--- title: 'Shin Godzilla (2016)' type: 'film' director: 'Hideaki Anno' released: '2016-07-29' runtime_minutes: 118 certification: 'PG-13' genres: - 'Drama' - 'Action' - 'Horror' - 'Adventure' - 'Science Fiction' countries: - 'United States' - 'Japan' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/shin-godzilla-2016' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4262980/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Shin Godzilla (2016) 2016 · PG-13 · 118 min · Drama, Action, Horror, Adventure, Science Fiction · United States, Japan Original title: シン・ゴジラ ## Synopsis Shin Godzilla is a 2016 Japanese kaiju film directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, with a screenplay by Anno and visual effects by Higuchi. Produced by Toho Pictures and Cine Bazar and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd., it is the 31st film in the Godzilla franchise, the 29th film produced by Toho, Toho's third reboot of the franchise, and the first film in the franchise's Reiwa era. It is the first reboot of a tokusatsu series to be adapted by Anno and Higuchi, followed by Shin Ultraman (2022) and Shin Kamen Rider (2023). The film stars Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, and Satomi Ishihara. In the film, politicians struggle with bureaucratic red tape in order to deal with the sudden appearance of an ever-evolving monster named Godzilla. ## Credits - **Director:** [Hideaki Anno](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideaki-anno) - **Screenplay:** [Hideaki Anno](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideaki-anno) - **Original Music Composer:** [Shirō Sagisu](https://cinepixo.com/people/shiro-sagisu) - **Producer:** [Akihiro Yamauchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/akihiro-yamauchi) - **Director of Photography:** [Kōsuke Yamada](https://cinepixo.com/people/kosuke-yamada) ## Cast - [Hiroki Hasegawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroki-hasegawa) - [Satomi Ishihara](https://cinepixo.com/people/satomi-ishihara) - [Yutaka Takenouchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/yutaka-takenouchi) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.shin-godzilla.jp/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/shin-godzilla-2016 Film facts: Wikidata (Q20899737); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.