Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)

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.

Director:

Noriaki Yuasa

Writer:

Niisan Takahashi (as Fumi Takahashi)

Stars:

Nobuhiro Kajima, Miyuki Akiyama, Christopher Murphy

Cast

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

Storyline

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 find they fantasize about milk, donuts, and Gamera, our favorite hero turtle. 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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Plot Keywords:

boy | brother sister relationship | outer space | gamera | monster versus monster | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

21 March 1969 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Gamera vs. Guillon

Company Credits

Production Co:

Daiei Motion Picture Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first Gamera film in which a creature (besides Gamera) makes a return appearance through new footage.

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Goofs

When Guiron slices off Gyaos' left wing, Gyaos starts spinning clockwise. In the next shot, he's spinning counter-clockwise.

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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...

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Alternate Versions

The AIP-TV version deletes some violent footage from one of the monster battles wherein Guiron chops Outer Galaxy Gyaos into pieces.

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Connections

Featured in Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: Gamera vs Guiron (2013)

User Reviews

So Bad you will love it

"Listening to children is neither psychologically or educationally important" This and other bits of tidbits are what is at stake if you dare to watch this Japanese trash. After scientists discover mysterious irregular waves from outer space, 2 boys hi-jack a spaceship to another star -(Earth is a star by the way) - only to watch hilarious monster fights complete with ninja stars from a walking knife, and become trapped by female aliens who want to eat their brains with dremel tools. And the boys thought that these aliens will prevent wars and traffic accidents. Listen to some bad jack-in-the-box music and enter Gamara, a giant go-go dancing turtle who must have had some bad Mexican food and comes to kids rescue after a few turns on the high bar. Boy are these kids going to get a scolding when they get home. I have watched this both with and without MST3K's help and it is roll on the floor hilarious either way. We should all figure out how to live without wars and accidents or we will repent and get our heads shaved.