
National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Sep 10, 2016
Godzilla hits middle age but is still fueled by Japan's anxieties
by Mark Schreiber
Within one month of its July release, Toho's "Shin Gojira" ("Godzilla Resurgence") attracted more than 3.6 million viewers. Box-office takings are already estimated to have surpassed ¥5.3 billion, putting the film more than halfway toward the seldom-attained figure of ¥10 billion. Toho has great ...