Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Gammera the Invincible

Actors: Eiji Funakoshi, Harumi Kiritachi, Junichiro Yamashita, Yoshiro Uchida, Michiko Sugata, Albert Dekker, Brian Donlevy, Diane Findlay, John Baragrey, Dick O'Neill
Rating: 2 out of 10, My forage through bad cinema continued with yet another 1960s Japanese giant monster flick. This is a black and white film where some additional scenes featuring American actors were obviously shoehorned in to make it more palatable for American audiences. The giant turtle is back and bent on destroying Tokyo, as they are wont to do, after being woken up from Artic slumber by an accidental nuke. The American scenes, mostly in the first half, are pointed directly at the Cold War tensions between the Soviets and US. I’m not sure why these Japanese films have to have an incredibly annoying kid but he’s trying to thwart efforts to contain the monster because he once had a pet turtle. Lego level special effects but I’ll grudgingly admit the acting was very professional, except for that G.D. kid.

MVP: Eiji Funakoshi as Dr Hidaka

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