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A film by Toho Co., Ltd.

Shin Godzilla

Tokyo Bay, off the coast of Yokohama

Haneda offshore A pleasure craft has been spotted adrift offshore of Haneda.

A pleasure craft has been spotted adrift offshore of Haneda.

Coast Guard patrol boat, PC16 Hamanami

Pleasure craft confirmed. No apparent hull damage.

The "Glory-maru"... MJG-15041.

Requesting owner information.

Boarding the vessel.

Hello? Anyone here?

No one on the flying deck.

No sign of life. Some personal effects.

No traces of an incident. Perhaps a fall overboard?

Vessel's vacant. We'll prepare a tow.

Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line, Aqua Bridge

Aqua-Line Tunnel

--What's that? --Wh-Whoa! Hold up!

Prime Minister Residence

First report from Intelligence and Research.

PM Residence, 5th floor corridor

The Aqua-Line has sprung a leak.

Water's pouring onto the auto lanes.

A liaison office is up, and an emergency order's been issued.

And the PM?

Arriving in 28 minutes.

I need info... downstairs.

Yes, Sir.

First report confirmed at about 8:30 a.m.

Leak in the Tokyo Aqua-Line tunnel, near the 2.5 kilo marker.

Seawater entering from a fissure in the tunnel ceiling. Several cars involved.

Crisis Management Center's Operation Room, PM Residence basement

Hamanami Coast Guard personnel are caught in the steam cloud in the bay.

Crisis Management Center, Conference Room

Aqua-Line's closed both ways. Coast Guard is issuing alerts.

Status, Mr. Koriyama?

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Rando Yaguchi

Five confirmed collisions in the tunnel.

Crisis Deputy Chief Secretary Koriyama

Earthquake damage?

We're checking.

Japan Meteorological Agency Deputy Director Oki

Any relation to the sea eruption?

Not enough info to say yet.

We have heli footage!

Yusuke Shimura (Ministry of Defense)

An underwater volcanic eruption?

If so, it's anomalous.

Coast Guard 691 reporting continued steam eruptions.

The churning water prevents undersea visibility.

Coast Guard Super Puma 225, MH691 Inuwashi

We'll need a unified initial response.

Let's reorganize.

FDMA disaster task force is in place.

3rd Regional Coast Guard HQ has sealed the bay.

No sea or air access.

A coastal evacuation advisory has been issued.

Kisarazu Man-made Island, Tokyo Bay Umihotaru Parking Area

Follow police instructions and evacuate to Kisarazu!

Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line Tunnel, automobile route

Watch your head!

Cool! A slide!

Emergency evacuation slope

Heading to first aid.

This place is awesome.

Under slab evacuation passage

My feet hurt.

Awesome! I'm getting scoop footage.

--What? What's that noise? --Something's up there.

This is bad.

It's freaking me out.

--What's that? --Something's here.

Crisis Management Center, Conference Room stairs

The PM has returned.

Aqua-Line rupture cause is unconfirmed.

Aides to the PM

--No. --Then leave it to the guys below.

There's secondary disaster risk.

I've canceled your meeting. There's a briefing in five minutes.

Understood.

What are the cases for it being some undersea thermal discharge?

Tokyo Bay multiple disaster PM briefing

An unidentified nuclear sub meltdown?

MEXT Minister Sekiguchi

Impossible. The bay is too shallow for a submarine.

We believe it to be magma steam.

MLIT Minister Yanagihara

A new undersea volcanic eruption.

Excuse me, Minister Yanagihara.

The epicenter is shallow and appears to be just steam.

We're confident it's not volcanic activity.

Really? Then tell me sooner.

Forgive me.

A new, large hydrothermal vent?

That must be it.

A vent directly above the tunnel?

Past geological surveys rule that out.

An oversight, perhaps?

Disaster Management Minister Kanai

Prime Minister.

Something's on the sea floor.

Prime Minister Seiji Okouchi

A colossal creature. There's even footage online.

Preposterous. A big whale spouting?

The sea is boiling. What creature has a temperature over 100 degrees?

Internal Affairs Minister Kohno We've been scouring online videos.

Internal Affairs Minister Kohno

We've yet to find any conclusive evidence.

Time's a wasting. How about a process of elimination?

Chief Cabinet Secretary Azuma

Right. A new volcano or a large thermal vent.

What else could it be?

Then let's plan our basic response.

Can we hold a cabinet meeting, Mr. Prime Minister?

Of course.

Let's move to the main conference room.

Yaguchi.

You'll have to toe the line on their decision.

Don't stir things up.

Shouldn't we consider every possibility?

It's good to be a rebel, but think of the guy who got you here.

Got it? Word of advice.

Main Conference Room, PM Residence, 4th floor

All those injured in the tunnel are receiving care.

Aqua-Line Flooding and Tokyo Bay Multiple Disaster Response Council

Fireboats and helicopters are mobilized in Tokyo Bay.

Agriculture Minister Satomi in absentia

They stand ready to respond.

Regarding the Tokyo Bay coastal region...

...we're at evacuation preparedness level.

Due to possible debris and ash,

we're grounding all flights out of Haneda until further notice.

Forgive me. Correction.

The grounding of all flights out of Haneda

is unavoidable to ensure citizen safety over economic concerns...

Following abbreviated

As for the undersea volcano-induced tunnel flooding,

fortunately, no toxic gases have been detected.

Teams from the Meteorological Agency and the Coast Guard

are en route to conduct a thorough investigation of the cause.

Eruption activity is reportedly dying down rapidly.

Is it over?

No big deal, I guess.

Mr. Prime Minister. I beg to reiterate...

...the presence of a large marine creature...

...as a possible cause.

Yaguchi. This is no place for jokes.

This is a ministerial meeting. Minutes are kept.

Don't make a mockery of it.

With no time frame for restoration,

we can expect those losses to swell.

Sorry! We must suspend this meeting.

The television. Turn on the TV!

It's unbelievable!

I've never seen anything like it.

What was that?

--A tail? --It's a tail.

Yaguchi's joke may be a serious thing.

Let us adjourn this meeting. All ministers, assemble in the Prime Minister's office.

So what the hell is it?

For now, we only have "Giant Unidentified Life Form."

We're making a list of biologists and scholars

from universities and research organizations.

We'll hold an emergency summit

to figure this thing out.

Make haste. We need to know.

--Yes, Sir. --Mr. Prime Minister.

Perhaps we should focus on our response.

Yes, of course.

Yes, but this is unprecedented.

I think the choices are simple.

Do nothing. Let it go.

Or capture it, exterminate it, or just chase it off.

Foreign Affairs Minister Kunihira I vote for extermination.

Foreign Affairs Minister Kunihira

I concur.

METI Minister Hayama

Look at the costs incurred already,

with the tunnel,

the grounding of flights and indefinite closing of Tokyo Bay.

I, too, favor extermination.

The sooner, the better. Right, Defense Ministry?

We've prepared for a wildlife-based threat before.

Defense Operations Policy Director-General Matsumoto

But never with Self-Defense Forces using weapons in the Tokyo Bay.

Why blow it up? Can't we chase it off?

Academic circles and environmentalists.

They're already calling for its live capture

as a valuable new species.

No, extermination's the answer. A few torpedoes?

The use of weapons requires careful examination of options.

I, too, side strongly with the option of live capture.

Start gathering intel on the unidentified life form quickly.

Extermination, capture, and expulsion.

Who are you addressing?

Vapor cloud spotted near the Tama River!

It's moving?

It's alive, isn't it?

Tama River mouth, Tokyo Bay

The creature's off Haneda Airport Runway D,

entering the Tama River!

Report of flooding on the Bayshore Expressway!

Not again!

Forget capturing it.

Biologists are starting to arrive. Only three so far, but...

