Gamera vs. Guiron

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Gamera vs. the Devil-Beast Giron
A DVD cover for "Gamera vs. the Devil-Beast Giron."
Directed by	Noriaki Yuasa
Produced by	Hidemasa Nagata Sandy Frank Masaichi Nagata
Written by	Nisan Takahashi
Starring	Nobuhiro Kajima Miyuki Akiyama Christopher 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	Japan
Language	Japanese
Preceded by	Destroy All Planets
Followed by	Gamera vs. Giger
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Gamera vs. Guillon (ガメラ対大悪獣ギロン, Gamera tai Daiakujū Giron^?, Gamera versus Great Evil Beast Guillon), also known as 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, Guillon (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 shurikens.

1 Plot summary
2 Cast
3 Trivia
4 References

[edit] Plot summary

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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 accidentally take off for another planet, while Tomoko is left behind, unable to convince any adults (except kindly but eccentric police officer Kondo) of the boys' misadventure. On the icebound planet Terra, the boys encounter two beautiful but sinister alien women and the monster Guillon, who effortlessly dices a Space-Gyaos with its knife-blade head. Gamera eventually tracks the boys to the ice planet and battles Guillon while the boys try to avoid being served up for dinner by their hungry hosts.

[edit] Cast

Actor	Role
Nobuhiro Kajima	Akio
Miyuki Akiyama	Tomoko
Christopher Murphy	Tom
Yuko Hamada	Kuniko
Eiji Funakoshi	Dr. Shiga
Kon Omura	Officer Kondo
Edith Hanson	Elza, Tom's mother

[edit] Trivia

The monster that was originally going to be chopped up by Guillon couldn't be done (due to budget and time), so Gyaos was used instead. He was painted silver to give the impression that this is a "Space-Gyaos".^{[citation needed]}

In the Alpha Video US Release, Gamera tai Daikaiju Guiron (titled "Attack of the Monsters"), the scene with Gyaos being chopped up by Guiron is removed for its graphic content.

[edit] References

Wingrove, David. Science Fiction Film Source Book (Longman Group Limited, 1985)
Gamera tai daiakuju Giron at the Internet Movie Database
Doanload free from MightyZIM's Public Domain Classics

v • d • e Daiei's Gamera Series
Shōwa Series:	Gamera · Gamera vs. Barugon · Gamera vs. Gyaos · Gamera vs. Viras · Gamera vs. Guiron · Gamera vs. Jiger · Gamera vs. Zigra · Gamera: Super Monster
Gamera Trilogy:	Gamera: Guardian of the Universe · Gamera 2: Attack of Legion · Gamera 3: Awakening of Irys
Millennium Series:	Gamera the Brave
Kaiju:	Gamera • Barugon • Gyaos • Viras • Guiron • Jiger • Zigra • Legion • Irys • Zedus