Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe

Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe


ガメラ 大怪獣空中決戦
Gamera Daikaijū Kūchū Kessen
Gamera: Giant Monster Air Battle
Director Shusuke Kaneko
Special Effects Director Shinji Higuchi
Executive Producer Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Screenplay Kazunori Ito
Photography Junichi Tozawa
Art Ichi Oikawa
Sound Yasuo Hashimoto
Lighting Shosuke Yoshisumi
Editor Shizuo Arakawa
Music Ko Otani
Monster Modeling Tomo Haraguchi
Special Effects Assistant Director Makoto Kamiya
Production Companies Daiei, Nippon Television Network, Hakuhodo
Release Date March 11, 1995
Runtime 95 minutes
Preceded by Gamera, the Space Monster (1980)
Followed by Gamera 2: Advent of Legion (1996)

ガメラ 大怪獣空中決戦
Gamera Daikaijū Kūchū Kessen
Gamera: Giant Monster Air Battle
Director Shusuke Kaneko
Special Effects Director Shinji Higuchi
Executive Producer Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Screenplay Kazunori Ito
Photography Junichi Tozawa
Art Ichi Oikawa
Sound Yasuo Hashimoto
Lighting Shosuke Yoshisumi
Editor Shizuo Arakawa
Music Ko Otani
Monster Modeling Tomo Haraguchi
Special Effects Assistant Director Makoto Kamiya
Production Companies Daiei, Nippon Television Network, Hakuhodo
Release Date March 11, 1995
Runtime 95 minutes
Preceded by Gamera, the Space Monster (1980)
Followed by Gamera 2: Advent of Legion (1996)

A plutonium tanker run aground on a mysterious moving atoll. Yonemori, a naval officer escorting the tanker, is shaken by the disaster that was narrowly avoided, and joins the investigative team to track down the atoll and ascertain its true nature. Meanwhile, Nagamine, an ornithologist, is summoned to investigate the destruction of a scientific establishment on Himigami Island. The scientists stationed there reported a giant bird, although she is doubtful any bird could have caused the devastation. Nagamine discovers that three new specimens of a reptilian, flying creatures on the island are responsible. Furthermore, these creatures are man-eaters, and a threat to other islanders’ safety. Nagamine is recruited by the Japanese government to capture the creatures.

Yonemori’s team finds the atoll, and inspects an ancient plaque embedded in the surface. The atoll comes alive and sheds its rocky exterior, and Yonemori glimpses a giant turtle monster emerging from the debris. Nagamine arranges to lure the flying creatures to Fukuoka baseball stadium, so they can trap them with the closing ceiling. Everything goes according to plan until the turtle monster appears and attacks the stadium. The flying creatures escape, and the turtle monster flies away to pursue them. Yonemori uses a translation of the ancient plaque to identify the turtle monster as “Gamera” and the flying creatures as “Gyaos.” The government makes Gamera the primary target for the self defense force, even though Gyaos is actively hunting down and eating people.

In subsequent encounters with Gamera and the SDF, only one Gyaos survives. This Gyaos grows to enormous size and attacks a commuter train in Tokyo. The military repents and makes Gyaos’ destruction top priority. Their initial assault backfires and destroys Tokyo Tower. Gyaos takes roost in the remains of the tower and starts laying eggs. Gamera reappears and destroys the nest, and a prolonged fight begins in the air over Tokyo and on the ground. The battle culminates in a showdown in an oil refinery, where Gamera decapitates Gyaos with a well-placed fireball. Gamera returns to the ocean.

Top Billed Cast

Tsuyoshi Ihara
Yoshinari Yonemori
Akira Onodera
Naoya Kusanagi
Shinobu Nakayama
Mayumi Nagamine
Ayako Fujitani
Asagi Kusanagi
Yukijiro Hotaru
Tsutomu Osako
Hatsunori Hasegawa
Col. Satake
Hirotaro Honda
Masaaki Saito

Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically

Jun Fubuki
Mom in Grocery Store
Yoshihiko Hakamada
Michiya
Kojiro Hongo
Captain of the Nojima
Tomoko Ishii
Grocery Store Owner
Yumi Kameyama
Gyaos
Akira Kubo
Captain of the Kairyu-maru
Takateru Manabe
Gamera
Takashi Matsuo
Taxi Driver
Yoko Oshima
Woman on Otoshima
Yuka Sakano
Yukino
Masahiko Sakata
Dome SDF Officer
Nanako Shindo
Zookeeper
Rijin Shoei
Policeman at Bridge
Jun Suzuki
Gamera
Miyako Wada
Mother at Bridge
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Major Ono
Tetsu Watanabe
Tank Commander
Takeshi Yano
Researcher
Top Billed Cast

Yoshinari Yonemori
Tsuyoshi Ihara

Naoya Kusanagi
Akira Onodera

Mayumi Nagamine
Shinobu Nakayama

Asagi Kusanagi
Ayako Fujitani

Tsutomu Osako
Yukijiro Hotaru

Col. Satake
Hatsunori Hasegawa

Masaaki Saito
Hirotaro Honda
Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically

Mom in Grocery Store
Jun Fubuki

Michiya
Yoshihiko Hakamada

Captain of the Nojima
Kojiro Hongo

Grocery Store Owner
Tomoko Ishii

Gyaos
Yumi Kameyama

Captain of the Kairyu-maru

Gamera
Takateru Manabe

Taxi Driver
Takashi Matsuo

Woman on Otoshima
Yoko Oshima

Yukino
Yuka Sakano

Dome SDF Officer
Masahiko Sakata

Zookeeper
Nanako Shindo

Policeman at Bridge
Rijin Shoei

Gamera
Jun Suzuki

Mother at Bridge
Miyako Wada

Major Ono
Hiroyuki Watanabe

Tank Commander
Tetsu Watanabe

Researcher
Takeshi Yano