PM's Reception Room, 5th floor

Emergency Academic Conference on Giant Unidentified Creature

It's indiscernible from TV images

Dr. Shiga, paleontologist

whether it's some dinosaur relic

or a species of whale.

Dr. Yanagi, marine biologist

It seems to be a never-before-seen aquatic species.

But I can't say without an examination.

First is whether the footage is real.

If I were to rush to judgment based on unverified evidence...

...I'd lose credibility as a biologist.

The conference is wrapping up.

PM Secretary's Office, 5th floor

This is ludicrous.

Asahi Bridge on the Nomi River, Ota Ward

What a waste of time that was.

--I agree. --Damn their status.

Get me someone who knows something.

Yes, Sir.

Shimura, any ideas?

A smart Environment Ministry friend from college, but she's low-ranking.

Fine. Call her.

Environment Ministry Deputy Chief, Wildlife Division Hiromi Ogashira

Gills make it aquatic, but it has legs like a lungfish.

If it has legs, can it come on land?

Yes. It's a possibility.

Really? What then?

Frankly, we haven't determined which agency it falls under.

Our scholar says that fin-like feet

would be crushed under the creature's weight.

So coming ashore is physiologically impossible.

It's already supporting its weight.

Is that so? What's your view, Environment Minister?

Environment Minister Kikukawa

Forgive the deputy chief's poor decorum.

But as your experts concluded, its coming on land is very improbable.

I see.

Considering the damage wreaked thus far...

...the sooner we hold a press conference to calm the public, the better.

But Sir, if I may...

Please take care to give only verified information.

Let's do it.

Prepare my uniform.

New Nomi Bridge, Nomi River, Ota Ward

Press Room, PM Residence, 1st floor

The Aqua-Line and Tama River tunnels sustained significant damage.

The creature is currently moving up the Nomi River.

We've yet to identify what sort of creature it is.

But we don't expect it to come on land.

Should it beach itself in the shallows...

...we believe it would be crushed to death under its own weight.

I repeat. There is no danger of the creature coming ashore.

Please set your minds at ease.

Excuse the interruption.

It has?

Kamata, Ota Ward

No danger of coming ashore, huh?

PM Residence access corridor

You weren't supposed to go off script!

I needed to reassure the public clearly.

We're asking the experts how it came ashore.

Never mind that. What's happening out there?

We need to set up emergency disaster control headquarters.

Got it.

1st Cabinet Council for Giant Unidentified Creature Form Emergency Disaster Control

PM Residence, 4th floor corridor So much red tape. Every action requires a meeting.

So much red tape. Every action requires a meeting.

That's the foundation of Democracy.

Even to hold a press conference?

We have set up emergency disaster control headquarters

to combat the large unidentified life form that has come ashore.

We are crafting a full-scale response to secure citizen safety,

including coordinated evacuation

with Tokyo and federal government agencies...

The creature's heading toward Shinagawa.

At a speed of about 13 km per hour.

It moves slowly for its size.

It could trample through Tokyo in three hours.

The city is dense and brittle.

We're looking at enormous damage.

We must exterminate it now!

It's a densely populated area. We must evacuate people first.

Have MIC and MLIT set up evacuation zones and transport.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building

Tokyo Disaster Control HQ, 9th floor We've got orders from the PM to conduct evacuation measures.

We've got orders from the PM to conduct evacuation measures.

Tokyo Governor Kozuka

Nothing in the first response manual applies here.

Just expedite an evacuation plan on the fly.

We've never drilled for this kind of thing.

Tokyo Vice-governor Tahara A city-wide evacuation will cause a general panic.

A city-wide evacuation will cause a general panic.

Citizens will have to self-evacuate.

We'll make every effort to control traffic.

Superintendent General Onchi

Traffic signals are out of order.

Highway 15, Shinagawa Ward

Please leave your vehicles and follow police guidance.

The Tokyo government has ordered a full evacuation of Shinagawa.

All residents are required to evacuate immediately.

Hurry, dear!

At this rate, the city will be in ruins.

Contact the Public Safety Commission.

We can request Self-Defense Forces for pest extermination.

And use weapons?

Interpreted as an armed attack under Article 76...

Self-defense troops can use force.

This doesn't qualify as an armed attack.

Article 76 stipulates "by an aggressor country or equivalent."

It's no time for semantics.

Only the SDF is equipped to respond.

That means soldiers engaging in urban combat.

That will give the Prime Minister pause.

We need an integrated response that involves

both military force and citizen evacuation.

Declare a state of emergency.

Right now, our only extralegal measure

is mobilization for defense.

Only the Prime Minister can decide that.

You're talking...

...a declaration with no precedent.

We'd be mobilizing the country for war.

The police can't handle an evacuation of this size.

But if we mobilize,

there is a likelihood of collateral damage.

I don't want that.

Can we get the US to kill this beast under the Security Treaty?

No. Our government and SDF must move first.

Even under the Treaty, the US can only provide support.

We're facing a living organism.

Aggravating it might only lead to more damage.

Yes, it's an organism.

That means we can stop it.

Unlike an earthquake or a typhoon.

Protecting citizens is our top priority.

It's a tough decision, Sir, but to prevent further calamity...

...your authorization is needed.

Right this instant?

Are you serious?

Time is precious. Your decision.

Moments ago, the Prime Minister

declared a national state of emergency,

calling for the first-ever mobilization of the Self-Defense Forces

and first post-war military action since World War ll.

As an emergency "pest extermination," the order preempts Diet approval.

Ministry of Defense HQ

Underground Central Command Post They're tasked with guiding rescue and evacuation efforts.

They're tasked with guiding rescue and evacuation efforts.

But they're not equipped for battle.

GSDF Chief of Staff Ishikura

Attack helicopters are the most expedient.

Contact Kisarazu Base.

Shall we deploy F-2s from Misawa?

ASDF Chief of Staff Ozawa

No. Any civilian casualties could destroy the SDF forever.

Joint Staff Operations Chief Hamada

Let's minimize firepower.

But we don't know its strength. I think we need to be ready.

I agree. Let's recommend an integrated, three-force operation.

Call the PM.

The joint force will be led by the Eastern Army.

The goal: extermination.

With ground troops focused on evacuation,

Joint Chief of Staff Zaizen

rapid response helicopters will be our primary attack force.

Sir, as it's in the city, some elderly and infirm may remain.

That's why I can't make a decision without an inspection.

Under such conditions, a little collateral damage is unavoidable.

Sir, it's not easy.

But we need a decision.

Understood.

GSDF Kisarazu Base, Chiba

This is a risky, unplanned mission. Call for volunteers?

No, standard rotation. This is what we signed up for.

4th Anti-tank Helicopter Unit, 2nd Flying Squadron

GSDF AH-1S Attack helicopter

Kisarazu liftoff, 13:08. ETA, 13:20. Over.

What a relief. The creature may be big,

PM Residence underground access elevator

but this ought to do the trick.

Maybe we can rebuild the town with its carcass.

Minister Yanagihara.

Wishful thinking and armchair theories

by the old Imperial Army in the last war

led to 3 million Japanese lives lost.

Beware of unfounded optimism.

North Shinagawa, Shinagawa Ward

Please watch your step. Remain calm.

Get away from here quickly!

Local evacuation centers are useless.

Tell us where to send people!

The creature's progression has stopped!

Stopped?

Why, all of sudden?

Incredible.

It's evolving.

Shinagawa Shrine

Kita-Shinagawa Station

Yatsuyama Rail Bridge

Attacker 1, this is CP. Over.

Copy CP, Attacker 1. Over.

Head to holding area 2 to await further orders.

Squadron Commander Ashida

Attacker 1, copy.

Squadron gunner

CP, this is Attacker 1. Target differs from report.

Attacker 1, hold your position. Await instructions.

Resident evacuation is complete.

Understood.

Minister, we're ready to open fire.

Understood.

