(lit. Giant Monster Duel: Gamera Against Barugon)
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company: Daiei Motion Picture Co.
year: 1966
runtime: 100′
director: Shigeo Tanaka
cast: Kojiro Hongo, Kyoko Enami,
Koji Fujiyama, Takuya Fujioka,
Yuzo Hayakawa, Akira Natsuki,
Yoshiro Kitahara, Bontaro Miake
writers: Nisan Takahashi
cinematography: Michio Takahashi
music: Chuji Kinoshita
Reviewed from a screener provided
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Anxious to capitalize on the unexpected success of 1965′s Gamera, the Giant Monster, Daiei managed to push a bigger budgeted sequel into theaters less than six months after the fact (at the same time slating the production of their period monster trilogy Daimajin, the first of which premiered alongside this film). Shot in ‘Scope and color by veteran director Shigeo Tanaka (The Great Wall) with …the Giant Monster director Noriaki Yuasa in charge of special effects, Gamera vs. Barugon is both bigger and bolder than its predecessor, and quite the serious affair in spite of the ludicrous monster antics.
