Gamera tai uchu kaijû Bairasu (1968)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1968
Running Times: 75 mins     90 mins (US TV version)
Format: Eastmancolor     35mm     Daieiscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Daiei
Executive Producer: Masaichi Nagata
Producer: Hidemasa Nagata
Presenter: Masaichi Nagata
Presenters (AIP-TV Release): James H. Nicholson, Samuel Z. Arkoff

SCRIPT
Script: Fumi Takahashi

DIRECTION
Director: Kenji Yuasa
US Version Director: Bret Morrison

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Akira Kitazaki
Lab: Daiei Laboratory

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Shoji Sekiguchi
Post Production Supervisor: Salvatore Billitteri
US Version Editors: Eli Haviv , Emil Haviv

MUSIC
Music: Kenjiro Hirose

SOUND
Supervising Sound Editor: Kimio Hida
American Re-Recording: Titan Productions Inc
Sound System: Westrex Recording System

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Kazufumi Fujii, Yuzo Kaneko
Monster Design: Ryosaku Takayama

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Tomohisa Yano

LOCATIONS
Studio: Daiei Tokyo Studios, Tokyo, Japan

CAST
Kojiro Hongo (Scout Master Mr Shimida)
Toru Takatsuka (Masao Nakaya)
Kurl Crane (real name: Carl Craig) (Jim)
Peter Williams (Dr Dobie)
Carl Clay (Carl Crane)
Michiko Yaegaki
Mari Atsumi (Junko Aoki)
Junko Yashiro (Masako Shibata)
Koji Fujiyama (Commander of Jietat)
Genzô Wakayama (voice of Boss)
Chikara Hashimoto
Kenichiro Yamane
Kenji Go
Akira Natsuki
Ken Nakahara
Merry Muras (real name: Mary Morris)
Yoshiro Kitahara
Keiichi Noda

PLOT SUMMARY

An alien invasion fleet is intercepted by Gamera who destroys one of their ships, but a second gets through and abducts a pair of Boy Scouts so that Gamera won't attack. The aliens are able to implant a remote control device into Gamera and turn the monster loose on Tokyo. But the boys are able to turn the tables and soon Gamera is heading for a showdown with the leader of the alien forces, the giant squid-like Viras.

AVAILABILITY

Canada
Video Distributors: Celebrity Video Presentations

Japan
Theatrical Distributors: Daiei

USA
Theatrical Distributors: AIP
Television Distributors: AIP-TV
Video Distributors: Filmax Home Video; Sinister Cinema; Something Weird Video
DVD Distributors: Retromedia Entertainment Inc (RMED1047 - on double bill with Gamera tai daikaijû Giron (1969))

TIMELINE

1968
March
20: Japan – theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Destroy All Planets
Gamera tai Viras
Gamera vs Outer Space Monster Viras
Gamera vs Viras
Il mostro invincibile - Italian title
Viras ataca la Tierra - Spanish title

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
Daikaijû Gamera (1965)
Daikaijû kessen: Gamera tai Barugon (1966)
Gamera tai Gyaosu (1967)

SEQUELS
Gamera tai daikaijû Giron (1969)
Gamera tai Daimaju Jaiga (1970)
Gamera tai Shinkai kaijû Jigura (1971)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Uchu kaijû Gamera (1980)

REFERENCES

BOOKS

Horror and Science Fiction Films p.147
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OTHER SOURCES

screen
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KEYWORDS

aliens, children, gamera, giant monsters, gyaos, monsters, sequels, submarines, turtles

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009