After the commercial success of “Gamera vs. Barugon” Daei Film continued its Gamera-franchise in the following year with “Gamera vs. Gyaos”, following the popular concept of a battle between two huge monsters, which had also worked quite well for the Godzilla movies. Apart from being the third entry into the series, the feature also marks the return of director Noriaki Yuasa to the story of the giant turtle which he significantly helped making it into the success it was for the studio. Besides this notable change, “Gamera vs Gyaos” also returned the series to its roots with its story clearly marketed at a younger audience, in particular children. Nevertheless, it still continues its theme of human greed as one of the main motivation of especially the adult characters, albeit with a different approach than its predecessor.
After a series of severe volcanic eruptions in Japan, Gamera re-appears,...
After a series of severe volcanic eruptions in Japan, Gamera re-appears,...
- 8/12/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Shout! Factory has come back strong this week with two new DVDs in their recent acquisition of the Gamera franchise. And they’ve taken the next four films in the series and made two double feature DVDs, which makes for a fun and balanced viewing session.
Gamera Vs. Gyaos (or Gamera Vs. Gaos here in the States) from 1967 is the direct sequel to Gamera Vs. Barugon has Gamera playing more of a hero role this time around, helping Japan fight a new threat to the land, Gyaos, who is a huge bat creature. How could you go wrong with Gamera fighting a gigantic vampire bat? You really can’t, to be honest, and we have some typical battles between the two throughout the film. As usual, mankind somehow awakens/irritates this evil and it starts to devour people and destroy anything in its path. Gamera tries to protect Eiichi Kanamura,...
Gamera Vs. Gyaos (or Gamera Vs. Gaos here in the States) from 1967 is the direct sequel to Gamera Vs. Barugon has Gamera playing more of a hero role this time around, helping Japan fight a new threat to the land, Gyaos, who is a huge bat creature. How could you go wrong with Gamera fighting a gigantic vampire bat? You really can’t, to be honest, and we have some typical battles between the two throughout the film. As usual, mankind somehow awakens/irritates this evil and it starts to devour people and destroy anything in its path. Gamera tries to protect Eiichi Kanamura,...
- 9/22/2010
- by James McCormick
- CriterionCast
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