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Fathom Events to Screen Shin Ultraman Film in U.S. on January 11-12
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film in the United States on January 11 and 12. Tsuburaya Productions also revealed the logo for the film.
The film opened in August 2016. Shin Godzilla sold 564,332 tickets to earn 845,675,500 yen in its first three days.
The film has sold 2.62 million tickets for 3.9 billion yen ($28.92 million) as of June 21.
Tsuburaya Productions describes the film's story:
The continued appearance of giant unidentified life forms known as “S-Class Species (Kaiju)” has become commonplace in Japan.Conventional weapons have no effect on them. Having exhausted all other options, the Japanese Government issued the S-Class Species Suppression Protocol and formed an enforcement unit, known as the SSSP.
The chosen for the unit are: captain Kimio Tamura (played by Akari Hayami).
In the midst of a Kaiju threat, a silver giant appears from beyond Earth's atmosphere.
Analyst Hiroko Asami (played by Masami Nagasawa) is newly appointed to the SSSP to deal with this giant and is partnered with Shinji Kaminaga.
In Hiroko's report, she writes—
“Ultraman (tentative name), identity unknown.”
Shin Godzilla director Kenshi Yonezu performs the film's theme song "M87."
Source: Tsuburaya Productions
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