Gamera tai daikaijû Giron (1969)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1969
Running Times: 80 mins (USA)     82 mins
Format: Eastmancolor     35mm     Daieiscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Daiei
Executive Producer: Masaichi Nagata
Producer: Hidemasa Nagata
Planner: Kazumasa Nakano
US Version Producer: Sandy Frank

SCRIPT
Script: Fumi Takahashi

DIRECTION
Director: Noriaki Yuasa
US Version Director: Bret Morrison

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Akira Kitazaki
Lab: Daiei Laboratory

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
US Version Editor: Eli Haviv

MUSIC
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Song: Kenjiro Hirose

SOUND
American Re-Recording: Titan Productions Inc

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Kazufumi Fujii
Monster Design: Ryosaku Takayama

CAST
Nobuhiro Kajima (Akio)
Miyuki Akiyama (Tomoko)
Chrystopher Murphy (Tom)
Yuko Hamada (Kuniko)
Eiji Funakoshi (Dr Shiga)
Kon Omura (Officer Kondo)
Edith Hanson (Elza)

PLOT SUMMARY

Three young children – two boys and a girl - discover a flying saucer and the two boys are taken off to planet on the exact opposite side of the Sun. The kids are hypnotized by two women to fantasize about milk, donuts and Gamera but in fact are just planning to eat their brains. Meanwhile, back on Earth, no-one believes the girl's story and it's up to Gamera to save the day.

AVAILABILITY

Canada
Video Distributors: Celebrity Video Presentations

Spain
Video Distributors: Filmax Home Video

USA
Theatrical Distributors: AIP; King Features Entertainment
Television Distributors: AIP-TV
Video Distributors: Just For Kids Video; Sinister Cinema
Laserdisc Distributors: Image Films; Synapse Films (SFL 0006)
DVD Distributors: Retromedia Entertainment Inc (RMED1047 - on double bill with Gamera tai uchu kaijû Bairasu (1968)); Gotham Distribution

TIMELINE

1969
March
21: Japan – theatrical release

1999
December
31: USA - laserdisc release (Synapse Films (SFL 0006))

2003
November
18: USA - DVD release (Gotham Distribution)

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Attack of the Monsters
Gamera contra Guiron, guardián del planeta fantasma - Spanish title
Gamera vs Guillon - US title
Gamera vs Guiron - US title
Gamera vs the Giant Evil Beast Guiron
King Kong contro Godzilla - Italian title

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
Daikaijû Gamera (1965)
Daikaijû kessen: Gamera tai Barugon (1966)
Gamera tai Gyaosu (1967)
Gamera tai uchu kaijû Bairasu (1968)

SEQUELS
Gamera tai Daimaju Jaiga (1970)
Gamera tai Shinkai kaijû Jigura (1971)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Uchu kaijû Gamera (1980)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998)
This Is MST3K (1992)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Oriental Cinema no.8 p.11 (USA)
review

BOOKS

Horror and Science Fiction Films Volume II p.147
credits

The Illustrated Dinosaur Movie Guide by Stephen Jones pp.68-69
credits, review

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

bone saws, decapitations, gamera, giant monsters, gyaos, monsters, sequel, teleportation, telescopes, turtles

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009