Toho to release the 4-disc Godzilla Minus One: 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Deluxe Japan Collector’s Edition for US customers!

Tuesday, 09 July 2024 16:09

Toho to release the 4-disc Godzilla Minus One: 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Deluxe Japan Collector’s Edition for US customers!

by Bill Hunt

We’ve got two new disc reviews for you today, as well as some great release news. But first those reviews...

Dennis has turned in his thoughts on director Leslie Fenton’s Saigon (1948) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. The film stars Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake.

And Tim has taken a look at the new Wes Craven Film Collection on Blu-ray from Via Vision Entertainment down under, a region-free box that includes Deadly Blessing (1981), The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), and The People Under the Stairs (1991).

And now for that great piece of release news: We’ve been wondering for a while now who was going to be releasing Toho’s outstanding Godzilla Minus One (2023), directed by Takashi Yamazaki, on physical media here in the States, and now we know... it’s Toho themselves!

Toho has decided to release their excellent 4-disc box set Godzilla Minus One: Blu-ray Deluxe Japan Collector’s Edition to US customers exclusively on Godzilla.com! For $65, you’ll get the exact same box set that was released in Japan (and that our own Stephen Bjork reviewed here at The Bits back in May) in the same packaging, simply re-authored with English menus and the option to select the theatrical release English subtitles for Godzilla Minus One and Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color. [Read on here...]

The discs are expected to ship in September and this will be a limited release. Here’s what it will include...

Disc 1: Godzilla Minus One 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray

125 minutes / 3 layers (100G) / 4K 2160p 16:9 scope size / Dolby Vision
Audio: (1) Japanese Dolby Atmos (2) Japanese 5.1ch Dolby TrueHD (3) Japanese 2.0ch Dolby TrueHD (4) Barrier-free Japanese audio guide 2.0ch Dolby TrueHD
Subtitles: (1) Barrier-free Japanese subtitles (2) English subtitles

Disc 2: Godzilla Minus One Blu-ray

125 minutes / Trailer compilation / 2 layers (BD50G) / 1080p High Definition 16:9 scope size
Audio: (1) Japanese Dolby Atmos (2) Japanese 5.1ch Dolby TrueHD (3) Japanese 2.0ch Dolby TrueHD (4) Barrier-free Japanese audio guide 2.0ch Dolby TrueHD
Subtitles: Barrier-free Japanese subtitles (2) English subtitles
Trailer Collection (Japanese language only)
- Special Announcements 1 & 2
- Trailer
- TV Spot
- No. 1 Edition/That’s Godzilla Edition/A Glimmer of Hope Edition/The World Praises Edition/Live and Resist Edition/Against Godzilla Edition
- 6-Second Bumper
- IMAX PR Video
- ScreenX PR Video
- TOHO CINEMAS MOVIE LINE UP
- Cinema Mileage Announcement

Disc 3: Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color Blu-ray

main feature 125 minutes / Godzilla-1.0/C trailer / 2 layers (BD50G) / 1080p High Definition 16:9 scope size
Audio: (1) Japanese Dolby Atmos (2) Japanese 5.1ch Dolby TrueHD (3) Japanese 2.0ch Dolby TrueHD (4) Barrier-free Japanese audio guide 2.0ch Dolby TrueHD
Subtitles: Barrier-free Japanese subtitles (2) English subtitles

Disc 4: Bonus Blu-ray (Japanese language only)

recording length: 240 minutes / 2 layers (BD50G) / 16:9 / 1080p High Definition (some 1080i)
Audio: Japanese 2.0ch Dolby Digital
Subtitles: NOTE – NO ENGLISH SUBTITLES
<Contents (Bonus DISC)>
- Making of
- VFX Making of
- Release commemorative special program “Behind the scenes: The movie “Godzilla-1.0” -No.30-
- Event footage:
  - September 4, 2023: Completion report press conference
  - October 18, 2023: World premiere red carpet event
  - October 23, 2023: Tokyo International Film Festival opening red carpet
  - November 1, 2023: Tokyo International Film Festival closing screening stage greetings
  - November 3, 2023 (National Holiday): Opening day stage greetings
  - November 8-10, 2023: North American premiere
  - November 29, 2023: Sapporo event
  - Yamazaki Takashi Selection Talk Show
    - September 15, 2023: “Yamazaki Takashi Selection Godzilla Screening” 1st (Guest: Higuchi Shinji)
    - Friday, September 29, 2023: “Yamazaki Takashi Selection Godzilla Screening” Vol. 2 (Guest: Murase Keizo)
    - Friday, October 13, 2023: “Yamazaki Takashi Selection Godzilla Screening” Vol. 3 (Guest: Kaneko Shusuke)
    - October 27, 2023: “Yamazaki Takashi Selection Godzilla Screening” Vol. 4 (Guest: Anno Hideaki)

Specifications and Enclosures

4-disc Digipack + outer case specifications
Special booklet (Japanese language only)
“Special Disaster Response Materials Compilation” Abridged version (Japanese language only)

You can see the packaging above and also below. Click on the images to visit Godzilla.com where you can pre-order the disc.

[Editor’s Note: If you sign up for emails from their website, you get 15% off your purchase. And if you sign up for text messages from the site as well, you also get free shipping (the codes they give you are stackable). So it will save you a little bit of money on your order. Thanks to Bits reader John D. for the heads-up!]

Godzilla Minus One: Blu-ray Deluxe Japan Collector’s Edition (4K & Blu-ray)

That’s all for now. Stay tuned...

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