Mr. Prime Minister, on your command.

Very well. Go ahead.

Attacker 1, commence fire on the creature.

I repeat, commence fire.

Copy CP. Commencing fire.

Target straight ahead. Aim for the head.

Distance 300. Ready, aim...

Hold your fire!

Why aren't they firing?

GSDF Scout helicopter OH-1 Civilians near the line of fire!

Civilians near the line of fire!

Civilians present. Can we fire?

4th Anti-tank Helicopter Unit, Kisarazu Base

--Civilians present. Can we fire? --Civilians present. Can we fire?

Crisis Management Center's Conference Room, PM Residence basement

There are civilians. Can we proceed?

Can we proceed with firing?

Mr. Prime Minister!

Abort. Abort the attack!

Civilians must not receive fire!

Attacker 1, abort attack. To holding positions. Over.

Copy CP. Abort! Holding positions!

The creature is again on the move.

Breaking through the expressway, it's headed toward Tokyo Bay.

Ota Ward

All flights are canceled.

New fire outbreak in Shinagawa.

Most train lines running.

Pledges of support from overseas...

...more supplies and aid workers...

The Tokyo Stock Exchange is open as usual...

The bullet train is operating shuttle service from Shin-Yokohama.

Scientific envoys from France and other nations have arrived.

The creature has not been spotted in the Uraga Channel.

So the search zone is expanding.

The casualty count is up to 100 as a result of...

Fires in Ota Ward have been put out.

Disaster Management Minister Kanai leads an envoy

to survey and assess the damage.

Giant Unidentified Creature landing disaster site, Ota Ward

Government Damage Survey Corps

It was only ashore for about two hours, and look what it did.

No.

We had as long as two hours to mount an initial response. Disappointing.

It was a surprise. Can't be helped.

Everyone did their best under the circumstances.

Don't get smug, Yaguchi.

It's time to meet the press. Mr. Minister, this way.

Okay.

Sagami Bay offshore, Oshima vicinity

MSDF Takanami-class destroyer, DD-111 Onami

Rotary wing SH-60K Patrol helicopter

Dipping sonar

We believe it submerged to the sea floor off Kanaya.

We're strengthening surveillance

and patrols around Chiba and Sagami Bay.

But if it's hiding in the Sagami Trough, detection's moot.

Who knows when or where it'll emerge?

How are preparations?

GSDF Asaka Base, Nerima Ward

Joint Task Force Central Command Once spotted, a rapid land strategy at water's edge will be difficult.

Joint Task Force Central Command

We'll need multiple plans

for a landing point encounter and expeditionary pursuit.

Director General of Operations Samejima

Coordinated artillery, tank and F-2 scenarios.

Entrance Hall, PM Residence, 3rd floor

Defensive operations lean heavily on the Kanto area.

Cabinet press meeting

The metro area has to take priority.

Looks like a 5th floor order.

What about the regions?

13 million people, GNP of 85 trillion yen.

That's 17% of the total.

And in the Kanto region? 40% and 200 trillion.

Seems like a prudent strategy to me.

Protecting a country isn't easy.

They've set up a special response team in the PM residence.

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary's office, 5th floor

And I hear you were appointed its bureau chief.

You're rising in the world.

I want you to pick the team. You know bureaucrats.

Unidentified Creature Response Special Task Force HQ Bureau Chief Rando Yaguchi

I'll round up people who'll speak their minds to the PM.

Nation-First Party Deputy Chairman Shuichi Izumi

Yeah. People with balls.

I'm Tachikawa.

Takeo.

Ready, lift.

Conference Room, PM Residence, 2nd floor

Unidentified Creature Response Special Task Force HQ

We'll operate as a flat organization.

Forget about titles and seniority.

Speak freely here.

That's it.

I'm nominally in charge, but we're a crack team of...

...lone wolves, nerds...

...troublemakers, outcasts...

...academic heretics and general pains-in-the-bureaucracy.

So do your thing.

Here are the basic specs.

Health Policy Bureau Chief Mori

Find out what you can.

Is this all?

Yup. We have to fill in the blanks.

If you have info, please share it.

Yesterday's "council of experts"

was too baffled to conclude anything.

I put together a simple profile.

Johoku University biologist Hazama

It's shown us three configurations.

More mutations coming.

There's more?

We're analyzing a sample of its body fluid at our lab.

MEXT Basic Research Promotion Division Chief Yasuda

Pass some to me. I'll get outside help.

The US took all the remaining samples.

Defense Plans and Policy Dept. Director General Sodehara On-site remains are being burned due to the stench.

Defense Plans and Policy Dept. Director General Sodehara

Under American pressure, I hear.

MOFA Foreign Policy Bureau Chief Komatsubara

Then we leave the analysis to you.

And from Behavioral Biology?

Behaviorally, it just seems to move.

Can't determine intellect.

I think communication with it is unlikely.

Simple question. What's its energy source?

It needs an enormous amount of energy.

Not just to move, but metabolically.

Oxygen conversion in its digestive tract wouldn't be enough.

All that energy...

Nuclear fission?

Sense of humor, Ms. Ogashira?

That's impossible.

Yokosuka Bay, Kanagawa

A US carrier is leaving port?

We heard that Yokosuka City's radiation monitoring alert went off.

I'll check with the Nuclear Regulation Authority.

Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA)

But radiation levels in the metro area have risen.

Like a leak somewhere? A reactor?

Radiation Monitoring Division Chief Negishi

Then where's it coming from?

Is that possible?

This data shows radiation spikes matching the creature's path.

Look here.

See?

Miss Ogashira was right.

Sorry.

Why's the radiation meter reacting?

This information is already spreading publicly.

Contact the Chief Cabinet Secretary.

Chief Cabinet Secretary's office, PM Residence, 5th floor

This is trouble.

The PM needs to call a press conference.

Without proof it's radioactive,

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Morito

we might end up stoking public fear unnecessarily.

It's not enough of a spike to warrant evacuation.

There are no legal grounds to do it.

It's still a matter of radioactivity.

The sooner, the better.

You're right. I'll meet the press.

Let me talk to the PM.

Schedule a Prime Minister's briefing. Five minutes.

Yes, President Ross, I understand. Thank you.

A lot of unilateral requests.

Typically American.

An assistant Deputy Chief to the US President

wants a secret meeting with the PM.

They move fast.

He just left Yokota Air Base.

Foreign Ministry's in an uproar.

I hear his aide made an appointment with you.

With me? Why?

Special Presidential Envoy Kayoco Anne Patterson

I need a person I can work with.

With an interesting history. That's you.

I'm honored, but I think you want Prime Minister aide Akasaka.

He turned me down already.

I need a favor that won't stain my record.

I want you to find someone.

Who might that be?

A man who foresaw your creature's appearance several years ago.

Interested? We know he landed in Narita seven days ago.

Goro Maki.

Japanese. Former college professor.

I hear your intelligence agency is first-rate.

What's in it for us?

A trade. We've gathered intel you might want.

But let's keep it bilateral, okay?

Just US-Japan, so win-win.

Understood. Let's get to it.

Thank you. I rushed to Yokota straight from a party,

so I didn't have time to change.

Where's Zara?

Kayoco Anne Patterson.

She's very young.

America admirably values performance over age.

And she's Senator Patterson's daughter.

The one behind the Kern Agreement. Formidable.

A mixture of talent, pedigree, and coattails.

Not really your type, I suspect.

Nope.

If she unabashedly uses her father's connections...

...she's the political type. Like Yaguchi.

Central Gov't Building No. 2, Chiyoda Ward

National Police Agency (NPA) Commissioner-General Secretariat Searching for an individual at a time like this?

National Police Agency (NPA) Commissioner-General Secretariat

It's for Rando Yaguchi.

I owe a great debt to his father.

As many agents as you need.

NPA Commissioner's Secretariat Sawaguchi

This is his profile.

