Gamera - The Ultimate Collection (US Version) DVD Region 1
Yuasa Noriaki (Director)
| Tanaka Shigeo (Director)
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Created to capitalize on the success of GODZILLA, the Japanese film series GAMERA mines similar monster-movie territory with the rampaging exploits of a giant, flying, firebreathing turtle. The ULTIMATE COLLECTION presents three classic GAMERA films from the 1960s, which feature a far fiercer version of the reptilian beast than do the kid-friendly 1990s updates. The black-and-white debut GAMERA THE INVINCIBLE (1965) introduces the monster when a nuclear explosion in the Arctic awakens the prehistoric turtle from his slumber in the ice. In the second film of the series, 1966's WAR OF THE MONSTERS (aka GAMERA VS. BARUGON), Gamera meets his match in the form of a dinosaur-like creature that emits freezing vapors from his mouth. And in the fourth film of the series, 1968's DESTROY ALL PLANETS (aka GAMERA VS. VIRAS), Gamera is brainwashed by aliens for their own nefarious purposes.
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| Product Title: | Gamera - The Ultimate Collection (US Version) Gamera - The Ultimate Collection (US Version) Gamera - The Ultimate Collection (US Version) Gamera - The Ultimate Collection (US Version) Gamera - The Ultimate Collection (US Version) |
| Also known as: | Gamera the Invincible/War of the Monsters/Destroy All Planets Gamera the Invincible/War of the Monsters/Destroy All Planets Gamera the Invincible/War of the Monsters/Destroy All Planets Gamera the Invincible/War of the Monsters/Destroy All Planets Gamera the Invincible/War of the Monsters/Destroy All Planets |
| Director: | Yuasa Noriaki | Tanaka Shigeo Yuasa Noriaki | Tanaka Shigeo 汤浅宪明 | Tanaka Shigeo 湯浅憲明 | 田中重雄 Yuasa Noriaki | Tanaka Shigeo |
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| Release Date: | 2005-05-17 |
| UPC Code: | 826150207027 |
| Language: | English, Japanese |
| Country of Origin: | Japan |
| Picture Format: | NTSC What is it? |
| Color Information: | Color |
| Disc Format(s): | DVD |
| Region Code: | 1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it? |
| Rating: | Not Rated |
| Publisher: | RED Distribution |
| Package Weight: | 104 (g) |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1004428111 |
Product Information
Director: Shigeo Tanaka, Noriaki Yuasa
DVD Features:
Region 0
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Region 0
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
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Customer Review of "Gamera - The Ultimate Collection (US Version)"
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September 18, 2006
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September 18, 2006
Old Age Mutant Turtle
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There are three films on this DVD, one black and white and two in Colour, so good value for a few laughs. The picture quality is pretty bad, the dubbing is very much the standard you expect from the sixties and of course the Monsters are unrealistic. Having said that the films are just dumb fun - Baragon, the monster in the second movie is like a giant lizard with a "scary" Rainbow ray emitted from his back spikes and a freezing gas from his Chameleon like tongue! ( The second colour movie also has footage from this fight so perhaps it is really only two and a half movies on one disc.) Gamera himself is just the most ungainly creature, he flies like a fiery spinning top and waddles as a turtle would, he is no Godzilla! The destructable backdrops are great, smashing bridges and buildings and fiery explosions all around - Gamera even breathes fire in what looks like a very dangerous special effect, ie real flames and rubber suits - no CGI back then! Not the best quality DVD but interesting to see what Directors nowadays grew up on in the science fiction genre of the sixties. |
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