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The Black Tortoise, a possible source of inspiration for Gamera. Gamera's turtle-like design may have been inspired by the Black Tortoise, one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations in East Asian mythology. [24] The Black Tortoise is known as Genbu in Japanese, and is usually depicted as a turtle entwined together with a snake. [24]
Gamera, the Giant Monster [5] (大怪獣ガメラ, Daikaijū Gamera) [6] is a 1965 Japanese kaiju film directed by Noriaki Yuasa, with special effects by Yonesaburo Tsukiji. [2] Produced and distributed by Daiei Film, it is the first film in the Gamera franchise and the Shōwa era. The film stars Eiji Funakoshi, Harumi Kiritachi, and Junichiro ...
S. gamera fossil. Sinemys is an extinct genus of turtle from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of China.Three species have been named: S. lens, the type species, from the Kimmeridgian-Tithonian of Shandong; S. gamera (Japanese: シネミス・ガメラ) (named after the movie monster of the same name), from the Valanginian-Albian of Nei Mongol, and S. brevispinus from Early Cretaceous of ...
Gamera the Brave stars Ryo Tomioka , Kanji Tsuda, Kaho, and Susumu Terajima, and features Toshinori Sasaki as Toto, who can be either the son or the reincarnation of the fictional giant turtle monster Gamera. The film was released theatrically in Japan on April 29, 2006, and was distributed by Shochiku.
Naoki Manabe and Jun Suzuki as Gamera, the film's titular kaiju, Gamera is a giant flying, fireball-breathing turtle that was created by an advanced civilization to exterminate the invading Gyaos. Yuhmi Kaneyama as Gyaos , a species of malevolent man-eating bird creatures reawakened by environmental pollution.
Gamera vs. Jiger stars Tsutomu Takakuwa, Kelly Burris, Katherine Murphy, and Kon Ohmura, and features the fictional giant flying turtle monster Gamera. The film was released theatrically in Japan on 21 March 1970, and did not receive a theatrical release in the United States, instead being released directly to television by American ...
Noriaki Yuasa (湯浅 憲明, Yuasa Noriaki) (28 September 1933 – 14 June 2004) was a Japanese director.Yuasa was the main director of the Japanese film series Gamera, about a giant flying turtle that befriends small boys and battles giant monsters; he directed seven of the first eight films in the series while also providing special effects for one of them. [1]
Gamera: Super Monster (宇宙怪獣ガメラ, Uchū Kaijū Gamera, lit. ' Space Monster Gamera ' ) [ a ] is a 1980 Japanese kaiju film directed by Noriaki Yuasa and produced by Daiei Film . It is the eighth film in the Gamera film series , following the release of Gamera vs. Zigra in 1971.