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Gamera (Showa) Collection

Gamera (ガメラ) is a giant turtle kaiju (giant monster) from a series of popular giant monster films produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company in Japan. Created in 1965 to rival the success of Toho Studios' Godzilla during the daikaiju boom of the mid-to-late 1960s, Gamera has gained fame and notoriety as a Japanese icon in his own right.

8 movies 1965 – 1980 11h 36m total 58 snapshots 631 solvers

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Daikaijû Gamera
Daikaijû Gamera

Daikaijû Gamera

1965 1h 19m Dir. Noriaki Yuasa
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A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ice. In his search for energy, Gamera wreaks havoc over the entire world, and it's up to the scientists, assisted by a young boy with a strange sympathic link to the monster, to put a stop to Gamera's rampage.

Daikaijû kettô: Gamera tai Barugon
Daikaijû kettô: Gamera tai Barugon

Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Guinea is brought back to Japan. The opal is discovered to have been an egg that births a new monster called Barugon.

Daikaijû kûchûsen: Gamera tai Gyaosu
Daikaijû kûchûsen: Gamera tai Gyaosu

Unusual volcanic activity in Japan awakens Gyaos, a bloodthirsty flying monster with the power to slice things in half with an ultrasonic ray. While scientists and the military scramble to devise a way to stop this new threat, a young boy forms an alliance with Gamera; a monster no one else seems to trust.

Gamera tai uchu kaijû Bairasu
Gamera tai uchu kaijû Bairasu

Gamera the Flying Turtle falls under the spell of evil aliens, but two children free him and he returns to fight the aliens' monster, Viras.

Gamera tai daiakuju Giron
Gamera tai daiakuju Giron

Two boys are taken to another planet by a UFO. The good turtle monster Gamera must fight Guiron to rescue them.

Gamera tai Daimaju Jaiga
Gamera tai Daimaju Jaiga

Gamera tai Daimaju Jaiga

1970 1h 23m Dir. Noriaki Yuasa
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A giant creature attacks Japan during the World Fair and its up to Gamera to stop it. But the monster injects Gamera with its offspring and a research team must take a craft into Gamera's body to eliminate the parasite.

Gamera tai Shinkai kaijû Jigura
Gamera tai Shinkai kaijû Jigura

A moon base is destroyed by a spaceship from Zigra which is looking to take over the planet earth to use its oceans for its ocean-dwelling denizens. Gamera must once again come to the aid of the human race while all of Japan roots him on.

Uchu kaijû Gamera
Uchu kaijû Gamera

Uchu kaijû Gamera

1980 1h 32m Dir. Noriaki Yuasa
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Using several clips from previous Gamera entries, this film deals with alien forces sending all the monsters Gamera has faced in one final battle to rid the planet of its last hope.

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