Gamera daikaijû kuchu kessen (1995)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1995
Running Times: 96 mins
Format: colour     35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Daiei Studios / Hakuhodo Incorporated / NTV Network
Producer: Tsutomu Tsuchikawa
US Version Producer: Matt Greenfield

SCRIPT
Script: Kazunori Itô
UK Version Script: James Shanks
Dialogue: Matt Greenfield

DIRECTION
Director: Shusuke Kaneko
US Version Director: Matt Greenfield

PHOTOGRAPHY
Directors of Photography: Kenji Takama, Junichi Tozawa

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

MUSIC
Music: Kô Ôtani

SOUND
Sound: Yasuo Hashimoto
UK Version ADR Director: James Shanks

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Director: Shinji Higuchi
Special Effects Photographer: Hiroshi Kidokoro
Creature Designer: Mahiro Maeda
Creature Creator: Tomo Haraguchi

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Hajime Matsumoto

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Hajime Oikawa

CAST
Tsuyoshi Ihara (Yoshinari Yonemori)
Akira Onodera (Naoya Kusangi)
Shinobu Nakayama (Mayumi Nagamine)
Ayako Fujitani (Asagi Kusanagi)
Yukijiro Hotaru (Inspector Osako)
Hatsunori Hasegawa (Colonel Satake)
Hirotaro Honda (Mr Saito)
Akira Kubo (Captain of the Kairyumaru)
Kojiro Hongo (Captain of the Nojima)
Takashi Matsuo (taxi driver)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE VERSION VOICES
Tiffany Grant (Dr Mayumi Nagamine)
Gene Kato (helicopter pilot)
Tristan MacAvery (Mr Kusanagi)
Paul Sidello (Inspector Ohsako)
Sue Ulu (reporter)
Brett Weaver (news anchor / scientist)
Amanda Winn Lee (Asagi Kusanagi)
Carol Amerson

PLOT SUMMARY

When the monster Gyaos attacks Tokyo and nests atop the Tokyo Tower, the military are helpless to stop the devestation. Then giant flying turtle Gamera turns up to battle the creature, but will anyone understand his real intentions?

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: ADV Films

AWARDS

1996
Awards of the Japanese Academy, Japan
Award of the Japanese Academy Best Supporting Actress (Shinobu Nakayama) - nominated

TIMELINE

1995
September
16: Canada – shown at the Toronto Film Festival

1997
April
3: UK – theatrical release
16: USA – theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Gamera: El guardián del universo - Spanish title
Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
Daikaijû Gamera (1965)

SEQUELS
Gamera 2: Region shurai (1996)
Gamera 3: Iris kakusei (1999)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Cinefantastique vol.28 no.3 (October 1996) (USA)
review (by Steve Biodrowski)

KEYWORDS

gamera, giant monsters, gyaos, helicopters, kaiju eiga, military, pollution

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009