Gammera the Invincible

1h 26m 1966

Brief Synopsis

A giant, fire-spitting turtle-like monster arises out of the Japan Sea after an atomic blast and goes on to destroy major Japanese cities until an international consortium of militaries is able to blast it out of earth in a rocket. Japanese cities

Cast & Crew

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Noriaki Yuasa

Director

Albert Dekker

Secretary of defense

Brian Donlevy

Gen. Terry Arnold

Diane Findlay

WAF A/1C Susan Embers

John Baragrey

Miles Standish

Dick O'neill

General O'Neill

Film Details

Also Known As
Daikaiju Gamera
Release Date
Jan 1966
Premiere Information
New Orleans opening: 15 Dec 1966
Production Company
Daiei Motion Picture Co.
Distribution Company
World Entertainment Corp.
Country
Japan

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 26m

Synopsis

An atomic bomb explodes over the Arctic, angering Gammera, a huge, fire-eating, flying turtle aroused from its prehistoric sleep. As Gammera ravages entire cities, U. S. Air Force Gen. Terry Arnold, under orders from the Secretary of Defense and the President of the United States, consults with two Japanese scientists, Drs. Hidaka and Murase, but he is informed that the monster is indestructible by modern weaponry. U. S. Senator Billings opposes Arnold's request for emergency powers, and the controversy spreads to the United Nations Security Council. General Arnold, after receiving world cooperation, utilizes Plan Z, presented by Japanese scientists, as mankind's last hope. Gammera is distracted from its destruction of Tokyo by a volcanic eruption on the nearby island of Oshima and lands in the scientists' trap. They imprison the monster in a space rocket and shoot it to Mars.

Director

Noriaki Yuasa

Director

Cast

Albert Dekker

Secretary of defense

Brian Donlevy

Gen. Terry Arnold

Diane Findlay

WAF A/1C Susan Embers

John Baragrey

Miles Standish

Dick O'neill

General O'Neill

Eiji Funakoshi

Dr. Hidaka

Michiko Sugata

Nobuyo

Harumi Kiritachi

Kyoko

Jun-ichiro Yamashita

Aoyagi

Yoshiro Uchida

Toshio

Yoshiro Kitahara

Sakurai

Jun Hamamura

Dr. Murase

Mort Marshall

Jules Manning

Alan Oppenheimer

Dr. Contrare

Stephen Zacharias

Senator Billings

Thomas J. Stubblefield

Captain Lovel

Bob Carraway

Lieutenant Simpson

Gene Bua

Lieutenant Clark

John Mccurry

Airman First Class Hopkins

Walter Arnold

American ambassador

Louis Zorich

Russian ambassador

Robin Craven

English ambassador

George Hirose

Japanese ambassador

Crew

Hank Aldrich

U. s. art Director

Ken Barnett

Executive Producer

Robert Baron

Associate Producer

Sid Cooperschmidt

Assistant Director

Wes Farrell

Composer

Harris Associates

Presented By

Sandy Howard

U. s. Director

Richard Kraft

Additional Dialogue

Nobuo Munekawa

Director of Photography

Masaichi Nagata

Producer

Tatsuji Nakashizu

Film Editor

Ross-gaffney Inc.

Film Editor

Yonejiro Saito

From an idea by

Fumi Takahashi

Screenwriter

Julian Townsend

Cinematographer

Yonesaburo Tsukiji

Special Effects

Film Details

Also Known As
Daikaiju Gamera
Release Date
Jan 1966
Premiere Information
New Orleans opening: 15 Dec 1966
Production Company
Daiei Motion Picture Co.
Distribution Company
World Entertainment Corp.
Country
Japan

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 26m

Quotes

Trivia

Notes

Released in Japan in 1965 as Daikaiju Gamera; running time: 88 min. Additional footage includes scenes of a U. S. Army base in Alaska, the Pentagon, and the United Nations filmed by Harris Associates for inclusion in the U. S. release version.

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Winter December 1967

First in the series that launched the infamous cult-monster.

The United States version added additional footage with American actors.

dubbed

TotalScope

Released in United States Winter December 1967

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