A heart-wrenching tale revolving around a destructive, dreaded monster set out to wipe out every living thing.
Godzilla minus one is a Japanese movie revolving around an ex-kamikaze pilot—Shikishima (Ryunosuke Kamiki), who survived a war by faking his plane had developed a mechanical fault. He returned with his plane to an island called Odo, for the mechanics there to repair. Well, the night Shikishima returned, Godzilla came to Odo Island as it appeared in Godzilla's lore, everybody was killed by Godzilla. They all had no chance against the mighty Godzilla, it crushed every living thing in its path but Shikishima and another mechanic survived.
Shikishima was filled with profound guilt after he fled the mechanics leaving them to their fate, he felt more guilt when he came back home (the place he fled from initially), to find out a lot of persons had died because of his duty abandonment; his parents were victims of the war. Shikishima grappled to live with the guilt until he met a lady, Noriko—whose parents also died in the war. A dying mother during the war pleaded with Noriko to take care of her child, Noriko took it upon herself to take care of the child and named her Akiko.
The bond between Shikishima, Noriko and Akiko grew deeply, which was crucial to the emotional depth of the movie. He took both Noriko and Akiko in, picked up a dangerous job on the sea (because they paid well) just so he could look after them.
As the movie progressed, he comforted his guilt and found a purpose again to live. Noriko then found a job in another town and Godzilla then visits again.
But this time, he visited the town Noriko worked in and lots of lives were lost, Noriko was presumed dead as she was affected by the monster's catastrophic doings. The people of Japan in the movie then took it upon themselves and made plans to confront the monstrous threat before it wreaked more havoc. While Shikishima saw this as an opportunity to clear his conscience and get rid of every guilt, he volunteered to serve as a bait to lure in this iconic monster to where it could be destroyed but......
You really need to watch this one!
I love Godzilla Minus One due to its outstanding effect, it's thrills and pacing which had my heart doing a continuous thudding.
I rate it an 8/10.
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