Godzilla Minus One did something that few people expected. It took a monster that had been appearing on cinema screens for nearly 70 years, returned him to devastated post-war Japan and produced a film in which the human story was every bit as important as the kaiju destruction. Then it won Godzilla his first Academy Award. Takashi Yamazaki now has the difficult job of following it. His answer is Godzilla Minus Zero, a direct sequel set two years later in 1949. The film had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival on 26 September 2026 and will open in