What the dead fish mean in Godzilla Minus One (and how they herald the end)

Pictures of dead fish keep appearing Godzilla Minus Onebut is this imagery just a sign of Godzilla’s limitless destructive power or does it point to the end of the film? Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus One was celebrated as one of the greatest Godzilla movies ever made. It features the big, bad reptile slashing its way through cities and terrorizing fleeing crowds, but there’s also poignant social commentary about survivor guilt and the nuclear age. It’s much smarter than the average monster movie.

One of the most recurring images in the film is the dead fish. Dead fish are constantly floating to the surface of the sea and washing up on shore. It would be easy to dismiss this as another unfortunate consequence of Godzilla’s destruction, but it’s not that simple. The recurring images of dead fish could actually be a clever sign that how people would defeat the monster in the end Godzilla Minus One.

How Godzilla kills the fish in the ocean in Godzilla Minus One

One of the things that Godzilla Minus OneWhat sets Godzilla apart from the others is his ability to contaminate. This version of Godzilla is capable of contaminating an entire area, infecting every poor soul who happens to be in that area with an unknown form of radiation poisoning. After Godzilla attacks Ginza in one of the most exciting scenes in the film, the authorities quarantine the area to prevent the spread of radiation and further cases of radiation poisoning.

The simplest explanation for all the dead fish in Godzilla Minus One is this They were killed by Godzilla’s radiation. The fish got too close to Godzilla as he swam and treaded water in the sea and died of radiation poisoning (similar to the people in Ginza). But that is not the only explanation for the dead fishand the other explanation has to do with the way the civilian fleet defeats Godzilla in the final battle of the film.

How the dead fish hint at humans’ plan to kill Godzilla

The dead fish in Godzilla Minus One were not all killed by radiation poisoning. Most of them were killed by water pressure. They were floating on the sea floor and As Godzilla stormed through, he caused drastic changes in water pressure that eventually killed the fishThis subtly hints at how humans will defeat Godzilla at the end of the film: by dragging him to the bottom of the sea and then quickly pushing him back to the surface.

Godzilla Minus One

Godzilla Minus One is the first Godzilla film released by Toho since 2016’s Shin Godzilla. A reimagining of the original 1954 Godzilla, Minus One takes the franchise back to its roots by exploring the harsh life in post-war Japan. The story follows Koichi Shikishima, a failed kamikaze pilot who struggles with guilt when a giant monster attacks the city.

director

Takashi Yamazaki

Pour

Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yûki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Andô, Kuranosuke Sasaki