Gamera vs. Barugon
“Gamera burns the streets of Osaka in an instant! Barugon freezes Osaka Castle with a single gust! An underwater clash at Lake Biwa!”
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An expedition brings home a valuable-looking object that turns out to be a monster egg. Barugon's freezing tongue and destructive rainbow complicate Gamera's return. The human adventure is more substantial than in some later entries, though the miniature work still shows its limits.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 4.5/10
- Plot
- 8.5/10
- Effects
- 6/10
- Dialogue
- 5.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 7.5/10
“The treasure shipment has hatched into a remarkably versatile city problem.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 64
Synopsis and movie facts
Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Guinea is brought back to Japan. The opal is discovered to have been an egg that births a new monster called Barugon. The creature attacks the city of Osaka by emitting a destructive rainbow ray from his back, along with a freezing spray capable of incapacitating Gamera.
- Released
- 1966
- Directed by
- Shigeo Tanaka
- Running time
- 106 min
- Original title
- 大怪獣決闘 ガメラ対バルゴン
Starring
- Kōjirō Hongō as Keisuke Hirata
- Kyōko Enami as Karen
- Yūzō Hayakawa as Kawajiri
- Takuya Fujioka as Dr. Sato
- Kōji Fujiyama as Onodera
- Sho Natsuki as Ichiro Hirata
- Yoshirō Kitahara as Professor Amano
- Ichirō Sugai as Dr. Matsushita
Research behind this pick
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- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 22899.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review notes the stronger adventure effort compared with later entries but still finds the effects weak.
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