Gamera vs. Guiron

1969 "Controlled from the mysterious tenth planet, the immensely powerful Giant Demon Beast! The Earth is in danger! Launch the counter strategy, Gamera, you can do it!"
4.3| 1h22m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 21 March 1969 Released
Producted By: Daiei Film
Country: Japan
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Two young boys sneak aboard a spaceship and find themselves whisked away to the mysterious planet Terra. There, they encounter Gamera's old foe Gyaos and two female aliens with a taste for human brains. Gamera must save the children and battle the new monster Guiron, whose entire body is a deadly living weapon.

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Director

Noriaki Yuasa

Production Companies

Daiei Film

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Gamera vs. Guiron Audience Reviews

ada the leading man is my tpye
GamerTab That was an excellent one.
Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??
Mischa Redfern I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.
JLRVancouver In this outing, our colossal, jet-powered guardian-turtle has to deal with both a giant, knife-headed advisory and a pair of brain-eating space-babes. Briefly, two boys sneak onto a flying saucer that takes them to a 'counter Earth' (a planet orbiting unseen on the other side of the sun) inhabited by Barbella and Florbella, the two sexy, silver-clad aliens, their enslaved monster Guiron, and a host of 'space-Gyaos' (similar to the one that attacked Earth in 1967's "Return of the Giant Monsters"). The women, ostensibly kindly and courteous hosts, turn out to be evil and only Gamera can save the two boys (and perhaps all of humankind) from consumption. The movie is a budget concoction, with time-filling clips from previous films (as the girls study the boys' memories for weaknesses) and all of the kaiju 'action' taking place on a single, inexpensive looking 'alien world' set. Like most of the original Gamera films, kids are the target audience but the movie has a surprisingly brutal edge. The opening battle between Guiron and one of the Gyaos ends with the flying monster being dismembered while still alive (this scene seems to be commonly edited out: it is not on my DVD or on the free on-line versions I checked, and I don't remember it from way back when I watched this movie on TV, but its purple-gruesomeness can be found on You-tube). There is also a scene where one of the boys has his head shaved in preparation for cutting open his skull to get at his brain (stopped just in time) and numerous shots of a wounded Gamera bleeding. The special effects vary in effectiveness. The scenes on the alien planet and in the spacegirls' base are imaginative examples of budget-tokusatsu, with 'teleportation' booths and a surreal backdrop, but the monster brawls are simplistic and silly (relatively speaking), with one scene of Gamera doing a number of rotations around a 'high bar' before proudly sticking the landing in front of a bemused Guiron. I watched dubbed version that was an odd of mix of (sort of) scientifically correct (it would take a many years for an Apollo spacecraft to get to another star) to ridiculously wrong (the boys, both amateur astronomers, mix up 'star' and 'planet'). In addition to the aliens and the boys, we get a little sister continuously pouting because no one will believe her about the UFO, a comic-relief cop, and the boys' mothers, one of whom keeps offering amateur child-rearing psychology. The story is pretty typical of the first generation Gamera films and the movie is on par with the rest of the series, so if you liked the towering turtle's earlier adventures, you'll probably enjoy this one as well (but try to find an edgy, uncensored version for maximum impact).
OllieSuave-007 Campfest Gamera returns in this dozy of a movie where two boys stumble upon a flying saucer and ended up being flown to space. They are confronted by two women aliens who hypnotize the children so they would became rations for them later on. Throw in a knife-nosed space monster named Guiron, a little girl's pleas to the adults about the alien abduction, and a corny Officer named Cornjob into the mix and you have a Gamera flick that tips the cheese scale.Like the previous movie, this story utilizes the recycled alien-invasion plot. The special effects were pretty awful; the monster suits were not realistic or imaginative at all and the monster battle scenes were very campy (Gamera doing gymnastics on a high bar while fighting Guiron?!). And, the character development and substance were non-existent.Again, this film looks like an episode of a children's variety show. I know the filmmakers wanted to target the younger audience, but, at least, throw in some heroic and purposeful adult characters and make the plot elements sound at least believable (the lead kid characters want world peace and an end to traffic accidents?!).There are some scenes that are so bad, it's fun to watch, and, have to say some scenes of the aliens pursuing the kids were a little thrilling. Watch only if you like extreme camp and cheese factor. Grade D
Woodyanders Two little boys are abducted by a pair of lovely, yet lethal brain-eating female aliens by being flown to the extraterrestrial gals' home planet on a flying saucer. It's up to Gamera to save the lads, but first the heroic gigantic prehistoric turtle must defeat nefarious knife-nosed beast Guiron. Director Noriaka Yuasa and writer Nisan Takahashi relate the delightfully inane and quirky story at a steady pace and thankfully downplay silly humor in favor of a generally serious tone. The monster attack set pieces are not only pretty lively and exciting, but also surprisingly brutal and violent (the single most shocking moment occurs when big nasty bully Guiron both dismembers and decapitates bat-like creature Gyaos then cuts up Gyaos' corpse into itty bitty pieces!)). Nobuhiro Kajima as spunky idealist Akio and Christopher Murphy as his American friend Tom are tolerable and pretty likable leads while the wicked cannibal alien women are fetching and freaky in equal measure. Miyuki Akiyama is adorable as Akio's loyal sister Tomoko. The primitive backscreen projection and cruddy Tonka Toy miniatures possess a certain lovably rinky-dink charm. Akira Kitazaki's sharp cinematography makes nice expansive use of the widescreen format. Shunsuke Kikuchi's rousing and dynamic score hits the stirring spot. Gamera's cute'n'catchy theme song is an absolute campy hoot. A fun giant creature feature flick.
WakenPayne this is Hysterical the effects are horrible but MTS3K spoofed it which explains it completely (haven't seen any of the episodes just seen the movie) Gamera is a flying space turtle (who hangs around KIDS and a guy in a suit). Gayos is a pterodactyl that is silver and shoots rays out it's mouth (or a guy in a suit). Guiron is a knife headed 4 legged monster (or a guy in a suit for that matter) anyway these kid actors are THE WORST OF THE 60'S. all in all a crappy monster film... but a great comedy. Unlike Godzilla meets bolante there are more things to laugh about like the dialogue "I dream of a world without wars or traffic accidents" yeah TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS this element goes on throughout the whole movie.