Posts Tagged ‘Guiron’


Mystery Science Theater 3000 XXI: MST3K vs. Gamera

July 26th, 2011 | article by | 1 Comment »
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includes: ep 302 Gamera, ep 304 Gamera vs. Barugon, ep 308 Gamera vs. Gaos,
ep 312 Gamera vs. Guiron, and ep 316 Gamera vs. Zigra   Year: 1991  Company: Best Brains   Runtime: 97′
Writers: Michael J. Nelson, Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Joel Hodgson, Kevin Murphy, Paul Chaplin,
Bridget Jones, Jim Mallon, Colleen Henjum, Lisa Sheretz, Jef Maynard   Cast: Joel Hodgson,
Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy, Frank Conniff, Jim Mallon, Michael J. Nelson, Bridget Jones, Jef Maynard
Disc company: Shout! Factory   Video: 480i 4:3    Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Subtitles: None   Disc: DVD9 (3) DVD5 (2)   Release Date: 08/02/2011   Product link: Amazon.com
Reviewed from a screener provided by Shout! Factory LLC. Thanks guys!

Across ten years and nearly two hundred episodes, it is hard for me to imagine any partnership between man and material more monumental than that between the crew of the Satellite of Love and the unstoppable syndication megalith Sandy Frank.  The masterminds of Mystery Science Theatre 3000 took aim at his package of English-dubbed import programs early and often, much to Frank’s chagrin, first discovering his handiwork in the available properties of Twin Cities area UHF station KTMA and subsequently re-discovering it during their years on Comedy Central.   From Humanoid Woman to Mighty Jack to Fugitive Alien I and II, there were few features with Frank’s name on them that weren’t square in the SOL’s sights at one time or another, and with good reason.

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Gamera vs. Guiron

August 29th, 2010 | article by | 1 Comment »
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a.k.a. Gamera tai Daiakuju Giron
(lit. Gamera against Giant Devil Beast Guiron)
Attack of the Monsters
company: Daiei Motion Picture Co.
year: 1969
runtime: 82′
director: Noriaki Yuasa
cast: Nobuhiro Kajima, Christopher Murphy,
Miyuki Akiyama, Kon Omura,
Reiko Kasahara, Kai Hiroko,
Yuko Hamada, Edith Hanson
writer: Nisan Takahashi
cinematography: Akira Kitazaki
music: Shunsuke Kikuchi
Reviewed from a screener provided
by Shout! Factory, LLC.
Pre-order this film from Amazon.com

The Gamera vs. Guiron / Gamera vs. Jiger double feature DVD is due out on September 21st from Shout! Factory, day and date with their double feature DVD of Gamera vs. Gyaos / Gamera vs. Viras. Both discs can currently be pre-ordered through Amazon.com and other online retailers.

Following firmly in Gamera vs. Viras’ juvenile footsteps 1969’s Gamera vs. Guiron is generally cited as a primary example of just how low Daiei’s favorite monster franchise could stoop in terms of overall quality, but while films like Gamera vs. Zigra and Gamera: Super Monster are genuinely dreadful (if endearing in their own quirky ways) I’ve always been a devoted supporter for the guardian of the universe’s final pre-’70s outing. Director Noriaki Yuasa accomplishes amazing feats given his considerable financial limitations, crafting a fantastical science fiction adventure on a budget just as compromised as that for the previous outing (just a third that of 1967’s hit Gamera vs. Gyaos).

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Cover art for Shout! Factory’s upcoming ‘Gamera’ double features

July 17th, 2010 | article by | 2 Comments »
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Shout! Factory is preparing two Gamera double features for release on September 21st – Gamera Vs. Gyaos / Gamera Vs. Viras and Gamera Vs. Guiron / Gamera Vs. Jiger. While there are no specific details yet for either release, the finalized cover art for each has been revealed.  Looks good to me!

Both double features have a retail price of $19.93 (less than $10 per film) and can currently be pre-ordered through Amazon.com at a slightly discounted price:

Gamera Vs. Gyaos / Gamera Vs. Viras |  Gamera Vs. Guiron / Gamera Vs. Jiger



Gamera vs. Guiron

December 5th, 2008 | article by | No Comments »
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a.k.a. Gamera tai Daiakuju Giron / Attack of the Monsters
company: Daiei Co. Ltd
year: 1969
runtime: 82′
country: Japan
director: Noriaki Yuasa
cast: Nobuhiro Kajima, Christopher Murphy,
Miyuki Akiyama, Yuko Hamada
order this film from
Amazon.com

With the holiday season upon us, the economy in the tank, and our already lame president ducking it out in the capital, I felt it was time to do my part to bring back a little of that old holiday spirit. So here I am, sharing my own special kind of peace and good will through a seasonal celebration of rubber suited monsterdom – let the first annual Wtf-Film Kaiju Christmas Spectacular begin!

Presented for your approval is the lovable and oft-lamented GAMERA VS. GUIRON, the fifth entry in the original Gamera series and the most universally reviled this side of 1980′s SUPER MONSTER. There are a number of issues responsible for the amount of ill-will held against GAMERA VS. GUIRON – it’s unashamedly childish nature or ridiculously unbelievable effects work, for instance – but the biggest burden almost certainly lies with one man:

Sandy Frank.

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