Godzilla Minus One is formally streaming worldwide on Netflix as of immediately, in every single place besides Japan and France, in response to movie distributor Toho Worldwide in a launch shared with The Verge. You can even purchase ($14.99) or lease ($5.99) HD digital copies of your personal, both in shade (Apple TV, Amazon, Google Play) or black and white (Apple TV, Amazon, Google Play).
Written and directed by Takashi Yamakazi, Godzilla Minus One goes again to the large radioactive kaiju’s origins. It’s set simply on the finish of World Warfare II after the US nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The movie follows a kamikaze pilot named Kōichi Shikishima (Ryunosuke Kamiki), who after deciding to land on Odo Island quite than sacrifice himself for the conflict turns into one of many solely survivors of a Godzilla assault on the island.
Critics obtained the film nicely when it hit theaters in December. The Verge’s personal Charles Pulliam-Moore referred to as it “a spectacular catastrophe film” that “feels greater than the sum of its components.” Godzilla Minus One additionally picked up a number of awards, together with an Academy Award for visible results again in March.