NPA Criminal Affairs Director Motobe

A rebellious elderly professor once expelled from Japan.

Although a biologist, he worked at a US energy firm.

Interesting old man.

A red notice?

No, just locate him.

The NSA or CIA will take it from there.

Discreetly, I hear.

His last whereabouts.

My grandma's country sure works fast.

But he's gone missing.

The Coast Guard found his boat adrift at sea.

Ms. Patterson.

Were you looking for him? Or this?

Yeah, that too.

"I did as I pleased. You do the same."

His last words?

Confirm the contents?

No need.

I trust you.

Special ink. Can't be copied.

I'll take photos to share with my team.

Godzilla?

That's right. It's the DOE's code name. "Godzilla."

He gave it an English name.

Go-ji-ra

Gojira.

What does it mean?

I got one hit.

On Ohdo Island, where he's from, it means "God incarnate."

A violent one. I hear that's why he put "God" in the name.

In Japanese, the characters read "Gojira."

"Gojira"...

...you say?

Who cares about its name at this point?

It's just as well it originated in the US.

Now we know what to call it.

The government is unofficially calling the giant creature "Gojira."

National Diet Building gardens, Chiyoda Ward

Ex-biology professor at Jonan U.

Find out who he was.

You'll get an exclusive when the time's right to go to print.

That's a promise.

Freelance journalist Hayafune

Yes, I know.

Sixty years ago.

So this is all about unregulated dumping of radioactive material.

Don't tell me...

Gojira fed on these.

That's the DOE's conclusion.

They sent requests to various institutions

to analyze the containers.

Dr. Maki was the main figure.

Suddenly, an ancient species of marine life

found itself surrounded by radioactive waste.

And rapidly mutated into an organism that could withstand it.

That's his Godzilla theory.

But its body lengthened when it came ashore.

It can suddenly mutate from sea organism to land.

This new Godzilla surpasses anything I imagined.

This is all the information at my disposal.

What comes next...

Personal service.

Hey!

What Dr. Maki left behind?

Uh-huh.

I can't make sense of it.

It's not a molecular array. How does it relate to Gojira?

Perhaps an analytical table of structural layers.

Dr. Maki intentionally left out some final data.

We now have the complete version.

Do you mind if we analyze it?

Sure.

I'm bad at Japanese honorifics. Can we go informal?

Okay, then tell me...

What does the US want with Gojira? Study or exterminate?

That's for the President to decide.

Who decides in your country?

PM Okouchi signature

Cabinet-approved Victim Relief and Reconstruction Bill

PM Residence, 4th floor corridor

Finally, a cabinet decision on the relief and recovery bill?

The Gojira bill, too, will be an interagency nightmare.

Lack of precedent will cloud orders.

Expect a lot of passing the buck.

At least the security bill passed easily.

Foreign Ministry muscle, under US pressure.

The US wants to use its Gojira info as a diplomatic card.

Let's pray our crafty aide Akasaka can handle the White House.

Toyo Atomic Energy Research Laboratory, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Results of the disaster site analysis.

Toyo Atomic Energy Research Laboratory, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa

Gamma rays match no known elements whatsoever.

It's incredible... Gojira, is it?

Its body harbors new elements.

This is why the US Dept. of Energy moved so quickly.

Let's take this data with us. Call the PM.

Yes, Sir.

Understood.

More troubling complications.

So...

...how much do we say?

Having fully analyzed substances recovered from Gojira's path...

...radiation of 0.5 microsieverts in the stricken area...

Thanks for the food.

Yes, thank you.

Even with the information the US shared,

I feel gridlock coming.

Yeah. Riken's report had impact.

Gojira has eight times the genetic info of humans.

It'll take years to sequence all of it.

Gojira's the most evolved creature on the planet.

Capable of self-mutation. Not generational.

That trumps human intelligence.

It's still mortal. It can be killed.

I sure hope so.

That's what we're here to find out.

Any clues into its behavior?

It just walks.

Why did it suddenly decide to return to Tokyo Bay?

I got it.

Cooling.

Gojira has something of a nuclear reactor in its body.

Its fins are heat vents, meaning it has a blood-cooling system.

So it retrogressed to sea creature temporarily

to adjust its body temperature after mutating.

Maybe our only hope is to shut down

its internal cooling system.

Forcing Gojira to do a reactor scram to stay alive.

Rapid cooling may not kill him, but could immobilize him.

Like administering a blood coagulating drug.

METI Manufacturing Bureau Chief Machida

ls it possible with Gojira upright?

We'll examine practical methods.

Perhaps a compression pump.

We, the Health Ministry and METI,

MLIT Disaster Management & Transport Safety Deputy Director, Takeo

will gather the necessary coagulant and equipment.

Submit it to the PM as the "Yaguchi Plan."

Understood.

Name aside, let's get on it.

Right.

"Gojira is God!"

"Save Gojira!"

Good morning. Tea?

Thank you.

Thank you!

I think we all could use a break.

Yes.

Members of Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yaguchi's Staff

Not going home to rest, even when urged...

...or returning early the next day with hot meals for everyone.

It's very inspiring.

None of that jurisdictional infighting among ministries.

Just people working together.

A lot of outsiders have tirelessly volunteered their time, too.

You're right.

There's hope for this country yet.

Truly.

One question, though.

When did you last change your shirt?

To be honest, it smells a little rank.

Really?

A shower would do you good.

Gojira has resurfaced in Sagami Bay!

And it's coming ashore!

Cape Inamura, Kamakura City, Kanagawa

J-Alert! Broadcast that Gojira has come ashore!

Primary alert over Em-Net transmitted!

This is Kamakura Disaster Prevention.

This is an emergency evacuation order.

A colossal-sized, unidentified creature has come ashore.

Everyone is urged to evacuate the city immediately.

Repeat. Evacuate immediately.

Please follow the instructions of police and fire personnel.

The Prime Minister.

Gojira is moving towards Kamariya.

Am I crazy or has it gotten bigger?

Beyond expectation.

Different face and body.

Yes. His size has nearly doubled.

Gojira's evolved into its fourth form.

This will be disastrous.

Yokodai, Isogo Ward, Yokohama Citizens, take refuge indoors!

Citizens, take refuge indoors!

This area is under curfew.

You are in a designated evacuation zone.

Your attention, citizens!

Gojira expected to reach Tokyo in three hours.

Why's it coming here again?

Ogimachi, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa

A direct armed assault on its body

runs the risk of releasing radioactive material.

Preventing its progression into the metro region is top priority.

I hear it lives on radioactive material.

If it attacks a nuclear facility,

it'll spell a worse disaster.

Prime Minister.

We must stop him now.

And we don't want to be viewed overseas as timid.

How goes your Yaguchi Plan?

Regrettably, it's not ready.

Give the order and the SDF will do its job.

The declared state of emergency is still in effect.

You have...

...the power to order the attack.

Sir.

I know.

Commence.

Yes, Sir.

Contact command.

Yes, Ma'am.

The order's come through.

Assume unrestricted weapon use.

We are to do whatever it takes

to keep Gojira out of Tokyo.

Operation B if it rises at Kanagawa.

Make Kawasaki the primary battleground.

And Tama River as the absolute defense line.

Good luck.

ASDF Misawa Air Base, Aomori

Runway 10, cleared for takeoff.

ASDF F-2 fighters

Attack formation report 5 miles west.

GSDF Kisarazu Base, Chiba

GSDF Tachikawa Base, Tokyo P0304 embark from Tachikawa 15:36.

P0304 embark from Tachikawa 15:36.

Maruko Bridge on the Tama River bank, Ota Ward, Tokyo

Tanks and artillery deploying at Maruko Bridge.

Roger. Ready attack positions.

Please succeed.

Eight minutes to target contact.

We're really engaging in live fire?

Relax. Just like in drills.

