Gamera, the Giant Monster

Movie

1965

1h 19m

Not Rated

Japanese

Action, Horror, Science Fiction

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5.4

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A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ice. In his search for energy, Gamera wreaks havoc over the entire world, and it's up to the scientists, assisted by a young boy with a strange sympathic link to the ...

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Gamera, the Giant Monster

Not Rated

Movie

1965

1h 19m

Japanese

Action, Horror, Science Fiction

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Cast

Dr. Hidaka

Nobuyo Sakurai

Kyoke Yamamoto

Mr. Sakurai

Old Farmer

Old Farmer's Wife

Professor Murase

Self-Defense Force Commander

Eskimo Chief

Minister of Defense

Maru Captain

US Arctic Base Commander

Ichigen Ohashi

Mr. Ueda

Munehiko Takada

Soviet Representative

Officer

Toshio's Uncle

News Announcer

Atomic Energy Research Institute Ch...

Yoshirō Uchida

Toshio Sakurai

Toshio Maki

Atomic Energy Research Institute St...

Kazuo Sumida

Atomic Energy Research Institute St...

Rin Sugimori

Police Station Chief

Tetsurō Takeuchi

Atomic Energy Research Institute St...

Junichiro Yamashita

Directed By: Noriaki Yuasa

Written By: Nisan Takahashi (Screenplay)

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Whitsbrain says...

3 years ago

This is the very first Gamera movie. It's just what you'd think...cool miniatures, clunky kaiju costume, baffled scientists. You know the routine. The most memorable thing I'll say about "Gamera" (the Giant Monster) is "Plan Z RULES"!!! And that the opening scenes with the U.S. Military plotting Gamera's movements is just about the worst acting I've ever seen. But of course, I loved those scenes.

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Nox Anexayi says...

12 months ago

Genuinely amazing. Im trying to watch this through the eyes of a young boy in 1965 in cinema. And I'm blown away. I've not seen Godzilla yet so I don't know how it compares. The acting is way better than expected and though they take liberties when it comes to science, their reasoning is sound. If heat doesn't work, let's go the opposite direction. The Gamera suit doesn't even look that bad. When he walks away from the power plant, it looks good. The thing that impresses me most is the amount of work that most have gotten into making the miniatures. It doesn't feel like he's just rampaging through cardboard buildings. There seems to be layers for Gamera to break through. This was made only 5 years after my favourite movie "The Time Machine" but without the Hollywood funding and it already looks better.

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Whitsbrain says...

3 years ago

This is the very first Gamera movie. It's just what you'd think...cool miniatures, clunky rubber suit, baffled scientists. You know the routine. The most memorable thing I'll say about "Gamera the Giant Monster" is that Plan Z RULES!!! And that the opening scenes with the U.S. Military plotting Gamera's movements is just about the worst acting I've ever seen. But of course, I loved those scenes. The opening scene with Gamera rising from his frozen Arctic prison and the atomic cloud that releases him look really neat. Little Toshio is psychotic in his pursuit of Gamera.

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