Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

Original title: Gamera daikaijû kuchu kessen

19951995
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1h 36m

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6.7/10

3.6K

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Adventure Fantasy Horror

An ornithologist investigates reports of a monstrous new species of bird just as a teenage girl is gifted an amulet found on mysterious atoll. As the creatures begin to attack, an ancient gu... Read allAn ornithologist investigates reports of a monstrous new species of bird just as a teenage girl is gifted an amulet found on mysterious atoll. As the creatures begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to the girl emerges.An ornithologist investigates reports of a monstrous new species of bird just as a teenage girl is gifted an amulet found on mysterious atoll. As the creatures begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to the girl emerges.

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

3.6K

YOUR RATING

- Shûsuke Kaneko
- Kazunori Itô
- James Shanks(UK version)
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Awards
- 6 wins & 1 nomination

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Ayako Fujitani in Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)

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Trivia
Japan's premier film magazine, Kinema Junpo, include this film in their prestigious top 10 best films of the year list. The first for a kaiju film. When the readers of Kinema Junpo selected the top 200 greatest Japanese films ever made, they ranked this film in the top 100 best of all time.

Goofs
The runes on the stone are not from the Pyrenees or Etruria, but are just normal unchanged runes from the Elder Futhark which were used in Scandinavia before and during the Viking age.

Quotes
Insp. Osako: Doctor, let's come back tomorrow.
Mayumi Nagamine: This creature might be nocturnal.
Insp. Osako: That's an even better reason! Suppose it were to attack us?
Mayumi Nagamine: [Gyaos flies overhead and she starts to follow] It's getting away!
Insp. Osako: We're not equipped for this, and it's out of our jurisdiction!
Mayumi Nagamine: It's looking for food!
Insp. Osako: For food? That'll be us if we're not careful!
Mayumi Nagamine: If it can't find prey here, it'll attack Japan!

Alternate versions
The US video version (the print used also on the Region 1 DVD) superimposes black boxes with green English text within them over any Japanese text. ADV Films, the American distributor, did not use this same technique in the two sequels.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Addicted to Love/Gamera: Guardian of the Universe/The Van/Brassed Off (1997)

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7/10

Gamera gives a good first performance

Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe is a pretty good movie, I would have to say just about on par with the Godzilla films from the Hesai series. It has more plot than most kaiju flicks, and has pretty good suits. If you view it as what it is (namely, the first in a trilogy) then it is a pretty good first part. It develops the theme that will continue with the next two instalments, and does a good job of convaying the many plot twists and new developments. While both of it's sequals surpass it in almost every way, this is still a very good movie. Another plus is that it is the only one of the trilogy that has aired on TV, albeit in a cropped and dubbed version.

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