Hello, everyone!
In this first blog of the year 2024, we would like to introduce our costume cooperation for the film "Godzilla Minus One".
The film Godzilla-1.0 was released in Japan on 3 November 2023.
It was directed by Takashi Yamazaki in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Godzilla.
It has since been successively released in other countries, including the US and the UK.
This time, I was asked to provide flight helmets and equipment for use in the film.
This is the third time I have cooperated on the costumes for a film.
The first was "A Man Called Pirate" by Japanese film director Takashi Yamazaki.
The second was the American film "Midway (2019)" directed by Roland Emmerich.
～Opening scene.～
Ryunosuke Kamiki as Koichi Shikishima, Kamikaze pilot.
It is not often seen in films that the crew members wear flight helmets with their chin straps fastened like this. I believe that the crew members at the time were properly fitted like this.
～Filming scenes.～
Here is what we provided this time.
★IJN early winter flight helmet
★Aviation receiver
★Eagle-eyed aviation goggles
Let's take a look at some of the other equipment.
It may be difficult to tell from the film, but some of you have noticed.
You can see the oxygen mask above the cockpit.
You can also see the microphone cord of the oxygen mask is also connected.
Note the German language plate.
The words "Druckluft-Schleudersitz" (compressed air ejection seat) and "Bestätigung" (confirmation), among others, are painted in German. This indicates that the seat was a German-style ejection seat, but no such thing was available on the J7W at the time.
I felt that the message was about returning home alive, the preciousness and importance of life.
～Filming scenes.～
Escaping from J7W.
This J7W is now on display at the Fukuoka Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum.
↓The official website of the Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum is here.↓
開館15周年記念企画展『異端の翼「震電（J7W1）」 福岡で開発された局地戦闘機』開催中 ※情報解禁！！ - 大刀洗平和記念館 (tachiarai-heiwa.jp)
I headed to the cinema with high hopes for what the film would be like and how I would feel after watching it.
I also understood the meaning of "Survive and Fight".
戦後、日本。
Post-war, Japan.
無(ゼロ)から負(マイナス)へ。
From Zero to Minus
「生きて、抗え。」
"Survive and Fight"
If you haven't seen it yet, I urge you to do so.
That's all for today.
See you soon!
※About ordering※
We manufacture the flight helmets, oxygen masks, receivers, etc. shown in the blog. Please contact us for production orders, film-related orders, etc.
ry.oide@nifty.com