Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)
Gamera tai daiakuju Giron (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Unrated
- 1h 22min
- Adventure, Family
- 21 Mar 1969 (Japan)
- Movie
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.
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Cast
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Nobuhiro Kajima | ... |
Akio
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Miyuki Akiyama | ... |
Tomoko
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Christopher Murphy | ... |
Tom
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| Yûko Hamada | ... |
Kuniko
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| Eiji Funakoshi | ... |
Dr. Shiga
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Kon Ômura | ... |
Officer Kondo (AKA: 'Kon-chan')
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Hiroko Kai | ... |
Florbella
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Reiko Kasahara | ... |
Barbella
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Shô Natsuki | ... |
News Reporter
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Naoyuki Abe | ... |
Eiichi Kanamura (archiveFootage)
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Carl Craig | ... |
Jim Morgan / Crane (archiveFootage)
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Edith Hanson | ... |
Elza - Tom's Mother
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Umenosuke Izumi | ... |
Gamera
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Tôru Takatsuka | ... |
Masao Nakaya (archiveFootage)
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Yoshiro Uchida | ... |
Toshio Sakurai (archiveFootage)
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Directed by
| Noriaki Yuasa | ||
Written by
| Niisan Takahashi | ... | () (as Fumi Takahashi) |
Produced by
| Sandy Frank | ... | producer |
| Hidemasa Nagata | ... | producer |
| Masaichi Nagata | ... | executive producer |
Music by
| Shunsuke Kikuchi | ||
Cinematography by
| Akira Kitazaki | ||
Editing by
| Eli Haviv | ||
Sound Department
| Kimio Tobita | ... | sound |
Special Effects by
| Kaimai Eizo | ... | special effects |
| Kazufumi Fujii | ... | special effects |
| Takayama Ryôsaku | ... | monster design |
Additional Crew
| Kazumasa Nakano | ... | planner |
Production Companies
Distributors
- American-International Television (AIP-TV) (1969) (United States) (tv) (as 'Attack of the Monsters') (dubbed) (syndication)
- New Gold Entertainment (1969) (Italy)
- Neptune Media (1999) (United States) (VHS) (as 'Attack of the Monsters')
- Synapse Films (1999) (United States) (video) (as 'Attack of the Monsters') (laserdisc)
- Sinister Cinema (2001) (United States) (VHS) (as 'Attack of the Monsters')
- Retromedia Entertainment (2003) (United States) (DVD)
- Alpha Video Distributors (2004) (United States) (DVD) (as 'Attack of the Monsters')
- BCI Eclipse I (2004) (United States) (DVD) (as 'Attack of the Monsters')
- Mill Creek Entertainment (2005) (United States) (DVD) (as 'Attack of the Monsters')
- Pop Flix (2006) (United States) (DVD) (as 'Attack of the Monsters')
- Synergy Entertainment (2007) (United States) (DVD) (as 'Attack of the Monsters')
- Mill Creek Entertainment (2007) (United States) (DVD) (as 'Attack of the Monsters')
- Shout! Factory (2010) (United States) (DVD) (as 'Attack of the Monsters')
- AFA Entertainment (2010) (United States) (DVD) (as 'Attack of the Monsters')
- Full Moon Streaming (2013) (World-wide) (video) (as 'Attack of the Monsters') (streaming)
- Mill Creek Entertainment (2014) (United States) (Blu-ray) (as 'Attack of the Monsters')
- Cobb Films (2014) (United States) (DVD) (as 'Attack of the Monsters')
- Mill Creek Entertainment (2014) (United States) (DVD) (as 'Attack of the Monsters')
- Well Go USA Entertainment (2015) (United States) (video) (digital)
- MR FAT-W VIDEO (2016) (United States) (DVD) (as 'Attack of the Monsters')
- DEA Cinematografica (1969) (Italy) (theatrical)
- King Features Entertainment (United States) (theatrical) (re-release) (as 'Attack of the Monsters')
- Celebrity Video Presentations (Canada) (VHS) (as 'Attack of the Monsters')
- Filmax Home Video (Spain) (VHS)
- Image Entertainment (United States) (video) (as 'Attack of the Monsters') (laserdisc)
- Just For Kids Video (United States) (VHS) (as 'Attack of the Monsters')
- Something Weird Video (SWV) (United States) (VHS) (as 'Attack of the Monsters')
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Titan Productions (sound re-recording)
- Titan Productions (sound re-recording) (English Version)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Three children--two boys and a girl--stumble upon a flying saucer. The boys both step in without hesitating and are whisked away to a planet in Earth's orbit but on the exact opposite side of the Sun. Inhabiting this planet are two women with Midwestern accents who hypnotize the children... to discover that they fantasize about milk, doughnuts, and Gamera, our favorite turtle hero. The women simply want to eat their brains. Back home, no one will believe the little girl's story of alien abduction, not even Officer Concha (pronounced "Cornjob"). Finally, Gamera rescues the children while fighting Guiron, a monster with a giant knife for a nose. Gamera kills Guiron while doing gymnastics on a parallel bar and takes the kids home, where the kids hope for peace, understanding, and the end of traffic accidents.
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | One line aspect of the film is how the main child protagonist desires for a world without traffic accidents. While considered odd by Westerners, it has its roots in the alarming number of deaths due to car accidents in Japan as industrialization increased in the 1960s. The majority of these accidents involved children, which lead to the Japanese government issuing out yellow caps to make children more visible in congested areas. See more » |
| Goofs | When Gyaos' beam is deflected back at him, his leg starts falling before it is cut off. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited from Gamera: The Giant Monster (1965). See more » |
| 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... See more » |