Target contains radioactive material.

Operation Command Post, Tamagawa Sengen Shrine

Pinpoint your attack on the head and legs.

Operation Field Commander Saigo

Ready all battalions.

Target approaching. ETA in three minutes.

1st to 4th chopper squadrons arriving.

GSDF Anti-tank Helicopter Squadron

C01, this is CP. Over.

Copy CP. C01 over.

C01, this is CP.

P01 in flight over Musashi-Kosugi, holding at BP1.

P02 to P04 behind towers.

Standby at Holding Area 2. Over.

C01 ready to engage at BP1.

Musashi-Kosugi Station vicinity

Target distance 1,200 meters.

Roger. Maintain positions. Over.

Heli reconnaissance complete.

Total area evacuation confirmed.

You're sure this time, Koriyama? No stragglers?

I must trust the report from the field.

The target advances.

Sir, authorize the use of force.

I authorize the use of force.

Order is confirmed.

Commence firing.

Commence Phase 1.

Commence fire. Repeat. Commence fire. Over.

C01 copy. Commencing fire.

Ready... fire!

Autocannon direct hits, ineffective.

Switch to Apache 30mm. Give it a shot.

GSDF Rotary Wing Apache Longbow AH-64D

3rd squadron in reconnaissance. Report on effectiveness!

3rd squadron engaged. Target fine. No effect.

16,000 rounds of machine gun fire.

Not even a scratch.

Get HQ and the PM.

The Commander requests permission to use missiles.

It's a dense area, but we've no choice.

I hereby authorize unrestricted use of all...

...necessary weapons.

C01, switch assault to missiles.

When ready, fire them all. Over!

Roger! P01 to P04, change weapons system to missiles!

Target straight ahead 700 meters.

Ready... fire!

Launch all missiles! Give him hell!

All direct hits. But no visible damage sustained.

Even missiles don't work?

What is it?!

Its skin is too tough to pierce.

We'll shift to Phase 2.

Commence Phase 2 of the operation.

Commence fire.

Repeat. Commence fire.

Roger. This is Tiger 1. Commence fire.

Armored Squadron Unit 1

Type 10 tanks, aim for target's legs. Concentrated barrage.

Commence fire now!

Distance good. Fire!

Direct hit! Keep firing!

Target speed has decreased!

Good. Commence artillery fire!

GSDF Type 99 155mm Self-propelled Howitzer

Time on target 10...

8... 7... 6...

5... 4... 3...

Impact now!

All hit target.

Fusillade. Fire!

GSDF Type 96 Multi-Purpose Missile System

Target is entering the Tama River!

Tell Gotemba to commence attack.

GSDF Fuji Base, Shizuoka

Multiple Launch Rocket System M27:0 (MLRS)

Target has halted!

Move to Phase 3. Start the aerial assault.

Type 10 tanks, shift to Phase 3.

All tanks to new positions. Repeat...

Cleared for attack.

Fire, ready... now.

Bombs away.

Laser on.

Completed.

Target is turning northwest. Repeat. Northwest!

It's turning away?

Is it working?

JDAM 2nd wave.

This will finish it.

Yes!

Tanks retreat!

Evacuate! Evacuate!

Target has crossed into Tokyo!

ACP, C01 Choppers out of munitions!

Munitions exhausted!

Tiger 1, this is 40.

Visibility zero. Target unconfirmed.

This is Tiger 1. Eight squads out of ammo.

Three tanks severely damaged, two crippled. Over.

Forward command post destroyed!

Target's breached the defense line.

Defensive position has collapsed.

Joint Staff Vice Chief.

Ground Staff Office, Defense Staff Chief Yamamoto

Let's continue.

No. Those wards are not fully evacuated.

I'm afraid that's all we can do.

Understood.

Operation suspended.

I'm sorry we couldn't even halt it.

Don't lose hope.

It's our job to protect the people. An offensive isn't the only way.

Speed up evacuations.

The operation failed. Gojira is back on the move.

The SDF's full power was futile.

Incredible self-preservation ability.

If standard weapons worked, we wouldn't be here.

A perfect organism surpassing man.

Meguro Ward, Tokyo

Target is entering Meguro Ward!

Let's petition US troops for aid in taking it down.

From the American ambassador.

The USAF confirms bombers on their way.

US Air Force 509th Bomb Wing B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber

Submit a formal cooperation request. I'll meet with the ambassador.

I'll hold a press conference on the subject.

We've requested aid by US forces in Japan

in fighting Gojira based on the Japan-US Security Treaty.

The proposed US bombing zone.

It's this large?

It'll be worse than Gojira.

We'll need to evacuate people underground.

Atagoshita Avenue, Minato Ward The US military will launch an attack on Gojira.

Atagoshita Avenue, Minato Ward

Evacuate to subways and underground arcades!

Sengaku-ji Station, Asakusa Subway Line

Don't push!

This residence is in Gojira's path.

The SDF failed to stop it. The US military may also.

Are you saying evacuate from here?

Yes.

Other key functions, too, must go immediately

to a secondary facility in Tachikawa.

The US strike is about to begin.

I have a duty to stay and monitor its execution.

I can't abandon the citizens to make my escape.

Mr. Prime Minister.

You can leave because you have the nation to protect.

Please evacuate.

Tokyo City Hall is still functioning.

For now, let Governor Kozuka take charge.

Very well.

Two helis will arrive on the roof.

We'll go by car.

Okay. Go ahead.

It'll take some time.

Traffic will be murder.

We'll meet later.

Okay. I'll crawl if I have to.

A mandatory evacuation order has been issued.

Please vacate at once.

A mandatory evacuation order has been issued.

Please vacate at once.

Sotobori Avenue, Akasaka, Minato Ward

Gridlock. Traffic's not going to move.

The strike is coming. We need to get everyone out.

So that's Gojira.

The strike will occur ahead of schedule.

USAF Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP II)

MOP II bombs struck the target. It's confirmed to be bleeding!

This may work!

Way to go, USA.

Sir, the helicopter is arriving.

Akasaka 5-chome Station, A2 exit Take it easy! Underground!

Take it easy! Underground!

What's that glow?

GSDF Rotary Wing Transport Eurocopter EC-225LP

Gojira's back seems to be glowing. No further details.

To do what?

Nobody around. Get inside, Deputy.

Highway 16, Fussa City

US Ambassador to Japan B-2, Number 1 seems to have been downed!

US Ambassador to Japan

There's no way. That's impossible.

Godzilla.

Truly a god incarnate.

The target is shooting some unidentified weapon from the front.

Bomber 2 and Bomber 3 will circle in from behind. Payback time.

Roger. Payback.

Transporting the PM and eight others to Tachikawa...

Hamamatsucho, Minato Ward

Shimbashi

Ginza 4th Street Intersection, Chuo Ward

Toranomon, Minato Ward

Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda Ward

Nagatacho, Chiyoda Ward

Tokyo Station, Chiyoda Ward

High levels of radiation are projected.

People are urged to remain indoors for at least 49 hours...

How much radiation has Godzilla released on Tokyo?

Don't wait for the government. Decide here.

I hear radioactivity is high. Will they distribute iodine tablets?

Nuclear, biological and chemical response teams are being deployed

for decontamination and rescue.

The Prime Minister, Cabinet Secretary, and five ministers have gone missing!

Police headquarters and two ministries remain intact.

Homeless city refugees are estimated to be in the millions.

Government officials are hoping to avoid a political vacuum.

Party members are selecting an acting Prime Minister.

With the PM Residence in danger, government headquarters

Tachikawa Wide Area Disaster Prevention Base, Provisional HQ

is being moved to Tachikawa City, away from the city center.

Deputy Chief Yaguchi!

--I'll call back. --Mr. Izumi.

I'm glad you're safe.

To think that going home on Friday saved me.

You're injured. You all right?

