Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus One was easily one of my favorite movies of 2023. Its heartfelt remix of the original 1954 film acts as a treatise on national shame and banding together in a time of great struggle. It also has some of the best effects we’ve seen in decades, which is probably why it won the Oscar for it! Despite the film scoring big at the U.S. box office, it has taken a surprisingly long time for it to make it to home release. Now, thankfully, the enormous 4K Blu-ray release from Japan is getting an English-friendly release.
The massive set (fitting of the king of the monsters) is the same set as was released in Japan earlier this year. It includes the movie in 4K UHD and Blu-ray as well as a Blu-ray of Godzilla Minus One Minus Color, the black-and-white cut. The only difference from the earlier release is it includes English-language menus and subtitles on the movies. The disc of extras is entirely in Japanese and will NOT include English subtitles. So that is a bummer. However, given how tough it can be for contemporary Japanese films to get any sort of English release, this is still a big win.
The set is only available via the Godzilla website for $65.00. It will ship in September. Full list of technical specs below.
- Disc 1: Godzilla Minus One 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
- 125 minutes / 3 layers (100G) / 4K 2160p 16:9 scope size / Dolby Vision
- Audio: (1) Japanese Dolby Atmos (2) Japanese 5.1ch Dolby TrueHD (3) Japanese 2.0ch Dolby TrueHD (4) Barrier-free Japanese audio guide 2.0ch Dolby TrueHD
- Subtitles: (1) Barrier-free Japanese subtitles (2) English subtitles
- Disc 2: Godzilla Minus One Blu-ray
- 125 minutes / Trailer compilation / 2 layers (BD50G) / 1080p High Definition 16:9 scope size
- Audio: (1) Japanese Dolby Atmos (2) Japanese 5.1ch Dolby TrueHD (3) Japanese 2.0ch Dolby TrueHD (4) Barrier-free Japanese audio guide 2.0ch Dolby TrueHD
- Subtitles: (1) Barrier-free Japanese subtitles (2) English subtitles
- Trailer Collection (Japanese language only)
- Special Announcements 1 & 2
- Trailer
- TV Spot
- No. 1 Edition/That’s Godzilla Edition/A Glimmer of Hope Edition/The World Praises Edition/Live and Resist Edition/Against Godzilla Edition
- 6-Second Bumper
- IMAX PR Video
- ScreenX PR Video
- TOHO CINEMAS MOVIE LINE UP
- Cinema Mileage Announcement
- Disc 3: Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color Blu-ray
- Main feature 125 minutes / Godzilla-1.0/C trailer / 2 layers (BD50G) / 1080p High Definition 16:9 scope size
- Audio: (1) Japanese Dolby Atmos (2) Japanese 5.1ch Dolby TrueHD (3) Japanese 2.0ch Dolby TrueHD (4) Barrier-free Japanese audio guide 2.0ch Dolby TrueHD
- Subtitles: (1) Barrier-free Japanese subtitles (2) English subtitles
- Disc 4: Bonus Blu-ray (Japanese language only)
- Recording length: 240 minutes / 2 layers (BD50G) / 16:9 / 1080p High Definition (some 1080i)
- Audio: Japanese 2.0ch Dolby Digital
- Subtitles: NOTE – NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Specifications and Enclosures:
- 4-disc Digipack + outer case specifications
- Special booklet (Japanese language only)
- “Special Disaster Response Materials Compilation” Abridged version (Japanese language only)
Region Free
Kyle Anderson is the Senior Editor for Nerdist. He hosts the weekly pop culture deep-dive podcast Laser Focus. You can find his film and TV reviews here. Follow him on Instagram and Letterboxd.