312 - GAMERA VS. GUIRON
(USA video release; 1969; Japan; NR; 88m)

a.k.a. GAMERA VERSUS GUIRON (variation)
a.k.a. ATTACK OF THE MONSTERS (USA release)
a.k.a. GAMERA TAI DAIAKUJU GIRON (original/Japan)
a.k.a. GAMERA VS. THE GIANT EVIL BEAST GIRON

Video Ad: "Gamera saves the children once again"
Video Ad: "Will Gamera be a super turtle or turtle soup?"

Plot: In Gamera's fifth movie, two boys encounter brain-eating aliens and a sword-headed monster, but are saved by the Super Turtle.

Prod/USA: Sandy Frank
(*302-Gamera; 304-Gamera Vs. Barugon;
308-Gamera Vs. Gaos; 316-Gamera Vs. Zigra; 306-Time of the Apes; 310-Fugitive Alien;
314-Mighty Jack; 318-Star Force;
K11-Humanoid Woman;
K21-Legend of the Dinosaur)
Exec: Masaichi Nagata (302/*304/308/316)
Prod: Hidemasa Nagata
(308/316; Gamera Vs. Viras)
Dir: Noriaki Yuasa
(*302/308/316; Gamera Vs. Viras; sfx/304)
Planning: Kazumasa Nakano (308)
Scr: Fumi Takahashi (302/304/308/316; Gamera Vs. Monster X)
Cin: Akira Kitazaki (Gamera Vs. Viras; Gamera Vs. Monster X)
SFX: Kazafumi Fujii (304/308/316)
M/L: Kenjiro Hirose (316; Gamera Vs. Jiger); and Hideo Nakata
Score: Shunsuke Kituchi (316; Gamera Vs. Jiger)

Super Turtle / Gamera (*302/304/308/316; Gamera Vs. Monster X)
sword-headed monster / Guiron
Akio / Nobuhiro Kazima
Tomoko / Miyuki Akiyama
Tom / Christopher Murphy (The Abyss; Carnosaur 2)
Komiko / Yuko Hamada (Nemuri Kyoshiro 2: Shobu)
Dr. Shiga / Eiji Funakoshi (302; Passion; Thousand Cranes)
Kondo a.k.a. Cornjob / Kon Omura
(Gamera Vs. Jiger; Gamera Vs. Monster X; We Will Remember)
Flovera / Reiko Kasahara (308/316)
Tom's mother / Kathy Horan (K00-The Green Slime)
na / Edith Hanson (TV's Maguma Tashio)

Classic Line: "Let's make the Earth a free place to live...without war...and traffic accidents..."

Trivia:
LYRICS and TRANSLATIONS for GAMERA'S THEME SONGS
Lyrics by Hideo Nakata; music by Kenjiro Hirose.
Sung by Daiei-Jidoh-Gasshodan (Daiei Children's Chorus).

Title: GAMERA MARCH

1. Gamera, Gamera
(Gamera, Gamera)
Ikasuzo, Gamera! Ikasuzo, Gamera! Ikasuzo, Gamera!
(So cool, Gamera! So cool, Gamera! So cool, Gamera!)
Nichi, Getsu, Ka, Sui, Nichi, Getsu, Ka, Sui
(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday)
Nikkoh saegiru, Akuma no niji da
(Shadow the Sun, Evil's Rainbow)
Reitoh Kaiju, Kurunara koi!
(Frozen monster, Dare to march!)
Haneta-zo, Tonda-zo. Go! Go! Go!
(Jumped, Flew. Go! Go! Go!)
Kaen Funsha de Yattsukero
(Destroy with Jet Flame. Here goes Gamera!)
Ikasuzo, Gamera! Ikasuzo, Gamera! Ikasuzo, Gamera!
(So cool, Gamera! So cool, Gamera! So cool, Gamera!)

2. Gamera, Gamera
(Gamera, Gamera)
Ganbare, Gamera! Ganbare, Gamera! Ganbare, Gamera!
(Hold out, Gamera! Hold out, Gamera! Hold out, Gamera!)
Getsu, Ka, Sui, Moku, Getsu, Ka, Sui, Moku
(Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
Gekkoh yaburu, Satsujin onpa
(Overcome the moonlight, Super Sonic)
Mach Kaiju, Itsudemo koi!
(Monster Mach, Come Anytime!)
Hikatta, Yoketa-zo. Go! Go! Go!
(Burning Bright. Go! Go! Go!)
Kuwaete hanasuna, Fukitobase.
(Bite hard and blown away).
Ganbare, Gamera! Ganbare, Gamera! Ganbare, Gamera!
(Hold out, Gamera! Hold out, Gamera! Hold out, Gamera!)

3. Gamera Gamera
(Gamera, Gamera)
Tsuyoi-zo, Gamera! Tsuyoi-zo, Gamera! Tsuyoi-zo, Gamera!
(So strong, Gamera! So strong, Gamera! So strong, Gamera!)
Ka, Sui, Moku, Kin, Ka, Sui, Moku, Kin
(Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday)
Kasei ka, Kinsei, dokokano hoshino
(Mars, Venus, any other Stars)
Uchu Kaiju, Nandemo koi!
(Come Monsters from the Universe!)
Kitta-zo, Tsuita-zo. Go! Go! Go!
(Stabbed, Shoved. Go! Go! Go!)
Kaiten Jet de, Taiatari
(Tackled with circling jet)
Tsuyoi-zo, Gamera! Tsuyoi-zo, Gamera! Tsuyoi-zo, Gamera!
(So strong, Gamera! So strong, Gamera! So strong, Gamera!)

--Many Thanks from Joe Gumber and MSTies everywhere to Lisa Wakabayashi and her wonderful Mom for their translations!

For more about Gamera, check out Gowen's Gamera Page.

Last Updated: 6/21/1999