Gamera vs. Jiger

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1hr 23min

Genres:

Action,Sci-Fi

Release:

1970

Director:

Noriyaki Yuasa

Starring:

Junko Yashiro, Kon Omura

Synopsis: This is one of the strangest entries in the Japanese horror-fantasy series. It begins as the organizers of Expo '70 dig up an ancient sacred statue. This unearthed icon causes the release of Jiger, a giant lizard. It is up to Gamera, now a defender of humanity, to destroy him. During their titanic battle, the reptile's tail pounds the turtle in the chest thereby injecting it's eggs into Gamera. It is not long before a baby lizard hatches and begins sucking the great turtle's blood. To save their ... Full Synopsis

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	Donald Guarisco, AMG Review After a couple of entries where it veered into the goofy/dumb side of the kiddie movie, the Gamera series regained its footing with Gamera Vs. Jiger. It follows the same "kids plus Gamera vs. attacking monster" formula that had become the basic Gamera-film archetype but it also introduces a few wrinkles that help it stand out from the rest. To begin with, the kid heroes are smarter, braver and more ... Read Review