The second installment of the original Gamera franchise is on its way from Shout! Factory, with a scheduled release date of July 6, 2010. Box art and disc specs have yet to be announced, though you can bet this is going to be the best domestic release of the title for some time to come. You can currently pre-order the title through Amazon.com at considerable savings (30% off retail!).
Gamera vs. Barugon is easily the most traditionally dramatic of the Showa series and is ostensibly a tale of greed and consequence (and giant monsters, of course!). It follows several men who travel to the South Seas in search of a giant opal, only to inadvertently unleash the monster Barugon upon the world. Luckily Gamera is on the prowl, having been extricated from that pesky Z-plan rocket by a wayward meteor.
Gamera vs. Barugon was released, dubbed and re-edited, to American television by A.I.P. under the generic title War of the Monsters and later (uncut and with an alternate dub track) on VHS and Laserdisc through King Features and Image Entertainment. The Shout! Factory release will mark the first time the film has been made officially available in the USA its original Japanese.
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