Gamera daikaijû kuchu kessen (1995)

Director:

Shusuke Kaneko

Writers:

Matt Greenfield (dialogue)
Kazunori Itô (writer)
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Release Date:

16 April 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The giant flying turtle is back for this 1995 Japanese feature where once again Gamera's intentions are misinterpreted by the military...

Plot Keywords:

Giant Monster | Environmental | Pollution | Helicopter | Night Vision Goggles

Awards:

6 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Tsuyoshi Ihara	...	Yoshinari Yonemori
Akira Onodera	...	Naoya Kusangi
Shinobu Nakayama	...	Mayumi Nagamine
Ayako Fujitani	...	Asagi Kusanagi
Yukijiro Hotaru	...	Insp. Osako
Hatsunori Hasegawa	...	Col. Satake
Hirotaro Honda	...	Mr. Saito
Akira Kubo	...	Captain of the Kairyumaru
Kojiro Hongo	...	Captain of the Nojima
Takashi Matsuo	...	Taxi driver
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carol Amerson	...	Various (voice: English version)
Tiffany Grant	...	Dr. Mayumi Nagamine (voice: English version)
Yuhmi Kaneyama	...	Gyaos
Gene Kato	...	Helicopter Pilot (voice: English version)
Tristan MacAvery	...	Mr. Kusanagi (voice: English version)
Naoaki Manabe	...	Gamera
Paul Sidello	...	Inspector Ohsako (voice: English version)
Jun Suzuki	...	Gamera
Sue Ulu	...	Reporter (voice: English version)
Brett Weaver	...	News Anchor, Scientist (voice: English version)
Amanda Winn Lee	...	Asagi Kusanagi (voice: English version)

Directed by
Shusuke Kaneko

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Matt Greenfield		dialogue
Kazunori Itô		writer
James Shanks		UK version

Produced by
Matt Greenfield	....	producer (US dubbed version)
Hiroyuki Kato	....	executive producer
John Ledford	....	executive producer (english version)
Shigeru Ohno	....	producer
Yasuyoshi Tokuma	....	executive producer
Tsutomu Tsuchikawa	....	producer
Seiji Urushido	....	producer

Original Music by
Kô Ôtani

Cinematography by
Junichi Tozawa

Film Editing by
Shizuo Arakawa

Production Design by
Hajime Oikawa

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shozo Katashima	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Yasuo Hashimoto	....	sound

Special Effects by
Shinichi Fushima	....	editor: special effects sequences
Tomoo Haraguchi	....	creature creator
Hokoka Hayashi	....	special effects lighting
Shinji Higuchi	....	special effects director
Makoto Kamiya	....	special effects assistant director
Hiroshi Kidokoro	....	special effects photographer
Toshio Miike	....	special effects art director
Kenji Sugata	....	special effects crew

Visual Effects by
Takashi Kawabata	....	digital effects artist
Hajime Matsumoto	....	visual effects

Other crew
Junko Kawashima	....	script girl
Mahiro Maeda	....	creature designer
Atsunori Sato	....	computer graphic artist
James Shanks	....	adr director (UK version)

Production Companies

• Daiei Studios
• Hakuhodo
• NTV Network

Distributors

• ADV Films (1997) (USA) (subtitled)
• Toho Company (1995) (Japan) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Kikkosen

Also Known As:

Gamera: Giant Monster Midair Showdown
Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:PG | USA:Unrated

Company:

Daiei Studios

Trivia:

The gayos creature was performed by a female actress so that it would convey more 'feminine' like behavior. Apparently this was the first time a kaiju was ever performed by a woman.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Into the Sun (2005)

Not so bad after all....

This one should please fans of old school monster movies. Very similar to the classic "Gamera" films (for those not in the know, Gamera is a giant mutant turtle who can fly in the process of defending the earth from other giant mutants). A lot of humor, good movie for kids, decent special effects.

Nothing too memorable, but definitely worth it for fans of the genre.

Better than Toho's new "Godzilla" films, which all feature that annoying psychic girl.

Gamera films are made by a competing film company and it is good to see they are still at it.