Rent Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe (1995)
3.5 of 5 from 49 ratings
1h 36min
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- Synopsis:
- A hibernating species of giant carnivorous bird is awakened on a Japanese island shortly after the Japanese military encounters an unidentified mass moving beneath the water off-shore.
- Actors:
- Tsuyoshi Ihara, Akira Onodera, Shinobu Nakayama, Ayako Fujitani, Yukijirô Hotaru, Hatsunori Hasegawa, Hirotarô Honda, Akira Kubo, Kôjirô Hongô, Takashi Matsuo, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Tomiko Ishii, Jun Fubuki, Yuka Sakano, Sarina Kô, Minako Nagai, Akemi Nakamura, Nanako Shindo, Miyako Wada, Tetsu Watanabe
- Directors:
- Shûsuke Kaneko
- Producers:
- Matt Greenfield, Toshio Hagiwara, Tetsuya Ikeda, Shigeru Ohno, Hatsukiko Sawada, Tsutomu Tsuchikawa, Seiji Urushido
- Voiced By:
- Carol Amerson, Tiffany Grant, Gene Kato, Jason Lee
- Writers:
- Kazunori Itô, James Shanks
- Aka:
- Gamera daikaijû kuchu kessen
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 17/08/2020
- Run Time:
- 96 minutes
- Languages:
- Dubbed, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English LPCM Stereo, Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Japanese LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Commentary by Matt Frank
- Newly filmed introduction by August Ragone
- A Testimony of 15 Years: Part 1, the first in an epic three-part documentary interviewing cast and crew of the Heisei Trilogy
- Interviews with director Shusuke Kaneko and SFX director Shinji Higuchi, filmed by Jörg Buttgereit in 2002
- Extended 90-min interview with Shinji Higuchi from 2001, focusing on the trilogy's special effects
- Behind the scenes featurettes tracing the film's production from announcement to release
- Alternate English credits
- Trailer and image galleries
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Reviews (2) of Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe
Great stuff. - Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe review by WA
I'm a big Godzilla fan, was not sure what to expect from this movie, but in the end very watchable and enjoyable. The blu ray quality was outstanding, the acting, direction and effects (for the time) very good. If you're into the kaiju genre this is a must. I've now included the other 2 Gamera titles in my list. It's just a shame one can't buy the trilogy here in the UK format.
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Turtle power - Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe review by MS
Came highly recommended but found it not quite as good as the original Godzilla series released by Critereon recently. Would recommend watching something like Ebirah Horror of the Deep or Godzilla versus Mechagodzilla or, if you are able, all of the Showa Era Godzilla movies in order (possibly skipping Godzilla returns).
Gamera Guradian of the Universe is the first a trilogy of 90s Gamera movies which have good practical and CGI special effects and, for this episode in the trilogy, a manga-like plot involving alien rocks and psychic children. Enjoyable and worth watching - this is the best of the trilogy.
Later episodes in the trilogy mostly ignore the relevance and involvement of the main characters from the seperate chapters and are less interesting.
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