Gamera vs. Barugon
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“Gamera burns the streets of Osaka in an instant! Barugon freezes Osaka Castle with a single gust! An underwater clash at Lake Biwa!”
Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Guinea is brought back to Japan. The opal is discovered to have been an egg that births a new monster called Barugon. The creature attacks the city of Osaka by emitting a destructive rainbow ray from his back, along with a freezing spray capable of incapacitating Gamera.
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Part of Gamera (Showa) Collection
8 films
Cast
34 people
Kōjirō Hongō
Keisuke Hirata
Known for
Return of Giant Majin
Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe
Akira Natsuki
Ichiro Hirata
Kyōko Enami
Karen
Known for
Gokusen
Call Boy
Yūzō Hayakawa
Kawajiri
Also in
Seisaku's Wife
Fires on the Plain
Takuya Fujioka
Dr. Sato
Known for
Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer
Kōji Fujiyama
Onodera
Known for
Return of Giant Majin
Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell
Sho Natsuki
Ichiro Hirata
Known for
Fires on the Plain
Yoshirō Kitahara
Professor Amano
Also in
Dangerous Detective
The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly
Ichirō Sugai
Dr. Matsushita
Known for
Sansho the Bailiff
The Life of Oharu
Bontarō Miake
Self-Defense Force General
Known for
Sansho the Bailiff
Street of Shame
Jutarō Hōjō
Self-Defense Force Commander
Known for
Return of Giant Majin
Kazuko Wakamatsu
Sadae Hirata
Also in
Kisses
The Notorious Concubines
Shigeo Tanaka Director · Nisan Takahashi Screenplay Chūji Kinoshita Composer
United States release July 14, 1987 · Produced in Japan · Production Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Production
Daiei Film
Production
Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.
Production
Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
大怪獣決闘 ガメラ対バルゴン
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · April 17, 1966
Theatrical
United States · July 14, 1987
Physical · King Features Entertainment/Celebrity Home Entertainment VHS. Uses the Axis International export dub.
United States
January 26, 2021 · Physical · Arrow Video Blu-ray set
Canada
December 18, 1969 · Theatrical · English · Likely screened with Axis International English dub directed by Ted Thomas
January 26, 2021 · Physical · Japanese · Arrow Video Blu-ray set
France
December 31, 1969 · Theatrical
Germany
May 3, 1967 · Theatrical
Japan
March 21, 1984 · Physical · Daiei Video Disc LaserDisc, analog audio in pan-and-scan.
April 1, 1995 · Physical · Daiei Video Disc LaserDisc, letterboxed reissue
United Kingdom
January 25, 2021 · Physical · Arrow Video Blu-ray set titled "Gamera: The Showa Era", includes both export Axis International and U.S. English Language Dubbers Association dubs.
February 28, 2026 · Limited theatrical · 4K restoration at the BFI Southbank, London
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