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Not to be confused with Toho monster with the similar name, Barugon is a giant chameleon that hatches from an opal and fights Gamera until meeting a watery demise.
Gamera vs. Barugon |
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a.k.a. War of the Monsters
Japan, 1966 |
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Starring Kojiro Hongo, Kyoko Enami, Koji Fujiyama. Directed by Shigeo Tanaka. Gamera returns from space, just in time to fight Barugon, a giant chameleon who hatches from an opal. This is probably the last time the original Gamera movies even pretended to be entertainment for anything but the smallest children. However, the gory monster violence on display here would only get worse in later films. This movie was dubbed for U.S. TV by AIP. |
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Gamera Super Monster |
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a.k.a. Space Monster Gamera, Super Monster
Japan, 1980 |
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Starring Yoko Komatsu, Keiko Kudo, Koichi Maeda. Directed by Noriaki Yuasa. Gamera vs. stock footage! Yes, rather than film any new Gamera footage, a bunch of his old fights were edited into a movie about some female superheroes trying to stop a space pirate. This movie was dubbed for U.S. TV, but rarely seen. The TV version cut perhaps the most interesting bits for viewers today, some brief scenes where Gamera "met" the Space Cruiser Yamato and Galaxy Express 999. |
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