Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi’s 21st century masterpiece is reborn with this stunning black-and-white version, released in Japan in the leadup to Godzilla’s 70th anniversary. A major critical and commercial success that earned seven Japan Academy Prize awards, Shin Godzilla (2016) pays tribute to the monster movie franchise’s origins while reinventing the iconic kaiju within the context of Japan’s political present. Proposed by Anno and overseen by Higuchi, ORTHOchromatic adds new dimensions to the film’s visual impact by rendering it in orthochromatic (“ortho” for short) black-and-white, a type of monochrome characterized by starker contrasts and more pronounced blacks. The results are awe-inspiring and presents Shin Godzilla as never seen before.
Director:
Writer:
Hiroki Hasegawa
Rando Yaguchi : Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
Yutaka Takenouchi
Hideki Akasaka : Special Advisor to the Prime Minister
Satomi Ishihara
Kayoko Ann Patterson : US Special Envoy
Kengo Kora
Yusuke Shimura : Secretary of Rando
Satoru Matsuo
Syuichi Izumi : Policy Research Council Vice Chairman
Mikako Ichikawa
Hiromi Ogashira : Ministry of the Environment Nature
Issey Takahashi
Ryu Yasuda : Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Research / Promotion Bureau Director
Kanji Tsuda
Fumiya Mori : Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare / Research and Development Division Director
Shinya Tsukamoto
Kunio Hazama : Jouhoku University Associate Professor
Toru Nomaguchi
Tachikawa : Agency for Natural Resources and Energy / Electricity and Gas Industry Department Director
Daisuke Kuroda
Tatsuya Negisi : Nuclear Regulatory Agency / Monitoring Information Division Director
Ren Osugi
Seiji Ookouchi : Prime Minister
Kimiko Yo
Reiko Hanamori : Minister of Defense
Akira Emoto
Ryuta Azuma : Chief Cabinet Secretary
