Gamera tai daiakuju Giron (1969)

User Rating:

2.7/10   

Director:

Noriaki Yuasa

Writer:

Nisan Takahashi (writer)

Release Date:

21 March 1969 (Japan)

Genre:

Family | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Aliens kidnap two children and take them to another planet in an attempt to lure Gamera into fighting the fierce monster, Guiron.

Plot Keywords:

Gamera | Alien | Monster | Donut | Turtle

Cast

Nobuhiro Kajima	...	Akio
Miyuki Akiyama	...	Tomoko
Christopher Murphy	...	Tom
Yuko Hamada	...	Kuniko
Eiji Funakoshi	...	Dr. Shiga
Kon Omura	...	Officer Kondo (AKA: 'Kon-chan')
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Edith Hanson	...	Elza, Tom's mother

Also Known As:

Attack of the Monsters
Gamera vs. Guillon (USA)
Gamera vs. Guiron (USA)
Gamera vs. the Devil-Beast Giron (literal English title)
Gamera vs. the Giant Evil Beast Guiron (USA)

Runtime:

82 min | USA:80 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Company:

Daiei Motion Picture Company

Trivia:

The first Gamera film in which a creature (besides Gamera) makes a return appearance through new footage.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Gyaos' beam is deflected back at him, his leg starts falling before it is cut off.

Quotes:

[Akio tells his mother about his search for possible aliens]
Akio: They may be very civilized up there - more than we are here on Earth. With no wars, or traffic accidents...

Movie Connections:

Edited into Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998) (TV)

The Japanese sure do have an imagination....

Basically Gamera fights a giant knife with an attitude! Alot of people put the Gamera series down for being cheap, but you know what? They were fun! At least Gamera fought a different monster (mostly outlandish ones at that) every movie. Unlike the Godzilla movies where Mothra, Ghidorah, and MechaGodzilla seem to pop up in every other flick. Anyway this movie follows Gamera VS Viras. It has the same concept. Two kids (one American, one Japanese) are the stars. And there is plenty of stock footage flashbacks too. Then things get bizarre. Gurion (the knife with the attitude) slices up a silver painted Gyoas. Shoots ninja stars at Gamera. Gamera sprays out blue blood. Swings around on parallel bars. And does a "la cucaracha" dance to remove some ninja stars stuck in his arms! He then finishes off Gurion by slamming his knife head into the ground, so Gurion is upside down with his legs kicking! Bizarre stuff. Throw in two Japanese women in funky space suits that drug the kids with tainted powdered donuts so they can eat thier brains and you can see what my one line summary means....