Gamera: Super Monster (1980)

Original title

宇宙怪獣ガメラ

Directed by

Noriaki Yuasa

Genre

fantasy film, adventure film, kaiju

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

6

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 58 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An alien invasion threatens Earth, and a giant flying turtle named Gamera teams up with three space women to fight the monsters. The movie uses footage from earlier Gamera films to tell a new story.

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What happens

Gamera: Super Monster (宇宙怪獣ガメラ, Uchū Kaijū Gamera; lit. 'Space Monster Gamera') is a 1980 Japanese kaiju film directed by Noriaki Yuasa and produced by Daiei International. It is the eighth film in the Gamera film series and its first installment by Tokuma Shoten, following the release of Gamera vs. Zigra in 1971, while it is a new story and doesn't share the lore with the previous Showa films. Gamera: Super Monster was distributed by New Daiei, and was released theatrically in Japan on 20 March 1980. It was followed by Gamera: Guardian of the Universe in 1995, which would mark the beginning of the franchise's Heisei period. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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