Godzilla Minus Zero Brings Back Minus One Characters

Godzilla Minus Zero, the sequel to 2023’s Godzilla Minus One, is scheduled to open in theaters November 6, bringing back the earlier film’s central characters for a new conflict with the monster Ghidorah. Reviews describe a story set two years after the events of Minus One, as Japan faces another monster attack and the return of Godzilla. The film’s theatrical release is listed for November 6, 2026. The returning characters include Koichi Shikishima, played by Ryunosuke Kamiki, and Noriko, played by Minami Hamabe. They are now married and raising their daughter, Akiko, while coping with the physical and emotional effects of their earlier encounter with Godzilla. Professor Noda, played by Hidetaka Yoshioka, also returns, working in a government bureau focused on Godzilla sightings and response. In one account of the plot, Ghidorah attacks Matsumoto City, while another describes the creature devastating a village at the outset. The reviews describe Shikishima returning to an airplane cockpit to lead an assault on Ghidorah. One account says that U.S. forces provide weapons and planes but not pilots, prompting Noda to recruit Shikishima. Godzilla later returns, setting up further...