Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

"I'll never forgive Gamera."

1999 1h 48m JA

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7.4

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★7.4TMDB · 135

FantasyScience FictionHorror

Synopsis

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With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.

“I'll never forgive Gamera.”

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Cast

Ai Maeda
Ayana Hirasaka
Shinobu Nakayama
Dr. Mayumi Nagamine
Aki Maeda
Young Ayana Hirasaka
Ayako Fujitani
Asagi Kusanagi
Yû Koyama
Tatsunari Moribe
Nozomi Ando
Miyuki Moribe
Ito Takahiro
Satoru Hirasaka
Senri Yamazaki
Mito Asakura

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Writers: Shusuke Kaneko, Kazunori Ito
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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ERA

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

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Shusuke Kaneko, shot by Junichi Tozawa. 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 Kow Otani. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Isao Tomita shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Ai Maeda and Shinobu Nakayama and Aki Maeda carry the top of the cast.

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ERA

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Marketing tagline: "I'll never forgive Gamera.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0184503 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Shusuke Kaneko directs. Junichi Tozawa behind the camera. Kow Otani scores. Isao Tomita cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

127 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Gamera (Heisei) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Shusuke Kaneko, shot by Junichi Tozawa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Kow Otani. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Isao Tomita shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Ai Maeda and Shinobu Nakayama and Aki Maeda carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "I'll never forgive Gamera.".
8IMDB entry: tt0184503 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 13 themes, including "japan", "giant monster", "sequel", "giant bird".