Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) Gamera tai daiakuju Giron (original title)

Director:

Noriaki Yuasa

Writer:

Nisan Takahashi

Release Date:

21 March 1969 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Aliens kidnap two children and take them to another planet for the purpose of getting knowledge from their brains, but Gamera follows and tries to rescue them.

Plot Keywords:

Gamera | Boy | Alien | Girl | Monster

Cast

Nobuhiro Kajima	...	Akio
Miyuki Akiyama	...	Tomoko
Christopher Murphy	...	Tom (as Chrystopher Murphy)
Yuko Hamada	...	Kuniko
Eiji Funakoshi	...	Dr. Shiga
Kon Ohmura	...	Officer Kondo (AKA: 'Kon-chan')
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Edith Hanson	...	Elza, Tom's mother
Hiroko Kai	...	Barbella
Reiko Kasahara	...	Florbella
Akira Natsuki	...	News Reporter

Directed by
Noriaki Yuasa

Writing credits
Nisan Takahashi		(as Fumi Takahashi)

Produced by
Sandy Frank	....	producer (US version)
Hidemasa Nagata	....	producer
Masaichi Nagata	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Shunsuke Kikuchi

Cinematography by
Akira Kitazaki

Film Editing by
Eli Haviv		(English version)

Sound Department
Kimio Tobita	....	sound

Special Effects by
Kazufumi Fujii	....	special effects
Ryosaku Takayama	....	monster design

Other crew
Kazumasa Nakano	....	planner

Production Companies

• Daiei Motion Picture Company

Distributors

• American-International Television (AIP-TV) (1969) (USA) (TV) (dubbed) (syndication)
• Synapse Films (1999) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Sinister Cinema (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• Retromedia Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Alpha Video Distributors (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• BCI Eclipse (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Mill Creek Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Mill Creek Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• King Features Entertainment (????) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Celebrity Video Presentations (????) (Canada) (VHS)
• Filmax Home Video (????) (Spain) (VHS)
• Image Entertainment (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Just For Kids Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Shout! Factory (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (199?) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Titan Productions  sound re-recording
• Titan Productions  sound re-recording (English Version)

Also Known As:

"Gamera tai daiakuju Giron" - Japan (original title)
"Gamera vs. Guillon" - USA
"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:

[Officer Kondo chastises Akio and Tommy]
Officer Kondo:I'll tell you what. Remember, the next time, if you are naughty again... I'll shave your heads!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Being from Another Planet (#5.5)" (1992)

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....