Fan CastingGodzilla: Awakening (2014)

Tokyo, 1980: Ishiro Serizawa is summoned urgently by his father, who begins telling him of his job, which he had kept secret. He begins his story in Hiroshima, on August 6, 1945, at 8:15 AM. After the atomic bombing of the city, Serizawa goes looking for his wife and newborn son but only finds the latter. Afterward, he sees a giant creature in the air, "summoned by our own monstrosity," who flies away, with something in the water observing. Serizawa leaves Ishiro with his grandparents for his safety and continues working in the Japanese Navy. One year later, he and his fellow sailors are sent to provide aid to an American vessel that sent a distress call from a nearby island. After finding one of the American men, the sailors find the wrecked ship deep inland and are attacked by the creature Serizawa had seen in Hiroshima, dubbed Shinomura. They enter the ship to rescue the men inside, but Shinomura throws the ship down at the sea, sinking it. No one but Serizawa and the one American they rescued, named Shaw, survives. Shaw, impressed with Serizawa's survival, offers Serizawa a job in the U.S. government, which he accepts. Godzilla looks on as Shinomura flies away.