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Daikaijû Gamera (1965)
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Nisan Takahashi (screenplay)
Release Date:
15 December 1966 (USA)
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From out of the arctic comes a gigantic flying, fire-breathing turtle that sets its sights on destroying Tokyo. full summary | add synopsis
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Let the War Begin
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Eiji Funakoshi | ... | Dr. Hidaka | |
| Harumi Kiritachi | ... | Kyoke Yamamoto | |
| Junichirô Yamashiko | ... | Aoyagi | |
| Yoshiro Uchida | ... | Toshio Sakurai | |
| Michiko Sugata | ... | Nobuyo Sakurai | |
| Yoshiro Kitahara | ... | Mr. Sakurai | |
| Jun Hamamura | ... | Professor Murase | |
| Kenji Oyama | ... | Minister of Defense | |
| Munehiko Takada | ... | Soviet Representative | |
| Yoshio Yoshida | ... | Eskimo Chief | |
| Jun Osanai | ... | Chidori Maru Captain | |
| Daihachi Kita | ... | Chidori Maru Navigator | |
| Kazuo Mori | ... | Chidori Maru Radioman | |
| Koji Fujiyama | ... | U.S. Arctic Base Commander | |
| Osamu Okawa | ... | U.S. Air Base Radar Technician |
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Japan:80 min | USA:80 min | USA:86 min (DVD)
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This is the only film in the Gamera series that was filmed in black and white.
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Deadly Mantis (#9.4)" (1997)
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This film was definitely the first salvo fired in the war between Daei and Toho. For years Daei had been playing second fiddle in the Japanese film industry. This is especially true since Toho not only released the Godzilla series, but also had the one of the greatest directors of all time in Akira Kurosawa in their stable. The solution for Daei was simple, to release a kaiju series of their own in the form of that fire breathing terrapin himself, Gamera.
As for this film, it was okay but it tended to try too hard to make itself an alternative to Godzilla. Also, the American version of this film suffers because it copies the idea of inserting American actors (Albert Dekkar and Brian Donlevy) into a Japanese monster film. The only way that this film differs from Godzilla is the fact that Daei didn't kill Gamera in the end and intentionally left it open that their would be a sequel (or sequels) made in the future. The main flaw with this film as well as the entire series is the fact that the special effects were done even more cheaply than the films in the Godzilla series and Gamera was never seen as anything more than a Godzilla rip-off.