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Gamera Films
Gamera vs. Jiger
Gamera vs. Zigra
Gamera: Super Monster
Gamera vs. Zigra
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Alternate titles
Flagicon Japan.png Gamera vs. Deep-Sea Monster Zigra (1971)

Directed by Noriaki Yuasa
Producer Hidemasa Nagata
Written by Nisan Takahashi
Music by Shunsuke Kikuchi
Distributor Dainichi Film Distribution Co., LtdJP
King Features SyndicationUS
Budget ¥35,000,000[1]
Running time 88 minutesJP
(1 hour, 28 minutes)
89 minutesUS
(1 hour, 29 minutes)
Aspect ratio 2.35:1
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Gamera vs. Zigra (ガメラ対深海怪獣ジグラ,   Gamera tai Shinkai Kaijū Jigura, lit. Gamera vs. Deep-Sea Monster Zigra) is a 1971 tokusatsu kaiju film produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company and is the seventh entry in the Gamera series. Gamera vs. Zigra was released to Japanese theaters on July 17, 1971. It was released in the United States in 1985 by Sandy Frank through King Features Syndication.

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
  • Produced by   Hidemasa Nagata
  • Music by   Shunsuke Kikuchi
  • Cinematography by   Akira Uehara
  • Edited by   Zenko Miyazaki
  • Production design by   Akira Inoue
  • Assistant directing by   Masami Akise
  • Special effects by   Kazuo Fujii

Cast

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

  • Eiko Yanami   as   Woman X / Chikako Sugawara
  • Reiko Kasahara   as   Kiyoko Ishikawa
  • Mikiko Tsubouchi   as   Mrs. Ishikawa
  • Koji Fujiyama   as   Dr. Tom Wallace
  • Isamu Saeki   as   Dr. Yosuke Ishikawa
  • Shin Minatsu   as   Kamogawa Sea World Staff
  • Arlene Zoellner   as   Margie Wallace
  • Gloria Zoellner   as   Helen Wallace
  • Yasushi Sakagami   as   Kenichi Ishikawa
  • Keiichi Noda   as   Zigra (voice)

Appearances

Monsters

Weapons, vehicles, and races


Gallery

Main article: Gamera vs. Zigra/Gallery.

Soundtrack

Main article: Gamera vs. Zigra (Soundtrack).

Theatrical releases

DVD and Blu-ray Releases

Shout! Factory DVD (2010)

  • Region: 1
  • Discs: 1
  • Audio: Japanese (1.0 Mono), English (1.0 Mono)
  • Special Features: Photo galleries
  • Notes: Both versions of the film use the same Japanese video track. Packaged with Gamera: Super Monster.

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

Mill Creek Blu-ray (2014) [Gamera: Ultimate Collection, Volume 2]

Videos

Japanese Gamera vs. Zigra trailer
Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode K07 - Gamera vs. Zigra
Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode 316 - Gamera vs. Zigra

Trivia

Dainichi Eihai Co. Ltd logo
  • Gamera vs. Zigra was released by Dainichi Film Distribution Co., Ltd (DN ダイニチ映配株式会社,   Dainichi Eihai Kabushiki-Gaisha), which was the result of Daiei and Nikkatsu Corporation merging to share distribution costs.
  • Gamera vs. Zigra was released theatrically in Japan as part of a triple feature with re-releases of the 1958 film Red Armored Suzunosuke Three Eyed Birdman (赤胴鈴之助 三つ目の鳥人,   Akado Suzunosuke mittsume no chōjin) and the 1969 film Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts, the third film in the Yokai Monsters trilogy.
  • Noriaki Yuasa proposed another Gamera film for the following year, Gamera vs. Two-Headed Monster W, but the company's bankruptcy ended the series until 1980.
    • After this film's release and the announcement that Daiei had gone bankrupt, a riot broke out at the studio, causing a fire that destroyed all of the studio equipment used for the Gamera films.
  • The English dub of Gamera vs. Zigra, as released by Sandy Frank Film Syndication, was featured on Season 3 of the movie-mocking television series Mystery Science Theater 3000. It was also riffed on the show during its original broadcast on the Minneapolis-area station KTMA.
  • Gamera vs. Zigra was released in theaters exactly a week before Godzilla vs. Hedorah, another kaiju film dealing with pollution and its effects on sea life.
  • Gamera vs. Zigra was filmed on location at Kamagowa Sea World and around Kamagowa City. The special effects scenes were also filmed on a small set of the area around Sea World, with none of the miniatures destroyed.

References

This is a list of references for Gamera vs. Zigra. 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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