Toho and Gkids have released a new trailer and cast additions for “Godzilla Minus Zero,” the sequel to Yamazaki Takashi’s Oscar-winning “Godzilla Minus One.”
The trailer opens with confirmation that Godzilla was not fully destroyed and offers a first look at a new kaiju extermination operation, alongside a mix of new and returning characters.
Nagasawa Masami joins the cast as Makoto Aoyama, a weather forecaster assigned to the Disaster Response Bureau. Kunimura Jun has been cast as Dr. Ogata, and Maehara Ko will play Akira Hagiwara, assistant to Professor Murakami, played by Tanaka Min. Iida Motosuke returns as Akio Itagaki, the Toyo Balloon section chief who contributed to the Godzilla extermination effort in “Godzilla Minus One.” Misuhashi Kenji, Okuno Eita and Inowaki Kai round out the new cast additions, joining a previously announced lineup of returning and new faces.
The sequel picks up in 1949, two years after the events of “Godzilla Minus One,” following the Shikishima family as they face a new catastrophe. Yamazaki returns as director for a film with more extensive effects work than its predecessor, while keeping its post-World War II Japan setting grounded in its characters.
