Gamera

Japanese Release Date:
November 27, 1965
Japanese Title:
Giant Monster Gamera
Japanese Running Time:
79 minutes
U.S. Release Date:
December 15, 1966
U.S. Title:
Gamera
Gamera the Invincible
U.S. Distributor:
World Entertainment Corp.
U.S. Running Time:
86 minutes
Monsters:
Gamera
My Rating:
My Comments
This movie was alright for the time period. Although, at the time this movie was made, Toho was making Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster in color and had much better special effects than this movie, but I bet Daiei made it in black and white so it would resemble the original Godzilla film (just a thought). Well, onto the synopsis...
Synopsis
An aircraft equipped with nuclear weapons is shot down in the Arctic by U.S. fighter jets. The plane crashes and causes a nuclear blast, awakening Gamera, and ancient giant turtle. Gamera attacks a nearby ship, then heads to Japan, where he destroys a geothermal power plant and feeds on the flames. A plan to temporarily freeze Gamera and turn him on its back using explosives proves unable to stop him, and Gamera heads for Tokyo, wreaking havoc on the Japanese capital. A new plan to use a trail of fire to lure Gamera into a rocket that will be shot into space called the Z Plan is put into effect and Gamera is lead to Oshima, following a trail of flames. The next day, Gamera is lured into the center of a ring of fire and is trapped in the head of a huge rocket, and is then shot into space.
Other Features: None
Cast & Crew
Dr. Hidaka
Eiji Funakoshi
Director
Noriaki Yuasa
Dr. Murase
Jun Hamamura
Producer
Masaichi Nagata
Kyoke
Harumi Kiritachi
Screenplay
Nisan Takahashi
Sakurai
Yoshiro Kitahara
Special Effects
Yonesaburo Tsukiji
Nobuyo
Michiko Sugata
Music
Tadashi Yamauchi