Product Details

• Actors: Nobuhiro Kajima, Miyuki Akiyama, Christopher Murphy, Yuko Hamada, Eiji Funakoshi
• Directors: Noriaki Yuasa
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Rating: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Neptune Media
• VHS Release Date: October 19, 1999
• Run Time: 82 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000JQB2
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #136,575 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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This fourth entry in the Gamera series found the titanic turtle paralleling the cuddly direction of his competitor Godzilla. When two young, star-gazing children investigate a spaceship that has practically landed in their backyard, they are whisked away to Terra, our undiscovered tenth planet whose two "groovy spacegirls" are all that remain of a once-superior alien civilization. But the boys soon discover that their seemingly friendly hosts have sinister plans in mind for them. Never fear, for Gamera comes to save them, flying through space to battle the spacegirls' guardian Guiron, a giant, rhino-like beast possessing a razor-sharp steel blade for a snout. This movie is truly suited for young children, for older kids, and especially for adults will chortle at the unintentional humor arising from the cheesy effects, underplayed roles, and possibly the worst dubbing job in Japanese monster history. Taken as comedy, adults will find this a real camp gem--when the two boys witness Guiron slice 'n' dice a laser-spewing Gaos, one of them proclaims: "What a monster!" --Bryan Reesman

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Who Knew That Gamera Lettered In Gymnastics?, August 28, 2006

By	Robert I. Hedges - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Attack Of The Monsters (aka Gamera vs. Guiron) (DVD)

This has got to be one of the silliest of all the Japanese rubber monster movies. Two Japanese boys discover a flying saucer, fly it to a planet inhabited by Guiron, a ridiculous monster with a knife-snout and throwing stars in his nostrils (watch and learn,) and two space babes dubbed very poorly. They uncover a plot that involves both head shaving (a theme introduced early in the film by helpful policeman and Jerry Lewis impersonator, Detective "Cornjob"...don't miss the practice with the disemboweling cutlass) and brain eating. Somehow Gamera (a friend to all children if you'll recall your Gamera history) learns of the kid's distress, comes to the planet, defeats Guiron with a missile through his nostril (really), and takes the boys back to Earth in his mouth.

If this sounds muddled, it is: it is one of the more ludicrous plots of the genre, and is definitely worth a few laughs for the unadulterated cheese factor. My favorite scene in the film hands down is the gymnastics routine Gamera performs in mid-fight (followed by the daintiest dance you have ever seen a giant turtle monster do.) This is all, of course, utterly ridiculous, but therein resides the appeal.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GAMERA - SUPER turtle (!), January 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Gamera Vs Guillon (1969) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Gamera is the most charming of all the suitmation monsters. The bozo's who can't appreciate the effects in this movies are really missing the point. A+++

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a cool flick for cheesy B monster fans, March 15, 2000

By	"horrorpunk" (Las Vegas, NV United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Gamera Vs Guillon [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I found this movie to be a lot of fun. Gamera, the giant turtle who walks upright vs. a giant talking shark from another planet. How can you possibly go wrong with that? Throw in a way cool soundtrack, one of the hottest looking women I've ever seen in a giant monster flick (Zigra's earthling female servant), cool monster action, and funny, cheesy dubbed dialogue and you have a movie that ranks right up there with Destroy All Monsters and Godzilla vs. Monster Zero as one of my all-time favorite Japanese monster flicks. Personally, I would stay away from the MST3K version. If you need someone else to tell you what to find amusing about this movie, go buy the new lame-assed American Godzilla movie and leave the classics to those of us who really appreciate them.