The sequel to the 2023 smash hit “Godzilla Minus One,” Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” had a Nov. 3 domestic opening as thunderous as the titular monster trampling a Tokyo street: ?910 million ($5.75 million) from 590,000 admissions, a first-day box office record for a live-action film in Japan.
The film’s monster action, with Yamazaki himself supervising the VFX work, justifies those spectacular figures. Seen by this reviewer at the recently concluded Tokyo International Film Festival, “Minus Zero” explodes with visual excitement when Godzilla, risen from the watery grave into which he sank in the previous film, confronts another 办补颈箩ū (giant beast), King Ghidorah.
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