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:

Continuity: After Guiron cuts Gyaos' head off, the blood disappears from his head

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 "Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: Godzilla Final Wars (#2.29)" (2008)

Classic

I saw this flick decades ago as a kid, and it's one that stuck in my memory, though as an adult I couldn't figure out what the title was, remembering it as the monster movie with the xacto-blade bad guy. Every time I see powdered donuts, I think of this flick. The dubbing, of course, is simply atrocious, but the alien babes are foxes of the highest order.

I just bought the SciFi Classics box set of 50 movies for $19.99, and was pleased to find Attack of the Monsters among the selection, along with Destroy All Planets, clips of which are included here as flashbacks. How Queen of the Amazons qualifies for inclusion as well isn't clear, but hey, for 40 cents a pop you can't go wrong.