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DaieiGammera the Invincible (1965)

This was the only film in the original Gamera series to be released to American theaters. It was originally presented in America by World Entertainment Corp. and Harris Associates, Inc. who re-named the film Gammera the Invincible. All subsequent entries in the series were released directly to television by American International Productions Television. Gammera the Invincible's American premiere was in New Orleans on December 15, 1966. Gammera the Invincible was heavily re-edited from its original Japanese version. Scenes were moved around and some were deleted completely. New footage featuring American actors was spliced in to create a more international feel and to replace scenes shot in the original cut featuring American extras with poor acting. Theses new scenes featured actors such as Albert Dekker and Brian Donlevy. The film was dubbed by Titan Productions, Inc. It features the voices of Jack Curtis and Peter Fernandez, who are best known as voices on Speed Racer and Ultraman.

The film opens with Gamera's awakening from the accidental detonation of an atomic bomb as a result of an aerial assault by American fighters on Soviet bombers caught crossing into North American airspace. Gamera wastes no time in causing a rampage of destruction, first destroying a Japanese research ship, then making its way to Japan to wreak havoc. In an attempt to stop the giant turtle, Gamera is sedated with a freezing agent on a precipice, and powerful explosives are placed at the base. The explosion knocks the monster on its back, and while it seems as though mankind has scored a victory, this is not the case: Gamera reveals its ability to fly. A second strategy, Plan Z, is devised to stop the monster, this time by baiting it into a rocket bound for Mars. The plan is successful and the Earth is safe from Gamera.


This movie is part of the collection: Sci-Fi / Horror

Producer: Daiei
Production Company: Daiei
Audio/Visual: sound, B/W
Keywords: Gammera; Third Eye Cinema; 1960's; Sci-Fi/Horror
Contact Information: Contributed by Jon Behrens

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: SonOfChaos - - July 20, 2009
Subject: Good?
I must admit I had not seen this film since I was a kid, and I remember thinking it was really good. So my first question when I watched this would be was this good cause I was young, or was it good cause it was good?

In this I must say the film was good, interesting and very captivating. Plenty of action, explosions and just a bit heart felt too. A very good all round film.

Reviewer: billbarstad - - July 7, 2009
Subject: Spicy Jack
Now that was a fairly entertaining 85 minutes! I'd only seen a Gamera movie before while enjoying Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Gamera!
Gamera!
Gamera is really neat.
He is full of turtle meat.
We're all eating Gamera.

My favorite parts were the often absurd use of miniatures, when newspapers from around the world were shown proclaiming Gamera's existence all with headlines in English, and especially when the filmmaker's mocked U.S. TV news analysis of the situation as an uniformed shouting match among the arrogant and crazed (sadly, it often still is. If you can stomach it, check out a FOX News show.)

The rather harsh lesson portrayed when disobedient and disrespectful teenagers kept dancing to the rock-and-roll Gamera theme instead of fleeing - as they were told to by a policeman - were burned alive, was interesting.

Now why dispose of Gamera on Mars? If you can send a rocket to Mars, you can send one into the Sun. They must have had an eye out for sequels.

I downloaded the 530MB MPEG4. Video and audio quality were fine.

Reviewer: Bolexman - - June 22, 2009
Subject: great film!
This is my favorite Gammera film