The Japanese Academy Awards named Shin Godzilla last years best movie

[RandySF]

Godzilla Resurgence (Shin Godzilla) was the big winner, with seven victories, at the 40th Japan Academy Prize awards on Friday, beating out Makoto Shinkai's anime Your Name, which took three awards.

Godzilla Resurgence won best picture, while Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi jointly took the best director award for their work together on the Toho reboot of the iconic monster franchise.

In This Corner of the World (Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni), won the best animated award in an upset win over mega-hit anime Your Name, which won technical awards and best soundtrack.

Best actress went to Aoi Miyazaki for her performance opposite Ken Watanabe in Rage (Ikari), directed by Lee Sang-il. Koichi Sato won the best actor award for police drama 64 (Rokuyon)

Tom Hanks-starrer Sully, released locally as Hudson-gawa no Kiseki (The Miracle of Hudson River), won best foreign film, beating out The Revenant, Zootopia, The Martian and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.


http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/godzilla-resurgence-wins-big-at-40th-japan-academy-prize-awards-982922

[HeartachesNhangovers]

1. My wife and I saw it in Portland and it was

great - a perfect monster movie! I was very surprised how limited the US release was. Apparently it didn't play anywhere in the SF Bay Area, according to friends who wanted to see it.

[RandySF]

2. It played in several Bay Area spot.

San Francisco, Berkeley, Dublin and Daly City

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3. Near me

it played in one of those movie theaters that serve dinner. I'm waiting for the DVD release in this country.