Gamera vs. Guiron

"Controlled from the mysterious tenth planet, the immensely powerful Giant Demon Beast! The Earth is in danger! Launch the counter strategy, Gamera, you can do it!"

1969 1h 22m JA

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Synopsis

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Two young boys sneak aboard a spaceship and find themselves whisked away to the mysterious planet Terra. There, they encounter Gamera's old foe Gyaos and two female aliens with a taste for human brains. Gamera must save the children and battle the new monster Guiron, whose entire body is a deadly living weapon.

“Controlled from the mysterious tenth planet, the immensely powerful Giant Demon Beast! The Earth is in danger! Launch the counter strategy, Gamera, you can do it!”

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Cast

Nobuhiro Kajima
Akio
Christopher Murphy
Tom
Miyuki Akiyama
Tomoko
Eiji Funakoshi
Dr. Shiga
Kon Omura
Officer Kon Kondo
Yūko Hamada
Kuniko
Reiko Kasahara
Florbella
Edith Hanson
Elza

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Noriaki Yuasa
Writers: Nisan Takahashi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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82 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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57 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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ERA

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Part of the "Gamera (Showa) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Noriaki Yuasa, shot by Akira Kitazaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Shunsuke Kikuchi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Nobuhiro Kajima and Christopher Murphy and Miyuki Akiyama carry the top of the cast.

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ERA

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Marketing tagline: "Controlled from the mysterious tenth planet, the immensely powerful Giant Demon Beast! The Earth is in danger! Launch the counter strategy, Gamera, you can do it!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Noriaki Yuasa directs. Akira Kitazaki behind the camera. Shunsuke Kikuchi scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

182 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
257 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Gamera (Showa) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Noriaki Yuasa, shot by Akira Kitazaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Shunsuke Kikuchi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Nobuhiro Kajima and Christopher Murphy and Miyuki Akiyama carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Controlled from the mysterious tenth planet, the immensely powerful Giant Demon Beast! The Earth is in danger! Launch the counter strategy, Gamera, you can do it!".
9IMDB entry: tt0064360 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 9 themes, including "spacecraft", "monster", "giant monster", "turtle".

The technical file

Cinematography: Akira Kitazaki
Original score: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Runtime: 82 min · 1h 22m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)

Part of

Gamera (Showa) Collection

Gamera (ガメラ) is a giant turtle kaiju (giant monster) from a series of popular giant monster films produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company in Japan. Created in 1965 to rival the success of Toho Studios' Godzilla during the daikaiju boom of the mid-to-late 1960s, Gamera has gained fame and notoriety as a Japanese icon in his own right.