{
  "id": 17029843,
  "title": "Toho CEO Matsuoka Hiro On The Company’s Decision To Self-Distribute ‘Godzilla Minus One’ In The U.S. — Tokyo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/toho-ceo-matsuoka-hiro-on-the-companys-decision-to-self-distribute",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-29T07:10:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/matsuoka-hiro-toho-godzilla-minus-one-united-states-1237207973/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "“It was all a coincidence,” Toho CEO Matsuoka Hiro said this afternoon during a Q&A at the Tokyo Film Festival when quizzed on his company’s decision to re-enter the U.S. market in 2023 to distribute Takashi Yamazaki’s box-office hit Godzilla Minus One. Godzilla Minus One opened Stateside in December 2023 and earned more than $11.4 […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "‘Godzilla Minus One’ U.S. Success ‘Wasn’t a Strategy; We Just Tried,’ Says Toho CEO at Tokyo Festival",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/godzilla-minus-one-u-s-success-wasnt-a-strategy-we-just-tried-says",
        "published": "2026-10-29T08:58:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}