Gammera the Invincible (1966)

An atomic explosion awakens Gammera--a giant, fire-breathing turtle monster--from his millions of years of hibernation. Enraged at being roused from such a sound sleep, he takes it out on Tokyo.

Directors:

Sandy Howard, Noriaki Yuasa

Writers:

Richard Kraft, Niisan Takahashi (screenplay) (as Nizo Takahashi)

Stars:

Albert Dekker, Brian Donlevy, Diane Findlay

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Albert Dekker	...	Secretary of Defense
Brian Donlevy	...	Gen. Terry Arnold
Diane Findlay	...	Sgt. Susan Embers
John Baragrey	...	J.T. Standish
Dick O'Neill	...	Gen. O'Neill
Eiji Funakoshi	...	Dr. Hidaka (archive footage)
Michiko Sugata	...	Nobuyo (archive footage)
Harumi Kiritachi	...	Kyoke (archive footage)
Mort Marshall	...	Jules Manning
Bob Carraway	...	Lt. Simpson
Alan Oppenheimer	...	Dr. Contrare
John McCurry	...	A1C Hopkins
Steffen Zacharias	...	Sen. Billings (as Stephen Zacharias)
Walter Arnold	...	American Ambassador
Thomas Stubblefield	...	Capt. Lovell

Storyline

An atomic explosion awakens Gammera--a giant, fire-breathing turtle monster--from his millions of years of hibernation. Enraged at being roused from such a sound sleep, he takes it out on Tokyo.

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Plot Keywords:

remake | usa remake | american remake | giant | giant creature | 

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Taglines:

The super-monster even the H-bomb cannot destroy...

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Genres:

Family | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA Japan

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 December 1966 (USA)

Also Known As:

Gammera

Company Credits

Production Co:

Harris Associates, National Telefilm Associates (NTA)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the only film in the series that was filmed entirely in black and white.

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Connections

Featured in Savage Predators: 20 Movie Collection (2016)

User Reviews

Yet another kaiju movie with unnecessary American scenes inserted...

This movie was in a sci-fi 50-pack a friend of mine got me for Christmas. It is very similar to the first Gozilla movie, and like that movie, has scenes with American actors inserted for no real reason. One interesting thing about the inserted scenes is that there's a Cold War tension portrayed between America and Russia. Like in Godzilla, Gamera is awakened by an atomic explosion and rampages across the world, paying close attention to Tokyo because no big monster movie is complete unless Tokyo bites it. All in all, this is an okay movie. Some of the scenes involving Gamera, particularly the scenes in Toly, are quite spectacular and have special effects that were pretty decent at the time. If you like Japanese giant monster movies, you'll really get a kick out of this one. I give it a 4 out of 10. Had this been the unedited Japanese version that I watched, it probably would've gotten a 5.