Gamera, the Guardian of the Universe
1995 · Movie · 96 min · ★ 7.4 · 72% critics
After a mysterious shipwreck and reports of giant birdlike creatures, investigators uncover signs of an ancient threat tied to the present. As attacks spread and panic grows, a powerful guardian rises with a strange connection to one young girl.
Also known as Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe
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Details
- Original title
- ガメラ 大怪獣空中決戦
- Years
- 1995
- Release date
- 1995-03-11
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Max quality
- SD
- Critic score
- 72/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (163 votes)
- Box office
- $6,000,000
- Budget
- $4,500,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a serious but still fun giant-monster adventure in the vein of Rodan or The Return of Godzilla; Not for you if flying-turtle silliness or simple human drama sounds like a dealbreaker.
Pros: strong monster action; serious tone; impressive scale | Cons: thin character depth; uneven effects; standard story beats
Themes
- japan
- monster
- plutonium
- giant monster
- giant bird
- tokyo, japan
- kaiju
- baseball stadium
- gamera (giant turtle)
- tokyo tower
- heisei
- gyaos
Cast & crew
Tsuyoshi Ihara
as Yoshinari Yonemori
Shinobu Nakayama
as Dr. Mayumi Nagamine
Ayako Fujitani
as Asagi Kusanagi
Yukijiro Hotaru
as Inspector Tsutomu Osako
Hirotaro Honda
as Masaaki Saito
Hatsunori Hasegawa
as Colonel Satake
Kōjirō Hongō
as Captain of the Nojima
Akira Kubo
as Captain of the Kairyumaru
Takashi Matsuo
as Taxi driver
Yoshihiko Hakamada
as Michiya
Directed by Shusuke Kaneko