316 - GAMERA VS. ZIGRA
(USA video release; 1971; Japan; NR; 91m)

a.k.a. GAMERA VERSUS ZIGRA (variation)
a.k.a. GAMERA TAI SHINKAI KAIJU JIGURA (original/Japan)
a.k.a. GAMERA VS. THE DEEP SEA MONSTER ZIGRA

Plot: In Gamera's 7th film, the giant turtle fights a parrot-fish-alien monster who hypnotizes humans.

Prod/USA: Sandy Frank
(*302-Gamera; 304-Gamera Vs. Barugon;
308-Gamera Vs. Gaos; 312-Gamera Vs. Guiron; 306-Time of the Apes; 310-Fugitive Alien; 314-Mighty Jack; 318-Star Force;
K11-Humanoid Woman;
K21-Legend of the Dinosaur)
Exec: Masaichi Nagata (*302/304/308/312)
Prod: Hidemasa Nagata
(308/312; Gamera Vs. Viras)
Prod: Yoshishiko Manabe
Dir: Noriaki Yuasa
(*302/308/312; Gamera Vs. Viras; sfx/304)
Scr: Fumi Takahashi
(302/304/308/312; Gamera Vs. Monster X)
Cin: Akira Uehara (308; Gateway to Glory)
Ed: Zenko Miyazaki
SFX: Kazafumi Fujii (304/308/312)
PDes: Akira Inoue (Gamera Vs. Jiger)
M/L: Kenjiro Hirose (312; Gamera Vs. Jiger)
Score: Shunsuke Kikuchi (312; Gamera Vs. Jiger)

Super Turtle / Gamera (*302/304/308/312; Gamera Vs. Monster X)
monster fish / Zigra
spacewoman / Eiko Yanami (308; Way Out, Way In)
Henry's sister / Reiko Kasahara (308/312)
Tom / Koji Fujiyama (302/304/308)
with Mikiko Tsubouchi (308; Zatochi Challenged)
Isamu Saeki (308)
Shin Minatsu
Yasushi Sakagami (308)
Arlene and Gloria Zoellner

Trivia: Daiei Studios closed just after production of this film, but re-opened in 1980, only to produce the worst of the Gamera movies, Gamera Super Monster. For the lyrics and their translation to the GAMERA THEME SONGS, see 312-GAMERA VS. GUIRON.

For more about Gamera, check out Gowen's Gamera Page.

Last Updated: 6/21/1999