Godzilla Minus One gets surprise release on Netflix

Written and directed by Takashi Yamakazi, Godzilla minus one goes back to the origins of the giant radioactive kaiju. It is set right at the end of World War II, after the US nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The film follows a kamikaze pilot named Kōichi Shikishima (Ryunosuke Kamiki), who after deciding to land on Odo Island rather than sacrifice himself for the war becomes one of the only survivors of a Godzilla attack on the island.

Critics received the film well when it hit theaters in December. On the edgeCharles Pulliam-Moore himself called it “a spectacular disaster film” that “feels like more than the sum of its parts.” Godzilla minus one also received several awards, including a Oscar for visual effects in March.