Gamera 2: Region shurai (1996)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1996
Running Times: 99 mins
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby SR

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Daiei Studios / NTV Network / Tokuma International
Producers: Miyuki Nanri, Naoki Sato, Tsutomu Tsuchikawa

SCRIPT
Script: Kazunori Itô

DIRECTION
Director: Shusuke Kaneko

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Junichi Tozawa

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Shizuo Arakawa
Special Effects Sequences Editor: Shinichi Fushima

MUSIC
Music: Kô Ôtani

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Coordinator: Toshio Miike
Special Effects Director: Shinji Higuchi
Special Effects: Hiroshi Honjo
Special Effects Photography: Hiroshi Kidokoro
Creature Creator: Tomo Haraguchi
Special Effects Assistant: Makoto Kamiya

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Hajime Oikawa

LOCATIONS
Locations: Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

CAST
Akiji Kobayashi
Toshiyuki Nagashima (Colonel Watarase)
Miki Mizuno (Midori Honami)
Tamotsu Ishibashi (Hanatani)
Mitsuru Fukikoshi (Obitsu)
Ayako Fujitani (Asagi Kusanagi)
Hiroyuki Okita (Sasai)
Yusuke Kawazu (Nojiri)
Yukijiro Hotaru (Osako)
Hatsunori Hasegawa (Satake)
Tomorowo Taguchi (subway driver)
Ishii Rasale (NTT staff)
Hiroshi Okochi
Bengal

PLOT SUMMARY

Hundreds of insect-like creatures known as legion are brought to Earth aboard a meteor that crashes in Japan. The legion find their way to Tokyo where the military are unable to prevent them from going on the rampage – only Gamera stands between the legion and the fall of Tokyo.

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Hong Kong
Rating: IIA

TIMELINE

1996
September
14: Canada – shown at the Toronto Film Festival

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Gamera 2: Assault of the Legion - US title
Gamera 2: La invasió del legió - Catalan Spanish title

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
Daikaijû Gamera (1965)
Gamera daikaijû kuchu kessen (1995)

SEQUEL
Gamera 3: Iris kakusei (1999)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Cinefantastique vol.28 no.3 (October 1996) pp.10-13 (USA)
illustrated article (Gamera 2: Legion Attacks! by Steve Ryfle)

KEYWORDS

gamera, giant monsters, helicopters, meteors, military, sequels

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009