Gamera tai daiakuju Giron (1969)

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: The seam on the Guiron suit is clearly visible.

Quotes:

[Akio tells the grownups what he's learned from his alien adventure]
Akio: Let's make the Earth a great place to live, without war, and traffic accidents...

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Gamera vs. Guiron (#4.12)" (1991)

Tremendous Fun For Anyone Young at Heart.

A trio of children (2 boys and a girl), intrigued by news reports of mysterious sound waves sent to Earth from outer space, star gazing spot a flying saucer! They later find it in a wooded area. The two boys decide to investigate while the girl being more wary decides to wait outside. After entering the spaceship however, the two boys suddenly find themselves being whisked off into space. Along the way they spot and greet Gamera who tries to prevent the ship from leaving our galaxy but even he cannot keep up with its incredible speed. After the ship lands, the two boys find themselves on a strange new planet and suddenly spot another version of Gaos in battle with the planet's guardian, a knife-headed monster with a mean streak named Guiron. Gamera all this time has still been on the trail of the boys' spaceship. Meanwhile aliens are watching all of this with possible evil intentions?

This was tremendous fun. The little kid in me loved every minute of it. Sure the child stars are a bit annoying at times (but more so I suspect to adult ears than to a child's) and the effects aren't always up to par but man do the monster battles ever deliver the goods in this one. They are knock-down drag-out affairs especially those featuring Gamera and Guiron and surprisingly graphic in terms of their brutality yet the film never loses sight of making clear just who is evil and who is good. Like the best pro wrestling of yesteryear, it manages to make the hero Gamera incredibly sympathetic while the villain Guiron comes across as little more than a nasty-tempered brute and a bully who needs to be taught a lesson in manners.