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Director:
Shûsuke Kaneko
Writers:
Matt Greenfield (dialogue)
Kazunori Itô
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Release Date:
16 April 1997 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Thriller See more »
Plot:
A hibernating species of giant carnivorous bird is awakened on a Japanese island shortly after the Japanese military encounters an unidentified mass moving beneath the water off-shore. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
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Cast

  (in credits order)

Tsuyoshi Ihara ... Yoshinari Yonemori
Akira Onodera ... Naoya Kusangi
Shinobu Nakayama ... Mayumi Nagamine

Ayako Fujitani ... Asagi Kusanagi
Yukijirô Hotaru ... Insp. Osako
Hatsunori Hasegawa ... Col. Satake
Hirotarô Honda ... Mr. Saito
Akira Kubo ... Captain of the Kairyumaru
Kôjirô Hongô ... Captain of the Nojima
Takashi Matsuo ... Taxi driver
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carol Amerson ... Various (voice: English version)

Tiffany Grant ... Dr. Mayumi Nagamine (voice: English version)
Yuhmi Kaneyama ... Gyaos
Gene Kato ... Helicopter Pilot (voice: English version)
Jason Lee ... Miltary Helicopter Pilot (voice: English Version)
Tristan MacAvery ... Mr. Kusanagi (voice: English version)
Naoaki Manabe ... Gamera
Paul Sidello ... Inspector Ohsako (voice: English version)
Jun Suzuki ... Gamera
Sue Ulu ... Reporter (voice: English version)
Brett Weaver ... News Anchor, Scientist (voice: English version)
Amanda Winn Lee ... Asagi Kusanagi (voice: English version)
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Directed by
Shûsuke Kaneko 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Matt Greenfield  dialogue
Kazunori Itô 
James Shanks  UK version

Produced by
Matt Greenfield .... producer (US dubbed version)
Hiroyuki Kato .... executive producer
John Ledford .... executive producer (english version)
Shigeru Ohno .... producer
Yasuyoshi Tokuma .... executive producer
Tsutomu Tsuchikawa .... producer
Seiji Urushido .... producer
 
Original Music by
Kô Ôtani 
 
Cinematography by
Kenji Takama 
Junichi Tozawa 
 
Film Editing by
Shizuo Arakawa 
 
Production Design by
Hajime Oikawa 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shozo Katashima .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Yasuo Hashimoto .... sound
 
Special Effects by
Shinichi Fushima .... editor: special effects sequences
Tomo'o Haraguchi .... creature creator
Hokoka Hayashi .... special effects lighting
Shinji Higuchi .... special effects director
Makoto Kamiya .... special effects assistant director
Hiroshi Kidokoro .... special effects photographer
Toshio Miike .... special effects art director
Kenji Sugata .... special effects crew
 
Visual Effects by
Takashi Kawabata .... digital effects artist
Hajime Matsumoto .... visual effects
 
Other crew
Junko Kawashima .... script girl
Mahiro Maeda .... creature designer
Atsunori Sato .... computer graphic artist
James Shanks .... adr director (UK version)
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Gamera daikaijû kuchu kessen" - Japan (original title)
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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
USA:Unrated | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Australia:PG
Company:
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Did You Know?

Trivia:
The film's Japanese poster is a nearly identical recreation of the Japanese poster of the first film in which Gamera fought Gyaos, Daikaijû kûchûsen: Gamera tai Gyaosu (1967).See more »
Movie Connections:
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Gamera Returns!, 1 May 2003
Author: suspiria10 from The Void

All is well in the land of the rising sun when from out of nowhere three reptile `birds' hatch and are on a carnivorous rampage to civilization. Does a mysterious atoll floating in the sea have anything to do with this or is it a hero ready to take on the Gyaos or will he too destroy Tokyo. Again! 30 years after the original series a new trilogy is born. In this the first film we are introduced to a sleeker and better looking Gamera with better production design and updated special effects. Any kaiju fan will enjoy this one as well as Big G enthusiasts. I enjoyed this and had fun watching Japan get destroyed again. Is it just me or does Japan have the highest insurance rates in the known universe. 8/10

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