Gamera vs. Barugon

Gamera vs. Barugon


大怪獣決闘 ガメラ対バルゴン
Daikaijū Kessen Gamera Tai Barugon
Giant Monster Battle: Gamera Against Barugon
Also known as War of the Monsters
Director Shigeo Tanaka
Producer Masaichi Nagata
Screenplay Nisan Takahashi
Photography Michio Takahashi
Sound Yukio Okumura
Lighting Tsunekichi Shibata
Art Tokuji Shibata
Music Chuji Kinoshita
Editor Tatsuji Nakashizuka
Special Effects Director Noriaki Yuasa
Production Companies Daiei
Release Date April 17, 1966
Runtime 101 minutes
Preceded by Gamera, the Giant Monster (1965)
Followed by Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967)

大怪獣決闘 ガメラ対バルゴン
Daikaijū Kessen Gamera Tai Barugon
Giant Monster Battle: Gamera Against Barugon
Director Shigeo Tanaka
Producer Masaichi Nagata
Screenplay Nisan Takahashi
Photography Michio Takahashi
Sound Yukio Okumura
Lighting Tsunekichi Shibata
Art Tokuji Shibata
Music Chuji Kinoshita
Editor Tatsuji Nakashizuka
Special Effects Director Noriaki Yuasa
Also known as War of the Monsters
Production Companies Daiei
Release Date April 17, 1966
Runtime 101 minutes
Preceded by Gamera, the Giant Monster (1965)
Followed by Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967)

Ichiro enlists his younger brother Keisuke and friend Onodera on a mission to retrieve an opal he discovered during the war and hid in a cave in New Guinea. Keisuke and Onodera travel to New Guinea and find the opal, but Onodera betrays Keisuke and seals him in the cave. However, Onodera’s ship mysteriously sinks while coming into port back in Osaka. A large monster appears and begins attacking the city. Ichiro confronts Onodera about Keisuke’s fate, and Onodera kills him. Gamera returns to Earth and confronts Barugon, but is defeated by Barugon’s freezing attacks.

Keisuke is rescued and accompanied back to Japan by Karen, who believes that the monster is Barugon, the fierce deity of the natives on New Guinea. She proposes they use Barugon’s love of diamonds to lure the monster into a lake and drown it. She has brought a massive diamond with her from New Guinea for this purpose. Onodera sabotages the plan by stealing the diamond, but both Onodera and the diamond are immediately eaten by Barugon.

The military attempts a last ditch attack to reflect Barugon’s energy attacks back at him. The attack is successful, and Barugon is gravely wounded. Gamera revives and returns to the battlefield. Gamera kills Barugon by dragging him into Lake Biwa, where Barugon drowns and disintegrates.

Top Billed Cast

Kojiro Hongo
Keisuke Hirata
Kyoko Enami
Karen
Yuzo Hayakawa
Kawajiri
Takuya Fujioka
Dr. Sato
Koji Fujiyama
Onodera
Sho Natsuki
Ichiro Hirata
Yoshiro Kitahara
Dr. Amano
Ichiro Sugai
Dr. Matsushita
Bontaro Miake
SDF Commander
Jutaro Hojo
SDF Deputy
Kazuko Wakamatsu
Sadae Hirata
Yuka Konno
Onodera's Mistress
Eichi Takamura
Governor of Osaka
Kenichi Tani
Lee the Jewelry Broker
Koichi Ito
Inspector General
Hikaru Hoshi
Ship's Captain
Tsutomu Nakata
Hayashi
Yuji Moriya
Announcer
Shin Minatsu
Sailor

Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically

Teruo Aragaki
Gamera
Top Billed Cast

Keisuke Hirata
Kojiro Hongo

Karen
Kyoko Enami

Kawajiri
Yuzo Hayakawa

Dr. Sato
Takuya Fujioka

Onodera
Koji Fujiyama

Ichiro Hirata
Sho Natsuki

Dr. Amano
Yoshiro Kitahara

Dr. Matsushita
Ichiro Sugai

SDF Commander
Bontaro Miake

SDF Deputy
Jutaro Hojo

Sadae Hirata
Kazuko Wakamatsu

Onodera's Mistress
Yuka Konno

Governor of Osaka
Eichi Takamura

Lee the Jewelry Broker
Kenichi Tani

Inspector General
Koichi Ito

Ship's Captain
Hikaru Hoshi

Hayashi
Tsutomu Nakata

Announcer
Yuji Moriya

Sailor
Shin Minatsu
Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically

Gamera
Teruo Aragaki
製作
Producer
永田雅一
Masaichi Nagata
企画
Planning
斉藤米二郎
Yonejiro Saito
脚本
Screenplay
高橋二三
Nisan Takahashi
撮影
Photography
高橋通夫
Michio Takahashi
録音
Sound
奥村幸雄
Yukio Okumura
照明
Lighting
柴田恒吉
Tsunekichi Shibata
美術
Art
柴田篤二
Tokuji Shibata
音楽
Music
木下忠司
Chuji Kinoshita
編集
Editor
中静達治
Tatsuji Nakashizuka
助監督
Assistant Director
瀬川正雄
Masao Segawa
製作主任
Production Manager
沼田芳造
Yoshizo Numata
現像
Developing
東洋現像所
Toyo Laboratory
特殊撮影
Special Photography

監督
Director
湯浅憲明
Noriaki Yuasa
撮影
Photography
藤井和文
Kazufumi Fujii
美術
Art
山口煕
Hiroshi Yamaguchi

井上章
Akira Inoue
特殊撮影
Special Photography

合成
Synthesis
金子友三
Yuzo Kaneko
照明
Lighting
石坂守
Mamoru Ishizaka
操演
Physical Effects
恵利川秀雄
Hideo Erikawa
助監督
Assistant Director
阿部志馬
Shiba Abe
製作主任
Production Manager
川村清
Kiyoshi Kawamura
監督
Director
田中重雄
Shigeo Tanaka
出演者
Performers


本郷功次郎
Kojiro Hongo

江波杏子
Kyoko Enami

早川雄三
Yuzo Hayakawa

藤岡琢也
Takuya Fujioka

藤山浩二
Koji Fujiyama

夏木章
Sho Natsuki

北原義郎
Yoshiro Kitahara

菅井一郎
Ichiro Sugai

見明凡太郎
Bontaro Miake

北城寿太郎
Jutaro Hojo

若松和子
Kazuko Wakamatsu

紺野ユカ
Yuka Konno

高村栄一
Eiichi Takamura

谷謙一
Kenichi Tani

伊東光一
Koichi Ito

星ひかる
Hikaru Hoshi

阿部脩
Osamu Abe

小山内淳
Jun Koyamauchi

浜口喜博
Yoshihiro Hamaguchi

ジョー・オハラ
Joe Ohara

中田勉
Tsutomu Nakata

森矢雄二
Yuji Moriya

川島真二
Shinji Kawashima

原田該
Gen Harada

森一夫
Kazuo Mori

荒木康夫
Yasuo Araki

三夏伸
Shin Minatsu

後藤武彦
Takehiko Goto

加川東一郎
Toichiro Kagawa

新宮信子
Nobuko Shingaki

西尋子
Hiroko Nishi

光実千代
Michiyo Hikari

益田隆舞踏団
Takashi Masuda Dance Team