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is a 2023 Japanese epic kaiju film directed, written, and with visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki. Produced by Toho Studios and Robot Communications and distributed by Toho, it is the 37th film in the Godzilla franchise, Toho's 33rd Godzilla film, and the fifth film in the franchise's Reiwa era. The film stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando and Kuranosuke Sasaki. In the film, postwar Japan deals with the emergence of Godzilla.

After finishing his film The Great War of Archimedes (2019), Yamazaki was appointed to make a Godzilla film. He spent three years writing the script, taking influence from Godzilla (1954), Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001), Shin Godzilla (2016), and the films of Steven Spielberg and Hayao Miyazaki. Yamazaki previously depicted Godzilla in Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 (2007) and a 2021 amusement park ride at Seibu-en. In February 2022, Robot publicized that Yamazaki would soon begin directing a kaiju film. Filming occurred primarily in Kantō and Chūbu from March to June 2022. The visual effects were created by Shirogumi's Chōfu studio over eight months.

The film premiered at the Shinjuku Toho Building on October 18, 2023, and was released in Japan on November 3, to celebrate the franchise's 70th anniversary. Toho International later released it in North America on December 1. The film has grossed over worldwide against an estimated budget, becoming the fifth-highest-grossing Japanese film of 2023 and surpassed Shin Godzilla as the most successful Japanese Godzilla film. It received critical acclaim abroad for its visual effects, direction, story, characters, musical score, and social commentary, and was hailed as one of the best films of 2023 and the best in the Godzilla franchise. It has also received numerous accolades, including a leading 12 nominations at the 47th Japan Academy Film Prize, three nominations at the 17th Asian Film Awards, and a nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 96th Academy Awards; making it the first Godzilla film to be nominated for an Academy Award. A black-and-white version was released in Japan and the United States in January 2024.

In 1945, near the end of World War II, kamikaze pilot Kōichi Shikishima lands his Mitsubishi A6M Zero at the Japanese base on Odo Island. Lead mechanic Sōsaku Tachibana deduces that Shikishima had fled from his duty by feigning technical issues. That night, Godzilla, a large dinosaur-like creature, attacks the garrison. Shikishima freezes up and cannot bring himself to shoot the monster from his plane and is knocked unconscious. Tachibana, the only other survivor of the attack, blames Shikishima for failing to act.

Koichi Shikishima has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.