Sorry. Bandages are in short supply.

That's okay. No big deal.

Tokyo is directing fire and rescue.

No Internal Ministry.

Let the police handle refugees.

Special Disaster Bureau Provisional HQ, Operation Room

Rumors will fly, so get a jump on the press.

HQ Staff Room

I need information. Where's Gojira?

Inactive near Tokyo Station. Who knows why?

Radiation levels?

The Nuclear Regulation Authority personnel are busy getting readings.

Gojira's dripping radiation from its mouth,

but only trace amounts.

Nation-First Party Deputy Chairman Public Secretary Hisamatsu Its plume blew out to sea,

Nation-First Party Deputy Chairman Public: Secretary Hisamatsu

The hard-hit wards are uninhabitable.

On top of being contaminated.

Well, conditions are pretty grave...

We lack manpower, materials, and legal infrastructure.

They're all dead.

The Prime Minister, Chief Cabinet Secretary... Everybody.

Don't go to pieces!

We'll make do with the survivors!

Yaguchi.

Calm yourself first.

Sorry.

Who's the acting PM?

Evacuation center (Unoshima Elementary gym), Kazo City, Saitama The ruling party has named

Evacuation center (Unoshima Elementary gym), Kazo City, Saitama

Agriculture Minister Yusuke Satomi as Acting Prime Minister.

He will head a provisional emergency government,

quickly naming a new cabinet to fill the political vacuum.

Giant Unidentified Creature Response Task Force HQ

and whose loyalty made him a minister,

is now Prime Minister.

I hear it was foisted on him by the party secretary.

Who wants responsibility at a time like this?

Director's Office, Special Disaster Bureau Provisional HQ, Tachikawa City

Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister Kazakoshi

I suppose we'll have to wait and see.

Can the Foreign Ministry act?

We're still getting up and running.

At any rate, just try to avoid unforeseen surprises.

I'll let the ambassador know.

Acting Prime Minister Yusuke Satomi

I knew this job wouldn't be easy.

Satomi is a hard man to read.

Whoever the PM, our job's to keep the ship afloat.

We need emergency legislation.

We're only 30 kilometers from where Gojira's sleeping.

I'm not worried about that anymore.

This country's good at quickly picking a successor.

You next?

No way.

I'm thinking ten years.

If Japan's still around, run for office.

I'll support you... in exchange for a party secretary post.

Akasaka was at Yokota, so he was saved.

A politician needs strategy and luck.

Now he's Chief Cabinet Secretary.

You could be more ambitious.

The Disaster Bureau is a unique path, though.

You're practically in charge.

No, I'm here to take the fall, if needed.

Cabinet Minister of State for Special Missions Giant Unidentified Creature Unified Response Task Force HQ Bureau Chief & Deputy Director, Rando Yaguchi

Akasaka's a shrewd delegator.

You're the next new aide to the PM on a career track.

What's wrong with that?

Why'd you become a politician?

'Cause it's just friend or foe. I like the simplicity.

Bureau members have arrived.

Special Disaster Bureau Provisional HQ office

It's great to see you all.

Over half of our team has returned. Thank you.

Our hearts are heavy for those we lost.

Let's do it for them.

We'll fill their positions.

While we struggle with the loss of colleagues and loved ones.

We can prevail.

For our countrymen.

I ask you to pour heart and soul into completing our work.

I beg you.

Let's get to work!

Yes, Sir.

Tachikawa Wide Area Disaster Prevention Base

Preliminary conference room

How's the freezing plan going?

Private companies are working on 24 blood procoagulants

using silica, thrombin and other agents.

One of them should work.

How about samples?

We've asked GSDF to retrieve some living cells for us.

GSDF Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle

Roger that.

Samples retrieved.

I'll send them to BSL4 labs.

Good.

Remainder to any P3 level lab, public or private.

These are government-classified substances.

We need diverse info on Gojira.

No change to radiation levels. Below 1 Sievert.

He's a quiet sleeper.

Roof of Kabukiza Tower, Chuo Ward

It's storing it all up in its belly.

Central Nuclear Biological Chemical Weapon Defense Unit, Team 11

Shift change.

Yaguchi.

Arriving in 5. Secure us a meeting with the acting PM, will you?

You wish to provide us with something to assist us in our fight?

Yes. There is a movement, centered on China and Russia,

to take Godzilla from under the control of the Japanese government

and put it under the control of international organizations.

Many countries are aligned with that opinion, too.

However, as for the US government, we strongly hope

that Japan and the US can perfectly control Godzilla together.

Acting Chief Cabinet Secretary Hideki Akasaka

OK. From the government's point of view,

it is for that reason that we would agree to a 2-plus-2 cooperation.

However, as army experts will remain as the backbone of the government,

we have to respectfully decline your offer to remain at the center of decision-making.

In place of that, we will...

A US-Japan Gojira research coalition?

The more knowledge, the better. Let's clear some space.

Nice to meet you. I'm Rando Yaguchi.

From the GSDF's latest unmanned surveillance system.

It froze soon after the attack.

Same as the D2 simulation.

Just as I thought.

Richter, Joint Research Team Leader

It appears that Godzilla has something like a built in phased-array radar.

So it can instinctively intercept approaching objects.

US air strike grounds, Minato Ward

GSDF 1st Special Weapons Defense Unit Squad 2, this is CV1 .

GSDF 1st Special Weapons Defense Unit

Five minutes from point zero. Ten minutes remain. Over.

Copy that, CV1.

Cross-referencing field data with Tsukuba's,

this may be how Gojira plans to propagate.

Rapid colonization all over the world.

So not only could it evolve to a smaller size...

it could sprout wings capable of intercontinental flight.

Let's go.

And that will mark the end of the human race.

Before that happens, using our nuclear wisdom is the only road to salvation for mankind.

Are you serious?

Tama Monorail Operation Base, Tachikawa City, Tokyo

The Defense Secretary thinks it best to hit Gojira

with a thermonuclear blast.

And the White House?

A report cites a 13% chance of Gojira landing on the west coast.

The UN Security Council has set up a multinational Gojira strike force.

The US is serious.

Afraid so.

They say Gojira has to be hit with a nuclear missile.

The Pentagon's already moved to set explosive yield

and burst level for a B83 warhead.

To be dropped on Tokyo?

I was ordered to evacuate.

I see.

So it's highly likely.

Yes.

But I'm not returning.

I won't see a third bomb

dropped on the country of my grandmother, who lived through it.

Japan-US heads of state conference call

Certainly. We'll act accordingly, President Ross.

Certainly, we will act accordingly that way, President Ross.

Well, you heard it.

That country foists some crazy things on us.

That is certain.

But this goes too far!

I agree.

Call the Chief Cabinet Secretary.

Yes, Sir.

The UN Security Council has passed a resolution

for a US-led force...

...to exterminate Gojira.

As party to the resolution and participant...

...our nation will be under its command.

In other words...

I'm going to need a special law

vesting the Prime Minister with full powers.

Authorizing...

...the use of a nuclear weapon on Tokyo?

I didn't want to go down in history for anything like this.

Tachikawa Wide Area Disaster Prevention Base, rooftop

From here on, Gojira comes under US-led, UN jurisdiction.

Post-war Japan is a tributary state.

"Post-war" extends forever.

You mustn't give up.

No creature can withstand

the million-degree heat of a nuke.

As a sure method of extermination, it's the right choice.

We're on the verge of a breakthrough...

...with our freezing method.

Your plan still has too many unknowns.

Plus all countries have pledged their support

to a complete rebuilding effort if we sign on.

If we can't destroy Gojira with certainty...

...we lose the world's trust.

We must put our fate in the UN's hands.

My job is to think about what to do for Japan

after Gojira has been destroyed.

Right now, the damage is limited to three wards.

They can be rebuilt.

The city's economy is in a free fall.

