The 96th Academy Awards ceremony ended successfully. The Japanese film “Godzilla-1.0” won the “Best Visual Effects Award”, defeating many Hollywood blockbusters. “Godzilla – 1.0” was released in Japan and North America, and was well received and achieved excellent box office results. However, there has been no news about its release in Asia. In this regard, according to the response from the Village Roadshow Cinemas fan group on Facebook, “According to reporters, because the film is set before and after World War II, Japan feels it is too sensitive and therefore does not plan to release it in Asia.”
Possible reasons why “Godzilla 1.0” cannot be seen in Taiwanese theaters revealed
The 96th Academy Awards ceremony was held on the morning of the 11th Taiwan time. “Godzilla 1.0” defeated “AI Creator”, “Striders 3”, and “Mission: Impossible: Reckoning Chapter 1” “, “Napoleon” and other Hollywood blockbusters, winning the Best Visual Effects Award. At the same time, this is also the first Japanese director in history to win an Oscar, and “Godzilla-1.0” has also become the first Godzilla movie to win an Oscar.
Since “Godzilla-1.0” was released in Japan last November, the box office has exceeded 6 billion yen. It then entered the North American market in February this year, with a cumulative box office of approximately US$56 million. However, the strange thing is that there is no news about this monster movie being released in Taiwan or other Asian countries.
According to Village Roadshow Studios’ Facebook fan group, “According to reporters, because the film is set around World War II, Japan feels it is too sensitive and therefore does not plan to release it in Asia.”
In addition, according to “Hong Kong 01”, there are different opinions on the reasons why the film was not released. Some people said that the film was set in the period before and after World War II and was too sensitive, so Toho did not plan to release the film in Asia. Others said that it had been purchased by a streaming platform. Copyright, so theaters everywhere cannot show it.
Editor/Wu Yi Zhen
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