Daikaijû kûchûsen: Gamera tai Gyaosu (1967)

A gigantic bat emerges from a volcano to terrorize Japan and only one thing can stop it...Gamera!

Director:

Noriaki Yuasa

Writer:

Nisan Takahashi

Stars:

Kôjirô Hongô, Kichijirô Ueda, Reiko Kasahara

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview:
Kôjirô Hongô	...	Foreman Shiro Tsutsumi
Kichijirô Ueda	...	Tatsuemon Kanamura
Reiko Kasahara	...	Sumiko Kanamura
Naoyuki Abe	...	Eiichi Kanamura
Taro Marui	...	Mite-no-Tetsu
Yukitaro Hotaru	...	Hachiko
Yoshirô Kitahara	...	Dr. Aoki
Akira Natsuki	...	Self-Defense Force General
Kenji Ôyama	...	District Police Commissioner
Fujio Murakami	...	Dr. Murakami
Kôichi Itô	...	Road Company Chairman
Teppei Endo	...	Road Company Local Affairs Director
Shin Minatsu	...	Okabe the Photographer
Teruo Aragaki	...	Gamera

Storyline

Gamera's back, and just in time to save Japan from Gaos, a mysterious bat-like creature awakened by a volcanic eruption. As in the first Gamera movie, a young boy establishes an emotional link with Gamera, and the two work together, with the help of the world's scientists, to put and end to Gaos' violent rampage.

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Plot Keywords:

gamera | japan | scientist | volcanic eruption | volcano | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

15 March 1967 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Gamera vs. Gaos

Company Credits

Production Co:

Daiei Studios, Toei Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the first film in which Gamera bleeds.

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Quotes

Army officer: Dr. Aoki, as a zoologist what would you say the beast is? Would you say it's a bird, or is it a reptile?
Dr. Aoki: I would like to say there isn't any recorded history of it...let's just call it a monster.

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Connections

Follows Daikaijû Gamera (1965)

User Reviews

Gamera series goes totally batty!

This silly but enjoyable film begins with an airplane being sliced in half by a ray. Then the ray is revealed belonging to a ray firing, flying, man-eating super vampire monster named Gyaos. But when Gyaos tries to eat a boy named Eiieechi, it's Gamera to the rescue. Gamera saves the boy, but almost gets his hand sliced of by Gyaos's ray. Gamera heals his wounds again and arrives when Gyaos attacks Tokyo. He manages to bite off Gyaos foot but is again hurt in the process. So the foot floats ashore and scares people. Then it is discovered that Gyaos can be hurt by sunlight and will die if exposed to the sun. So they decide to make a spinning fountain of drugged blood and Gyaos will get dissy and drugged and not be able to return to his cave and will die in the sun when it reaches dawn. However, a malfuntion in the mechanism causes the plan to fail. This is a good Gamera adventure with a zany plot and good effects.