[Kyodo News] Japan's latest Godzilla film wins Oscar for best visual effects

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Japan's latest Godzilla film wins Oscar for best visual effects


The latest Godzilla film won the Oscar for best visual effects at the 
96th U.S. Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, a first for Japan in 
the category.

Takashi Yamazaki's "Godzilla Minus One," set in postwar Japan, is the 
latest installment in the long-running franchise about a fire-breathing, 
city-stomping fictional monster.


The film follows the story of a Japanese pilot burdened with guilt for 
surviving a kamikaze mission who joins forces with others to battle 
Godzilla, the giant reptilian monster that emerges in Tokyo. The city, 
already devastated by U.S. air raids during the war, faces another 
threat from the legendary creature.

The Godzilla franchise is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year 
since the first film was released in 1954, inspired by the U.S. atomic 
bomb testing in Bikini Atoll.

Yamazaki, 59, has expressed concern that Godzilla's symbolism as a 
metaphor for nuclear weapons has been forgotten. He hopes the film will 
serve as a reminder of this important message.