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Daikaijû Gamera

  • 19651965
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 18m
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5.1/10
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Daikaijû Gamera (1965)
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From out of the arctic comes a gigantic flying, fire-breathing turtle that sets its sights on destroying Tokyo.From out of the arctic comes a gigantic flying, fire-breathing turtle that sets its sights on destroying Tokyo.From out of the arctic comes a gigantic flying, fire-breathing turtle that sets its sights on destroying Tokyo.

IMDb RATING
5.1/10
3.4K
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POPULARITY
24,470
1,187
  • Director
    • Noriaki Yuasa
  • Writer
    • Niisan Takahashi(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Eiji Funakoshi
    • Harumi Kiritachi
    • Junichiro Yamashita
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  • Director
    • Noriaki Yuasa
  • Writer
    • Niisan Takahashi(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Eiji Funakoshi
    • Harumi Kiritachi
    • Junichiro Yamashita
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 49User reviews
    • 54Critic reviews
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    Top cast

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    Eiji Funakoshi
    Eiji Funakoshi
    • Dr. Hidaka
    Harumi Kiritachi
    • Kyoko Yamamoto
    Junichiro Yamashita
    Junichiro Yamashita
    • Aoyagi
    • (as Junichirô Yamashiko)
    Yoshiro Uchida
    • Toshio Sakurai
    Michiko Sugata
    • Nobuyo Sakurai
    Yoshirô Kitahara
    • Mr. Sakurai
    Jun Hamamura
    Jun Hamamura
    • Professor Murase
    Kenji Ôyama
    • Minister of Defense
    Munehiko Takada
    • Soviet Representative
    Yoshio Yoshida
    Yoshio Yoshida
    • Eskimo Chief
    Jun Osanai
    • Chidori Maru Captain
    Daihachi Kita
    • Chidori Maru Navigator
    Kazuo Mori
    • Chidori Maru Radioman
    Kôji Fujiyama
    Kôji Fujiyama
    • U.S. Arctic Base Commander
    Osamu Ôkawa
    • U.S. Air Base Radar Technician
    Ikuji Oka
    • U.S. Fighter Pilot
    Bokuzen Hidari
    Bokuzen Hidari
    • Old Farmer
    Fumiko Murata
    • Old Farmer's Wife
    • Director
      • Noriaki Yuasa
    • Writer
      • Niisan Takahashi(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Gamera's role as a guardian of children came from director Noriaki Yuasa's own traumatic experiences growing up as a child during WWII. He mentioned that all the adults and teachers he knew would constantly implant to him the importance of nationalism and Imperial Japan's ambitions, only to abandon it all after Japan's defeat. He recounted the story of how of a teacher of his switched from being a outspoken Nationalist into an advocating Communist. Yuasa had also been a child actor and the behavior he witnessed from them lead him to develop a disapproval of actors in general. These sentiments were carried into the making of Gamera, which Yuasa conceived as the only entity children could have faith in.
    • Goofs
      In the English language version, special effects director Yonesaburo Tsukiji is mistakenly credited as Yonesaburg Tsukiji.
    • Quotes

      [English version]

      Mr. Sakurai: Gamera saved your life.

      Kenny: Because he knows I like turtles.

      Nobuyo Sakurai: Gamera liked you. Gamera must have a good heart.

      Kenny: Gamera's a good turtle.

    • Alternate versions
      Not released in the USA until 1985, to home video and television, by Sandy Frank under the title GAMERA. To that day, the only way to (partially) see it was the movie Gammera the Invincible (1966), which used the special effects footage from the original Japanese film but most scenes involving human actors were replaced by new ones featuring an American cast. The Sandy Frank version, one of his usual dubbing jobs, was the whole original Japanese footage except for the opening credits sequence, replaced by English translated credits superimposed over an image of moving ocean water. Another difference is that in the Frank dub the names of some characters are Americanized (i.e. Toshio is renamed Kenny).
    • Connections
      Edited into Gammera the Invincible (1966)

    User reviews49

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    3/10
    Horribly good... but still horrible.
    Ah classic Gamera. Well this is the first Gamera movie in a relatively large series. Generally the first movie is the best movie in the series, but not so with Gamera. Actually the latest ones are the best, while this one is one of the worst.

    The plot revolves around a turtle that can shoot flames from its shell to fly around like a flying saucer... seriously. It's that bad. I really could get into a very large post about all the things wrong with this movie, the first of them being the annoying main character/kid who is entirely stupid and is trying to protect Gamera from the military, while Gamera kills innocent people. The kid says "Gamera saved my life" but Gamera never did! The kid was standing on a tower, Gamera smashed the top of the tower where the kid was standing, and as the kid was about to fall, Gamera catches him, and then drops him. Doesn't sound like a friendly turtle.

    Either way this movie is pretty awful and the ending is the funniest thing in movie history. I honestly saw it coming, but it was still funny.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 27, 1965 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Languages
      • Japanese
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Gamera
    • Production company
      • Daiei Studios
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 18 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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