Gamera tai Shinkai kaijû Jigura (1971)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1971
Running Times: 87 mins
Format: Daieicolor     35mm     Daieiscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Daiei Studios
Producer: Yoshihiko Manabe
US Version Producer: Sandy Frank

SCRIPT
Script: Nisan Takahashi

DIRECTION
Director: Noriaki Yuasa

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Akira Uehara

MUSIC
Music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Song: Kenjiro Hirose

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Kazufumi Fuji

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Akira Inoue

LOCATIONS
Locations: Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

CAST
Koji Fujiyama
Reiko Kasahara
Keiichi Noda (voice of Jigura)
Isamu Saeki
Yasushi Sakagami
Mikiko Tsubouchi
Arlene Zoellner
Gloria Zoellner

AVAILABILITY

Canada
Video Distributors: Celebrity Video Presentations

Japan
Theatrical Distributors: Dainichi-Eihai

USA
Video Distributors: Filmax Home Video
Laserdisc Distributors: Image Entertainment Inc

TIMELINE

1971
July
17: Japan – theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Gamera contra Zigra, la amenaza de los océanos - Spanish title
Gamera vs the Deep Sea Monster Zigra
Gamera vs Zigra

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)
Gamera tai Daimaju Jaiga (1970)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Uchu kaijû Gamera (1980)

SEE ALSO
Rudora no hihou (1996)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Motion Picture Herald 8 September 1971 p.5 (USA)
advert

Unijapan no.53 p.33 (Japan)
review

BOOKS

Horror and Science Fiction Films p.148
credits

Reference Guide to Fantastic Films p.155
credits

KEYWORDS

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

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009