Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe

About Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe

A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he gives to his daughter Asagi. Meanwhile, ornithologist Nagamine investigates reports of a new species of large bird named Gyaos.

Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe is a 1995 fantasy horror film directed by Shusuke Kaneko. Its themes are giant monster, kaiju, baseball stadium, and gamera (giant turtle).

Tsuyoshi Ihara takes the lead as Yoshinari Yonemori, Shinobu Nakayama as Dr. Mayumi Nagamine, Ayako Fujitani as Asagi Kusanagi, and Yukijiro Hotaru as Inspector Tsutomu Osako. Released in March 1995, it runs 96 minutes.

The screenplay is by Kazunori Ito. In the United States it streams on ARROW, Cineverse Amazon Channel, and Midnight Pulp.

Gamera vs. Zigra, Pacific Rim: Uprising, and Shin Godzilla make useful companions to Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe, all filed under japan. TMDB voters put it at 7.4 out of 10 across 172 votes.