Gamera

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Gamera

1965

1h 26m

Sci-Fi

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American and Japanese military officials join forces to remove a fire-breathing monster from the Pacific islands.

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Grant Watson

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There is no denying that this is a derivative work - it clearly would not exist without Toho's reptilian giant - but within that framework it does feel like its own thing.

Rated: 7/10

Oct 3, 2021

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

Silly, nonsensical, incoherent, and wildly unconvincing, and there's not a single frame of it that isn't hilarious.

Rated: 4/10

Aug 14, 2014

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James O'Ehley

Sci-Fi Movie Page

Gamera has no qualms about incinerating an entire club filled with anti-authoritarian beatniks with his fiery breath, but saves a small annoying boy from falling to his death!

May 27, 2010

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Sean Axmaker

Seanax.com

... the sober approach slips into silliness with a giddy space age ending%u2014and ultimately that's the film's charm.

May 23, 2010

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Phil Hall

Film Threat

As thrilling as a turtle race.

Rated: 1.5/5

Sep 22, 2006

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Justin T

Look this is an old film and I get that but I can't help that it's not a good film now, maybe it was good back then. Films like King Kong (1933) are still good and that was over thirty years before this one. Anyway there are some fun moments but it's mostly very boring. Often the story jumps around for no obvious reason, so much is not properly explained. There is no reason to watch this except maybe in the sixties when we didn't have the improved effects and storytelling and film making ability that we have now, or realistically since the eighties, heck films before this had so much more going on for them like creativity and entertainment. Whatever, it's not a good film.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/22/24

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Audience Member

A very cheap knock off of godzilla that besides a few fun destruction scenes is just very mediocre

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/12/24

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Irelia I

whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy does this exist

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/05/24

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Adam S

While not innovative, and it lacks in multiple areas that make it pale in comparison to the other Kaiju films of its time, the original Gamera film is a solid start that contains impressive set pieces of that sweet Kaiju action. Rating: 50%

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/06/24

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Gorgo _

I #### my pants while watching this

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/24

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Georgan G

What could be better than a 200' turtle with fire coming out of its shell? This movie is out of the 50 SciFi Classics collection. If u enjoy old sci fi, u will love this Japanese flick.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/03/23

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Noriaki Yuasa

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Sandy Howard

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Eiji Funakoshi

Dr. Hidaka

Harumi Kiritachi

Kyoke Yamamoto

Junichiro Yamashita

Aoyagi

Albert Dekker

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Synopsis

American and Japanese military officials join forces to remove a fire-breathing monster from the Pacific islands.

Director: Noriaki Yuasa, Sandy Howard
Producer: Yonejiro Saito, Masaichi Nagata
Screenwriter: Richard Kraft, Niisan Takahashi
Production Co: Daiei Studios
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 12, 2017
Runtime: 1h 26m

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