Gamera, the Giant Monster
1965
Striking down jets, grabbing hold of the Tokyo Tower, flying through the air breathing fire, the giant monster of the century!
Directed by Noriaki Yuasa
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Intensity
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 monster, to put a stop to Gamera's rampage.
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- Director
- Noriaki Yuasa
- Written by
- Nisan Takahashi
- Produced by
- Yonejirô Saitô
- Composer
- Tadashi Yamanouchi
- Cinematographer
- Nobuo Munekawa
- Editor
- Tatsuji Nakashizu
- Studio
- Daiei Film
- Origin country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Language
- Japanese
- Also known as
- Gamera, Gamera: The Giant Monster
- TMDB
- 5.9/10 (153 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 40% Rotten
- IMDb
- 5.2/10 (3,960 votes)
Cast
Eiji Funakoshi
Dr. Hidaka
Michiko Sugata
Nobuyo Sakurai
Harumi Kiritachi
Kyoke Yamamoto
Yoshirō Kitahara
Mr. Sakurai
Bokuzen Hidari
Old Farmer
Fumiko Murata
Old Farmer's Wife
Jun Hamamura
Professor Murase
Jutarō Hōjō
Self-Defense Force Commander
Yoshio Yoshida
Eskimo Chief
Kenji Oyama
Minister of Defense
Jun Osanai
Maru Captain
Kōji Fujiyama
US Arctic Base Commander
Ichigen Ohashi
Mr. Ueda
Munehiko Takada
Soviet Representative
Kenichi Tani
Officer
Tsutomu Nakata
Toshio's Uncle
Yūji Moriya
News Announcer
Osamu Maruyama
Atomic Energy Research Institute Chief
Crew
Noriaki Yuasa
Director
Nisan Takahashi
Screenplay
Yonejirô Saitô
Producer
Tadashi Yamanouchi
Original Music Composer
Nobuo Munekawa
Director of Photography
Tatsuji Nakashizu
Editor
Akira Inoue
Production Design
Hidemasa Nagata
Executive Producer
Masaichi Nagata
Executive Producer
Keywords
Links
Trailer
Gamera (Showa) Collection
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