Gamera tai Daimaju Jaiga (1970)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1970
Running Times: 83 mins
Format: Eastmancolor     35mm     Daieiscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Daiei Studios

SCRIPT
Script: Nisan Takahashi

DIRECTION
Director: Noriaki Yuasa
US Version Director: Bret Morrison

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Akira Kitazaki

MUSIC
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Song: Kenjiro Hirose

SOUND
Sound System: Westrex Recording System

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Kazufumi Fujii

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Akira Inoue

CAST
Tsutomu Takakuwa
Kelly Varis
Katherine Murphy
Kon Omura (Dad)
Ryô Hayami
Junko Yashiro

PLOT SUMMARY

A huge monster is disturbed when an ancient statue is moved in Japan during Expo '70 and begins to attack. The country's only hope is Gamera, but Jiger impregnates the turtle with its offspring and a team of scientists have to travel into Gameras body to fight them off.

AVAILABILITY

Canada
Video Distributors: Celebrity Video Presentations

Spain
Video Distributors: Filmax Home Video

USA
Theatrical Distributors: AIP
Video Distributors: World Beyond Video

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Frankensteins Dämon bedroht die Welt - West German title
Gamera contra Jiger, el señor del caos - Spanish title
Gamera gegen Jiggar, Frankensteins Dämon bedroht die Welt - West German title
Gamera vs Giger - English language title
Gamera vs Jiger
Gamera vs Monster X - US title
Kinkong l'impero dei draghi - Italian title
Monsters Invade Expo '70
War of the Monsters

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
Daikaijû Gamera (1965)
Daikaijû kessen: Gamera tai Barugon (1966)
Gamera tai Gyaosu (1967)
Gamera tai uchu kaijû Bairasu (1968)
Gamera tai daikaijû Giron (1969)

SEQUEL
Gamera tai Shinkai kaijû Jigura (1971)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Uchu kaijû Gamera (1980)

SEE ALSO
Antibody (2002)
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
Innerspace (1987)

REFERENCES

BOOKS

Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.156
credits

MAGAZINES

Unijapan Quarterly no.49 (Japan)
review

NEWSPAPERS

Manila Bulletin 20 December 1970 (Philippines)
review

KEYWORDS

gamera, giant monsters, helicopters, monsters, sequels, submarines, turtles

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009