates the original and portrays a nation so devastated by war it’s left with nothing, let alone any weapons to fight off Godzilla.Ryunosuke Kamiki portrays the hero, a soldier who survives the war and loses his family, only to end up confronting Godzilla.

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