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Gamera vs. Jiger was the sixth film in the Gamera series. [1] The American version of the film includes stock footage from Gamera vs. Guiron and Gamera vs. Barugon. [1] Keisuke Sawada, the young Expo 70 worker who befriends the children and acts as their guide, was played by then 20-year old Ryo Hayami, under his
Noriaki Yuasa (湯浅 憲明, Yuasa Noriaki) (28 September 1933 – 14 June 2004) was a Japanese director.Yuasa was the main director of the Japanese film series Gamera, about a giant flying turtle that befriends small boys and battles giant monsters; he directed seven of the first eight films in the series while also providing special effects for one of them. [1]
The Black Tortoise, one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations, is a possible source of inspiration for Gamera. [10]The name Gamera (ガメラ) derives from the Japanese kame ("turtle"), and the suffix -ra, a suffix shared by such other kaiju characters as Godzilla (Gojira) and Mothra. [11]
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Gamera vs. Guiron: Gamera tai daiakuju Giron [65] January 15, 1970: Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo: Zatoichi to Yojimbo [57] March 21, 1970: Gamera vs. Jiger: Gamera tai daimaju Jaiga [66] March 21, 1970: The Invisible Swordsman: Tomei Kenshi [67] [68] June 20, 1970: The Masseur's Curse: Kaidan kasane ga fuchi [69] [70] August 12, 1970: Zatoichi Goes ...
Masaichi Nagata (永田 雅一, Nagata Masaichi, 21 January 1906 – 24 October 1985) was a Japanese businessman and served as president of Daiei Film.The self-proclaimed creator of Gamera, he produced the kaiju's second film Gamera vs. Barugon, with the remainder of the Showa Gamera films produced instead by his son Hidemasa Nagata.
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Gamera vs. Viras was filmed at Daiei-Tokyo Studios. [1] The film is the fourth in the Gamera film series. [1] Daiei was in "financial trouble" at the beginning of 1968 and as a result cut the film's budget to ¥20 million, about $56,000 at the time. Footage from previous Gamera films was re-used in some parts of