If bonds and stocks continue to plummet...

the nation will go into default.

Japan needs international sympathy and funding.

Scrap and build, huh?

To save the country.

There's no other way.

Yaguchi.

This is the reality. All else is just a dream.

What?

A thermonuclear bomb?

Dropped here?

We just gave the UN its sanction.

Unbelievable.

How do we know it hasn't made itself immortal?

The choice is incinerate with a nuke, or freeze with a drug.

Yes, that is a choice. But not a good one.

Man is more frightening than Gojira.

The UN coalition will of course give time for evacuation.

That's our window for finishing.

We got something that worked well on the samples.

Now comes production.

To freeze all of its blood,

we'll need 672 kiloliters of coagulant.

I'm securing facilities as we speak.

Can we make it?

We have to!

Don't give up. Don't abandon this country.

Ask every private chemical company you know

to open every line possible.

I'll send all pertinent data.

Ask everyone to finish production by tomorrow.

We're getting broad cross-checking.

Spreading knowledge works.

Logistics for police and MLIT to ship the coagulant.

I'll do that. I need METI to coordinate pump makers.

If we agree to buy them,

Shanghai will give us three tank trucks.

We need five more wheel loaders, any size.

Ambassador Lansing just reported coalition projections

that Gojira's energy beam will be restored

within 360 hours to previous levels.

The creature is likely to resume activity in 15 days.

I see.

US Forces Japan, Yokota Air Base Command HQ, Fussa City A charter home will be leaving in an hour.

US Forces Japan, Yokota Air Base Command HQ, Fussa City

All remaining staff, prepare to leave immediately.

The start time for the nuclear strike against Godzilla has been decided.

Cartland, U.S. Army Colonel

Countdown will begin in five minutes.

Paine, US Forces Commander

Japan has been given a two-week grace period

Lansing, US Ambassador to Japan

in order to evacuate remaining residents.

That may seem long for the Allied Forces, but it's too short for Japan.

Evacuation means uprooting people from their beloved homes.

Don't make it sound so easy.

Ag reed.

Evacuating 3.6 million people? Preposterous!

We don't have the manpower.

Not to mention millions more in neighboring prefectures.

The governor protests the sacrifice of Tokyo.

This is a national decision, not a municipal one.

Relocation selection and approvals can't happen in two weeks.

The moment Gojira resumes activity,

the strike time will move up unconditionally.

Regardless of collateral risk.

A thermonuclear warhead will be launched from a sub at that time

as per the coalition decision.

What bull! Easy for them to say about far-off Asia.

If it were in NY, they say the same would apply.

Evacuation bus depot, Taito Ward

Central Expressway, Hachioji City

Port of Yokohama, Yokohama City, Kanagawa

GSDF Kisarazu Base, Chiba

Over 3.6 million Tokyo refugees evacuated to locations nationwide

Showa Memorial Park, Tachikawa City, Tokyo

Land prices are soaring in west Japan. Food is short.

Kanto area companies and shops are shuttered.

City's full of the unemployed.

The yen's plunge reflects investor fears...

...except those profiting from it.

People come in all forms.

You have information?

I do. It's my job after all.

How about printing my article a day prior to the bomb drop?

New Gojira material.

In exchange, we can control the announcement timing.

How's that?

I understand.

The professor loathed the radiation sickness that took his wife's life.

He hoped to render radioactive materials harmless.

If that's possible, so is the creation of new material.

He must've feared the military.

That explains his redacting the DOE data.

He hated radioactive materials.

And maybe anyone involved with it.

Including Japan, which left his wife to die.

Then he leaves his data and writes, "Do as you like"?

Strange person.

So what did he do in the end?

Good meal.

Solve the chart yet?

Not even with help from a cryptographer.

Anything from the US?

I wouldn't rely on them right now.

We regard it as important for a multi-tiered approach.

It resembles a mandala more than a chemical schematic.

Or working backwards from the solution.

He was a little twisted.

I'm even baffled by its simple lines.

Why did he put it on paper, not data?

Perhaps it's meant to be folded.

With a body like Gojira's,

old radioactive waste must leave it hungry.

No doubt.

Crooked teeth. It can't even prey on nuclear waste.

Origami.

It's not eaten.

We grasped the entire pattern.

The new information came from making folds.

We focused on radiation as its energy.

This is a molecular chart for converting elements in the body.

Element conversion molecules.

The unknown radioactive isotope is the proof.

Say hydrogen or nitrogen, entering the cell...

where it's converted to necessary molecules.

Gojira's a mixotroph with an organ that converts decaying heat.

A bold but viable hypothesis.

It can live anywhere there is water or oxygen.

Like an ascetic surviving on mist.

So Gojira is both a threat to mankind

and also poses a revelation of limitless potential.

But then the blood coagulant may be ineffective inside its body,

killing the Yaguchi Plan.

Possibly. So what now?

We raise its certainty of working.

First, analyze this structure, then a way around it.

I'm having supercomputers run parallel analysis,

but the results are days away.

We've only got ten.

I asked MEXT to use their global connections.

Burghead Computer Science Laboratory (Germany)

They're requesting parallel computing.

We can't.

This is a closed system. We can't risk our data being stolen.

Come, come. Where's the trust in your fellow man?

Tell them we'd be happy to do it.

Supercomputer cluster

We've solved Maki's riddle!

See.

Incredible.

It's not the cell membrane itself.

But an extremophile configuration that inhibits cell membrane activity.

This inhibitor could keep the blood coagulant viable.

There's still hope.

It looks good.

Okay.

Cabinet Office

Tachikawa Wide Area Disaster Prevention Base, rooftop

I get the feeling Goro Maki anticipated this.

Maybe releasing this destructive God as a sort of test...

...of mankind, this country, we Japanese.

"Do as you like," including the use of nuclear weapons.

Maybe so.

"Do as you please," huh?

But...

that's hard to do in this country.

It is.

By oneself.

Sir, we're ironing out the last kinks on the Yaguchi Plan.

We ask your approval to deploy it.

Yes, but Izumi.

A UN resolution is already passed.

Some say the US seeks a quick resolution

to bury their knowledge of Gojira.

We know that!

And you know our country's condition.

But Sir...

...forcing one country's sacrifice for self-gain is deplorable.

So you're saying...

...act unilaterally on humanitarian principle.

Perhaps it's time we did as we wanted.

You're right.

So where do I affix my stamp?

Tachikawa Wide Area Disaster Prevention Base, GSDF Tachikawa Base

"A strategy to administer a coagulate

to freeze and thus render the creature immobile."

It's long-winded.

What do we call it?

Operation "Yashiori," after the saké Susanowo used to put a hydra to sleep.

Very well.

We'll run it in five phases. Asaka is working on details.

Vehicle operation...

...and explosives drills have already been conducted.

We' re execution ready.

Many thanks.

No need.

It's our job.

Countdown's at two days.

Damn.

I still need three days to make enough coagulant.

Can't the countdown be suspended?

Who on the Security Council can we get to help stall?

Not China and Russia. Too geopolitically close.

How about France? Nuclear country.

They'd be interested in the biology.

I have a back channel I can use.

Please.

I'll try the Euro Bureau Chief.

And I the Foreign Minister.

We need 24 more hours!

Yes, Sir.

France has petitioned to interrupt the countdown.

US Forces Japan, Yokota Air Base, Fussa City Chartered plane

China and Russia are opposed, but we're maintaining silence.

That's because it isn't just hardliners at the nucleus of Washington and the Pentagon.

Japan has grown up enough to have international trade deals on the sly.

Danger is another opportunity for personal growth.

Our friends are progressing with an effective deep freeze plan.

I think this country is betting on it.

And you're raising that bet also, I see.

Nuclear weapons are a deterrent.

I've been trying to advise Charles against it. But it goes against the flow of the mainstream.

