Godzilla Appears at Godzilla Fest (2020)
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Godzilla Appears at Godzilla Fest (ゴジラ ゴジラ・フェスに現る Gojira Gojira Fesu ni Arawaru) is a 2020 tokusatsu short film directed by Kazuhiro Nakagawa for Godzilla Fest Online 2020. Funded by TOHO Visual Entertainment, it kicked off a series of Nakagawa-directed shorts known as Fest Godzilla. It is unusual among the series for depicting Godzilla not as a real monster, but as a costume on a film set.
Plot
Japan is suddenly struck with disaster as alarms are sounded and emergency reports are broadcasted over the radio. In the Ginza district of Tokyo a group of civilians flee, with one exclaiming, "Godzilla!" Godzilla is then seen among the ravaged city and continues on his rampage. Fighter jets are deployed to engage the monster, but prove to have no effect. As Godzilla continues to topple buildings and trample cars, he passes by the Wako Main Building and approaches a reporter who is standing in the street. Godzilla stares the man down before unleashing a blast of atomic breath.
Suddenly a man calls, "Cut!" and the attack is revealed to have simply been a movie. Two staff members approach the Godzilla suit and help its actor emerge. The men look toward the camera and laugh, and the end card appears.
Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Kazuhiro Nakagawa
- Stock music by Akira Ifukube
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Hirona Yamazaki as fleeing civilian
- Shinsuke Kasai as reporter / Godzilla suit actor
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Production
According to a behind-the-scenes video released on YouTube, the short's monster scenes were filmed over two days in October 2020. Shot entirely outside on a Toho Studios lot, it made use of traditional tokusatsu techniques including suitmation, wire-operated plane models, miniature buildings, and pyrotechnics.[1] The Godzilla suit used appears to be a replica of the "MogeGoji" from 1994's Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla, while the planes are genuine props that were used for the G-Force F-16s in 1993's Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II.[2] An additional Godzilla head draped over a tripod was used for camera tests.[1] The short was filmed partially with an iPhone.[2]
Video releases
TOHO Visual Entertainment Blu-ray (April 16, 2025)
- Region: 2
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Japanese
- Subtitles: None
- Special features: Behind-the-scenes footage of every Fest Godzilla film, interviews with Kazuhiro Nakagawa and Naoya Matsumoto
- Notes: Packaged with Godzilla vs. Hedorah, Fest Godzilla 3: Gigan Attacks, Fest Godzilla 4: Operation Jet Jaguar, and Fest Godzilla 5: All Monsters Showdown.
Videos
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Trivia
- A calendar inside of a building is turned to November 2020, the same time that the short premiered in real life.
- Shinsuke Kasai's character emerges from the Godzilla suit wearing a bandana, a typical garment for classic suit actors like Haruo Nakajima.
- One of the suit actor's helpers wears a National Awaji-Island Institute of Godzilla Disaster (NIGOD) hat and HUF's Godzilla resort shirt. The other wears a Godzilla Store-exclusive Godzilla and Jet Jaguar shirt.
- Director Kazuhiro Nakagawa wore an identical hat during shooting, and both it and the resort shirt during his appearance at Godzilla Fest Online 2020.
References
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