Gamera The Giant Monster 1965

From out of the arctic comes a gigantic flying, fire-breathing turtle that sets its sights on destroying Tokyo.

The Cast

Eiji Funakoshi-Dr. Hidaka
Harumi Kiritachi-Kyoko Yamamoto
Junichirô Yamashiko-Aoyagi
Yoshiro Uchida-Toshio Sakurai
Michiko Sugata-Nobuyo Sakurai
Yoshirô Kitahara-Mr. Sakurai
Jun Hamamura-Professor Murase
Kenji Ôyama-Minister of Defense

The Director: Noriaki Yuasa
The Writers: Niisan Takahashi
Music by: Tadashi Yamauchi

Film Trivia

A sequence with Gamera attacking two strippers in a nightclub was shot, but cut from the final finished version of the film.
This was the final kaiju movie to be filmed in black & white.
This is the only film in the series in which Gamera does not fight another monster.
This is the only film in the Gamera series that was filmed in black and white.
This is the only film in the series with Gamera as the antagonist.