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A giant lizard that comes to Japan when a sacred statue is disturbed. Jiger can shoot spikes and at one point impregnates Gamera. (And here they were saying they are only freinds.)
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a.k.a. Gamera vs. Monster X
Japan, 1970 |
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Starring Tsutomu Takakuwa, Kelly Varis, Kon Omura. Directed by Noriaki Yuasa. The Gamera series continues to wind down with this, the cheap sixth entry. Gamera fights Jiger, a mystical creature who attacks a world's fair held in Japan. This movie is mostly noteworthy for the sequence in which some children travel inside Gamera, Fantastic Voyage style. 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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