Gamera vs. Viras (1968)

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Gamera Films
Gamera vs. Gyaos
Gamera vs. Viras
Gamera vs. Guiron
Gamera vs. Viras
The Japanese poster for Gamera vs. Viras
Alternate titles
Flagicon Japan.png Gamera Against Space Monster Viras (1968)
Flagicon United States.png Destroy All Planets (1969)
See alternate titles
Directed by Noriaki Yuasa
Producer Hidemasa Nagata
Written by Nisan Takahashi
Music by Kenjiro Hirose
Distributor Daiei Motion Picture Company, Ltd.JP
American International TelevisionUS
Rating Not Rated
Budget ¥24,000,000[1]
Running time 72 minutes (Theatrical)JP
(1 hour, 12 minutes)
81 minutes (Current)JP
(1 hour, 21 minutes)
90 minutesIntl
(1 hour, 30 minutes)
Aspect ratio 2.35:1
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Gamera vs. Viras (ガメラ対宇宙怪獣バイラス,   Gamera Tai Uchū Kaijū Bairasu, lit. Gamera Against Space Monster Viras) is a 1968 tokusatsu kaiju film produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company and the fourth entry in the Gamera series. It was released to Japanese theaters on March 20, 1968.

Plot

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Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

  • Directed by   Noriaki Yuasa
  • Written by   Nisan Takahashi
  • Executive producing by   Masaichi Nagata
  • Produced by   Hidemasa Nagata
  • Music by   Kenjiro Hirose
  • Cinematography by   Akira Kitazaki
  • Edited by   Shoji Sekiguchi
  • Production design by   Tomohisa Yano
  • Assistant directing by   Masayoshi Imago
  • Special effects by   Kazufumi Fujii, Yuzo Kaneko

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

  • Kojiro Hongo   as   Scoutmaster Mr. Shimida
  • Michiko Yaegaki   as   Mariko
  • Mari Atsumi   as   Junko Aoki
  • Junko Yashiro   as   Masako Shibata
  • Yoshiro Kitahara   as   Masao's Father
  • Akira Natsuki   as   Doctor C
  • Koji Fujiyama   as   Self-Defense Force Commander
  • Chikara Hashimoto   as   Doctor A
  • Carl Craig   as   Jim Crane
  • Toru Takatsuka   as   Masao Nakaya
  • Kenji Go   as   Doctor B
  • Munehiko Takada   as   Jim's Father
  • Peter Williams   as   Dr. Dobie
  • Ken Nakahara   as   Doctor D
  • Kenichiro Yamane   as   Doctor E
  • Mary Morris   as   Mrs. Crane
  • Himawari and Kojika Acting Troupes
  • Teruo Aragaki   as   Gamera

Appearances

Monsters


Weapons, Vehicles and Races

Gallery

Main article: Gamera vs. Viras/Gallery.

Soundtrack

Main article: Gamera vs. Viras (Soundtrack).

Alternate Titles

  • Gamera vs. Space Monster Viras (Literal Japanese Title)
  • Gamera vs. the Giant Space Monster (ガメラ対宇宙大怪獣,   Gamera tai Uchū Daikaijū, Early Japanese Title)
  • Gamela vs. Outerspace Monster Bairus (Early English Title)
  • Gamela vs. Bairus (Early English Title)
  • Gamera versus Space Monster Bairas (English Japanese Title)
  • Destroy All Planets (United States)

U.S. Release

In June 1968, Gamera vs. Viras played alongside Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare at the New Kokusai Theater in Honolulu, Hawaii, presented in Japanese with English subtitles. Advertisements referred to the film as either Gamela vs. Outerspace Monster Bairus or just Gamela vs. Bairus.

In 1969, Gamera vs. Viras premiered in the continental United States through American International Television, under the title Destroy All Planets, likely to capitalize on the success of the Godzilla film, Destroy All Monsters, which American International released to theaters the same year. This version contained an additional ten minutes of stock footage in the scene where the Virasians examine Gamera's memories. Both Shout! Factory and Mill Creek Entertainment have released the film on DVD as Gamera vs. Viras, with its original Japanese audio track and English subtitles. The Destroy All Planets version of the film is in the public domain in the United States, and has been released on DVD by countless different companies.

Video Releases

Shout! Factory DVD (2010)

  • Region: 1
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: Japanese (1.0 Mono), English (1.0 Mono)
  • Special Features: Gallery of publicity materials
  • Notes: Both versions of the film use the same Japanese video track, with the English dub reverting to the Japanese audio in scenes removed by AIP-TV. Packaged with Gamera vs. Gyaos.

Mill Creek DVD (2014) [Gamera: Legacy Collection]

Mill Creek Blu-ray (2014) [Gamera: Ultimate Collection, Volume 1]

  • Region: N/A
  • Discs: 2
  • Audio: Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0)
  • Special Features: None
  • Notes: Packaged with Gamera: The Giant Monster, Gamera vs. Barugon, and Gamera vs. Gyaos.

Videos

Japanese Gamera vs. Viras trailer
Stock footage montage from the Japanese theatrical version
Extended stock footage montage from the international version
Italian theatrical credits


Trivia

  • Gamera vs. Viras was theatrically released in Japan on a double bill with Yokai Monsters: One Hundred Monsters (妖怪百物語,   Yōkai Hyaku Monogatari, lit. One Hundred Yōkai Tales).

References

This is a list of references for Gamera vs. Viras. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. Stuart Galbraith IV (1998). Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo!. Feral House. p. 74. ISBN 0-922915-47-4.

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