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Gamera, the Giant Monster (1987)

#23,43520,095
Movie"Striking down jets, grabbing hold of the Tokyo Tower, flying through the air breathing fire, the giant monster of the century!"
Audience Score
60
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NR 1 hr 19 minJul 14th, 1987Horror, Action, Science FictionGamera (Showa) Collection PosterPart of Gamera (Showa) Collection
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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 monster, to put a stop to Gamera's rampage.
StarringEiji FunakoshiMichiko SugataHarumi Kiritachi
DirectorNoriaki Yuasa

Movie Details

On DVD & Blu-ray:July 14th, 1987 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$360,000
Original Language:Japanese
Executive Producers:Masaichi Nagata, Hidemasa Nagata
Production Companies:Daiei Film
Movie Tags:
japanmonstertokusatsukaijuexplosiongiant monsterarctic polar circle regionprehistoric creatureturtlenuclear explosion

Gamera (Showa) Collection

Gamera (ガメラ?) is a giant turtle Kaiju (Giant monster) from a series of popular Giant monster films produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company in Japan. Created in 1965 to rival the success of Toho Studios' Godzilla during the daikaiju boom of the mid-to-late 1960s, Gamera has gained fame and notoriety as a Japanese icon in his own right.