And you and I must bear the risk of retaliation.

Me, I'm OK. But you, with your fastidious career,

and the Patterson name, mud will stick.

And your dream of becoming President in your 40s will disappear.

Hey, Kayoco.

Good luck.

Yeah.

Kitanomaru Park, Science Museum roof, Chiyoda Ward A joint US strategy?

Raise the chance of success.

Science Museum, 1st floor

Can our independent commands be coordinated?

You've made friends.

Lots of Air Force and Marine volunteers.

Even drones if you need it. What do you say?

I'm in.

But there is no guarantee of them coming back in one piece.

Of course. I'll bill the Japanese government later.

SBPCPC Kanto Chemical plant, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki

We scraped together enough inhibitors.

Quickly send some tankers to pick them up.

Port of Kisarazu, Kisarazu City, Chiba

Material and coagulant are shippable and operation-ready.

Give HQ the green light.

Tachikawa Wide Area Disaster Prevention Base, GSDF Tachikawa Base

A political decision may be needed.

And time will be critical.

Too risky. Policymakers can direct from the rear.

You want to be PM in ten years?

Got to make sure the country's around in ten years.

We've got the young talent, public and private.

Like you. We'll have leaders.

You've kept me going. Thanks.

Nonsense. Thank Akasaka's mentoring.

Good luck.

Just save me Party Secretary.

Helicopter launching site

"Operation Yashiori" private sector cooperation

GSDF Special Machinery Company

In this Operation Yashiori...

...there's a high risk of acute exposure to radiation heat.

I cannot promise that all will be safe.

But your work will matter!

Our country's greatest strength is found in the field.

The SDF is the last fortress able to protect the country.

Japan's future we place in your hands.

Godspeed.

Roll out!

Yes, Sir!

Operation Yashiori Forward Command, Science Museum rooftop

Northwest wind, 2 meters.

Plume should blow out to the bay, minimizing the impact.

All platoons standing by.

US attack drone squadron

in designated holding pattern.

32nd Infantry Regiment Commander Tanba

All systems are go, Chief.

Awaiting word from Tokyo of evacuation completion.

We've only got one shot at this. Going ahead.

Tell local governments to enforce curfew order.

Roger.

Alert Kanto area municipalities.

Have them issue a 50-hour indoor confinement curfew for all citizens.

Roger!

Train car detachment, passing zero point.

Commence Operation Yashiori.

Phase 1 diversion, begin!

N700 Series Bullet Train (unmanned)

Diversion success! Train blasts effective!

Operation, Phase 2. Begin aerial assault!

Copy. Contact US Forces.

USAF 5th Air Force 309th Intelligence Squadron Command, this is Bravo 1. Target in sight, engaging.

Command, this is Bravo 1. Target in sight, engaging.

Copy that. First wave airborne, engaging.

Target discharging photons from dorsal fins.

Gojira's taking down the drones as planned.

1st sortie demolished.

We wear him down.

Keep it discharging until it's spent.

2nd drone sortie, all destroyed.

3rd drone sortie commencing attack!

US Forces Japan, Yokota Air Base runway

Target moving to predetermined coordinates.

3rd sortie, destroyed!

Contamination zone is growing.

Radiation exceeding permitted amount.

If we stop now, all will be lost.

Continue the attack.

4th sortie destroyed!

We can't let up. Launch the 5th sortie.

Target has stopped discharging its beam from dorsal fins.

GSDF 32nd Infantry Regiment Bomb Squad 3 How can it do that?

How can it do that?

5th sortie destroyed.

Godzilla plume is double the intensity.

32nd Infantry Regiment Company 3, Chairman Kai

Hang in there.

Launch 6th sortie.

Volume's decreasing.

Target's flame has ceased.

Communications Platoon Leader Matsui

Target luring to Kill Point 1 complete.

32nd Infantry Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Nogi

Begin Phase 3! Stationary blasting!

Ignite!

Radiation at expected value.

Fixing target at Kill Point 1.

Start phase 4. Guided blast.

US Navy Aegis Destroyer Fleet Huey Boso Peninsula, Pacific Ocean

Cruise missile RGM-109C

Target down!

Kill Point 1 fixing complete.

Launch final phase. Special crane platoon.

Special Crane Platoon 1 Leader Murayama Roger! 1st platoon forward!

Roger! 1st platoon forward!

1st Special Crane Platoon Wheel Loader Group

Crane Platoon 01, Hydra-slayer 01, move out!

Deploy Cranes 12 to 14 to battle positions behind BP2.

Hydra-slayer 01, Crane 11 and BP1 in deployment zone. Over.

Crane 11, Hydra-slayer 01, copy!

Standby with engines ready.

Deploy outriggers! Approach BP1 and commence injection!

Crane 12 and BP2 deployed.

Hydra-slayer 01, Crane 15. All vehicles deployed.

Engaging hook up. Over.

Crane 15, Hydra-slayer 01, copy.

Tank Truck Group

Stay at outer operation range.

Start injection!

Inject coagulant!

Initiate all pumps!

RC operational!

Okay, raise output pressure! Target the mouth as much as possible!

20% of supply administered.

Dosage target now exceeds 30%.

Crane Platoon 1 has been annihilated.

Dosage is working! Target is slowing!

Now's our chance. Send all train bombs!

Unmanned train bombs (E233 & E231 Series trains)

Gojira's fallen!

Send in the second wave!

2nd and 3rd platoons forward. Freeze the bugger!

2nd & 3rd Special Crane Platoons

2nd Crane Platoon Leader Kikuchi

Administer all at once!

50% of supply administered!

First 20 tanks are running out.

Got it. Switch tanks to 21 and above!

60% of supply administered!

75% of supply gone!

We've passed the projected coagulant minimum.

90% of supply administered.

100% used. Critical point reached.

The target's skin is stiffening!

Please work.

Did it work?

The target has resumed activity!

Full evacuation now!

Change positions! Hurry!

Abandon attack and quickly evacuate to holding area!

Chest area temperature has dropped to -196 degrees.

Gojira...

...has been completely silenced!

Operation Yashiori is terminated.

Thank you. All were remarkable.

We were down to under an hour.

Too close for comfort.

But we owe it to the PM convincing France.

Morelli, French ambassador to Japan

Excuse me.

Look at this survey data.

Gojira's new isotope has a half-life of 20 days.

It'll be halved in a month, gone in two, three years.

That's good news for Tokyo residents.

Thank God.

GSDF Nerima Base, Nerima Ward

Good work.

The Satomi cabinet will be resigning en masse.

In line with your scenario?

It wasn't mine. This was all PM Satomi's scenario.

The capital and government are in shambles.

Good opportunity to rebuild it right.

Once relief and reconstruction bills are passed,

it'll dissolve for a general election.

To resuscitate Japan and 3.6 million metropolitan refugees,

we'll need a brand new cabinet.

This country rose up through scrap-and-build.

It'll be done again.

The countdown was merely suspended.

But it'll restart when Gojira begins moving.

3,526 seconds to launch.

I'm amazed you allowed that.

I had to keep the world satisfied.

Now Japan... no...

Mankind must coexist with Gojira.

You shared the data with France.

With France and the whole world.

I broke a promise, but regret nothing.

I like your by-any-means approach.

Therefore...

...you'd better not quit.

When I'm US President, you'd be ideal as my Japanese counterpart.

Your Japanese puppet, you mean.

The fact remains that casualties were high.

Accountability comes with the job.

A politician must decide whether to own it or not.

I myself choose to own it.

Well...

...as Maki said, "Do as you like."

But now's not the time to quit.

Things are still far from settled.

Hiroki Hasegawa

Yutaka Takenouchi

Satomi Ishihara

Translation: Anthony Kimm Additional Translation: Duane Johnson

(Co-Director & VFX Director: Shinji Higuchi

Writer & Director: Hideaki Anno

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