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Godzilla is celebrating its 70th birthday this year. Which is a lot of candles to blow out, even for someone with atomic breath.
The scaly, iconic and now septuagenarian movie monster got a fresh lease of life thanks to 2023’s immense and Oscar-winning Godzilla Minus One, and that movie – along with several other classic Toho cuts – will be getting a birthday screening as part of a season at London’s Japan House.
Japan’s cultural centre in Kensington will be welcoming Londoners into its inner sanctum for a free mini-season of Godzilla movies from September to December.
On the slate is run of the most iconic kaiju movies ever made – including the original 1956 Godzilla – as well as a screening of Godzilla Minus One. Producer Yamada Kenji will be taking behind the scenes of that unexpected triumph in a post-screening talk.
The programme in full:
Godzilla (1956) – Sep 15 and 18
Mothra vs Godzilla (1964) – Oct 20 and 23
Destroy All Monsters (1968) – Nov 10 and 20
Godzilla Minus One (2023) + talk by producer Yamada Kenji – Nov 27
Godzilla vs Hedorah (1971) – Dec 8 and 18
Tickets will be available from the official Japan House website three weeks or so weeks ahead of each screening. Keep an eye out online.
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