Gamera tai uchu kaijû Bairasu

1968
PG
1h 15m

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Animal Adventure Kaiju Supernatural Fantasy Adventure Family Fantasy Sci-Fi

Gamera the Flying Turtle falls under the spell of evil aliens, but two children free him and he returns to fight the aliens' monster, Viras.Gamera the Flying Turtle falls under the spell of evil aliens, but two children free him and he returns to fight the aliens' monster, Viras.Gamera the Flying Turtle falls under the spell of evil aliens, but two children free him and he returns to fight the aliens' monster, Viras.

Directors
- Noriaki Yuasa
- Shigeo Tanaka
Writer
- Niisan Takahashi
Stars

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IMDb RATING

4.6/10

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Noriaki Yuasa
- Shigeo Tanaka
Writer
- Niisan Takahashi
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

User reviews47

Featured review

Ping Pong ball ship.

Viras, a giant alien squid, takes his ping pong ball spaceship to conquer Earth. Who could come but Gamera, the big turtle and friend to all children, to save Earth. In order to defeat Gamera, the aliens scan into his past (about a half hour of stock footage that we have to sit though) and find out that he is friend to children. So they hold two boy scouts for ransom and put a transmitter in his brain. Now Gamera does what they want now and destroys Tokyo, but the boys have tricks up their sleeves. This is silly but a lot of fun to watch.

Horror Fan
Feb 5, 1999
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Trivia
This was the first film in the series to use flashbacks from the previous Gamera films as a way of saving money on the production. In this film, the flashback sequence lasts approximately fifteen minutes.

Quotes
Doctor A: The super catch ray will not be able to hold him for more than 15 minutes. We must use the time we have left to discover a way to capture Gamera and make him our slave. To do this, we will check his past by exploring his memory waves with the videotron. Activate the videotron.

Crazy credits
For the U.S. version releaed by American International under the title "Destroy All Planets," director Noriaki Yuasa's name is listed on screen as "Kenji Yuasa."

Alternate versions
There are 3 versions of the flashback sequence (the scene where the Virasians examine Gamera's memories which uses footage from the first 3 Gamera movies):
The original Japanese theatrical version which is just a short montage set to an instrumental version of the Gamera March).
The international version which extends the sequence to include Gamera's battle with Barugon from Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) and Gyaos from Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967).
The US American International Pictures television version which further extends the battle between Gamera and Gyaos].