Gamera: Super Monster

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Gamera, Super Monster

Gamera, Super Monster (1980) Theatrical poster
Directed by Noriaki Yuasa
Produced by Yoshihiko Manabe
Hidemasa Nagata
Sandy Frank (2nd US version)
Written by Nisan Takahashi
Starring Mach Fumiake
Yaeko Kojima
Yoko Komatsu
Keiko Kudo
Koichi Maeda
Toshie Takada
Hiroji Hayshi
Makoto Ikeda
Music by Shunsuke Kikuchi
Mach Fumiake (singer: "Love for Future")
Cinematography Akira Kitazaki
Michio Takahashi
Akira Uehara
Distributed by Daiei
Release date(s) March 20, 1980
May 7, 1980 (U.S.)
Running time 92 min.
Language Japanese
English
Preceded by Gamera vs. Zigra
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Gamera: Super Monster (宇宙怪獣ガメラ Uchu Kaijū Gamera?, Space Monster Gamera), a 1980 daikaiju eiga (giant-monster movie), was the belated final entry in the Shōwa Gamera series, and the last Gamera film written by Nisan Takahashi and directed by Noriaki Yuasa. It relied heavily on stock footage from previous Gamera films. This is regarded by many fans of the series to be the worst of all the Gamera films. This movie was made with the intention of getting Daiei out of bankruptcy, which failed. There wasn't another Gamera movie made for another 15 years, until his revival in 1995.

[edit] Plot

When the evil alien Zanon comes to enslave the Earth, all hope seems lost. The Earth's resident superheroes, the Spacewomen, are powerless to stop him. They must enlist the help of a young boy who has a special connection with Gamera. The friend of all children then fights and kills the revived Gyaos, Zigra, Viras, Jiger, Guiron, and Baragon. He then sacrifices himself destroying Zanon's spaceship, killing Zanon.

[edit] Trivia

  • Every one of the kaiju fought by Gamera in the Showa series appears in this film via stock footage, each with a subtitle regarding their name. In order he fights the revived Gyaos, Zigra, Viras, Jiger, Guiron and Barugon. Ironically, Barugon was the first kaiju Gamera ever fought.
  • The end of the film features the death of the Showa Gamera, as he sacrifices himself destroying Zanon's spaceship, killing Zanon.
  • The Gamera theme song is absent from this film, and a new theme song appears multiple times.
  • This film, because of the heavy use of stock footage (which took up over a third of the film), featured only about two minutes of new Gamera footage.
  • As can be seen from the poster, the film features a spaceship which bears a suspicious resemblance to an Imperial Star Destroyer, an obvious attempt to capitalize on the success of the Star Wars films.
  • As Gamera originally fought Guiron on an alien planet (Terra), a plot device created that Gamera travelled to where the kaiju lived and fought them there.

[edit] External links

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