Gamera vs. Guiron

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Gamera vs. Guiron

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Noriaki Yuasa
Produced by Hidemasa Nagata
Sandy Frank
Masaichi Nagata
Written by Nisan Takahashi
Starring Nobuhiro Kajima
Miyuki Akiyama
Chrystopher Murphy
Yuko Hamada
Eiji Funakoshi
Kon Omura
Music by Kenjiro Hirose
Shunsuke Kikuchi
Cinematography Akira Kitazaki
Editing by Eli Haviv
Distributed by American International Pictures
Release date(s) 21 March 1969
Running time 82 min
Country Flag of Japan Japan
Language Japanese
Preceded by Gamera vs. Viras
Followed by Gamera vs. Jiger
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Gamera vs. Guiron (ガメラ対大悪獣ギロン Gamera tai Daiakaijū Giron?, Gamera vs. Devil Monster Guiron), also known as Attack of the Monsters and Gamera vs. Guiron, is a 1969 daikaiju eiga (giant-monster movie), the fifth entry in the Gamera series. It was one of five Gamera films to be featured as episodes of movie-mocking television show Mystery Science Theater 3000. It is currently in the Public Domain.

This film's antagonist, Guiron (named for "guillotine"), is a giant quadrupedal dinosaur-like monster with a head shaped like a long knife. Along the knife is a hole that shoots small magnetic shuriken. It also has the ability to fly.

[edit] Plot summary

Two boys, Akio and Tom, spy in their telescope a spaceship that descends into a nearby field. With Akio's little sister in tow, they bicycle out the next day to investigate. The boys enter the spaceship and accidentally take off to an alien planet named Terra, while Tomoko is left behind, unable to convince any adults (except kindly but eccentric police officer Kondo) of the boys' misadventure. On Terra, the boys encounter two beautiful but sinister Terran women and the kaiju Guiron, who kills Space Gyaos. Gamera eventually tracks the boys to Terra and kills Guiron. The Terran women are killed and Gamera, Akio, and Tom go back to Earth.

[edit] Trivia

  • Space Gyaos wasn't going to be in this film; a new kaiju was going to be in it, but due to time and budget limitations, the Gyaos props from Gamera vs. Gyaos were simply painted silver.
  • In the Alpha Video U.S. release, the scene where Space Gyaos was killed by Guiron was removed for its graphic content.

[edit] References

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