Godzilla has received its first ever R rating in the franchise's 72-year history with 'Godzilla Minus Zero', and director Takashi Yamazaki insists he refused to cut key scenes to secure a lower classification.
The follow-up to the Oscar-winning 'Godzilla Minus One' premiered at the 2026 New York Film Festival, where Yamazaki acknowledged that a PG-13 rating could have opened the sequel to a much wider audience, but said censoring or removing certain moments was never on the table.
