The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC) and the Anime Jungle presents “Godzilla Invades Little Tokyo” film screenings at Aratani Theatre, 244 South San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 12:00 p.m.(ticket #1) and 2:30 p.m.(ticket #2)
Ticket #1: Godzilla (1954), 1hr 36m | 12:30 pm Screening (Doors open: 12:00 p.m.)
Does not include admission to Q&A.
$10 (+$1.00 per ticket fees)
Ticket #2: Double Feature – Godzilla (1954), 1hr 36m & Godzilla Minus One (2023), 2hr 5m – with pre-screening Q&A | 3:00 pm Screening + Pre-screening Q&A (Doors open: 2:30 pm)
$20 (+$2.00 per package fee)
Re-discover the present-day relevance of the original classic (1954), and see why the latest version (2023) is the highest-grossing Japanese language film in U.S. history.
Patrons may purchase Ticket #1 to attend only Godzilla (1954), or may purchase Ticket #2* to attend the double feature – Godzilla (1954) & Godzilla Minus One (2023) – which includes a pre-screening Q&A.
*Customers who purchase Ticket #2 will also get an exclusive 1954 Godzilla poster. Some restrictions may apply. Poster giveaway will end while supplies last.
Godzilla (1954), 1hr 36m
After a dinosaur-like beast - awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing - ravages Tokyo, a scientist must decide if his similarly dangerous weapon should be used to destroy it.
Godzilla Minus One (2023), 2hr 5m
Post-war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb.
Shizuo Nakajima
Q&A Special Guest: Shizuo Nakajima
A former Toho employee, he served as a production assistant on the Showa Godzilla films "Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla" and "Terror of Mechagodzilla." He personally promoted Godzilla during the period when no Godzilla films were being produced from 1975 to 1983. He also directed independent films, and is known to Godzilla fans as a "legendary man."
