Gamera vs. Viras

Gamera vs. Viras
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNoriaki Yuasa[1]
Screenplay byNiisan Takahashi[1]
Produced byHidemasa Nagata[1]
Starring
  • Kojiro Hongo
  • Toru Takatsuka
  • Carl Craig
CinematographyAkira Kitazaki[1]
Edited byShoji Sekiguchi[1]
Music byKenjiro Hirose[1]
Production
company
Release date
  • March 20, 1968 (1968-03-20) (Japan)
Running time
72 minutes[2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Budget¥24 million[3]

Gamera vs. Viras (ガメラ対宇宙怪獣バイラス, Gamera tai Uchū Kaijū Bairasu, lit.'Gamera vs. Outer Space Monster Viras') is a 1968 Japanese kaiju film directed by Noriaki Yuasa, with special effects by Yuasa. Produced by Daiei Film, it is the fourth entry in the Gamera film series, and stars Kōjirō Hongō, Tōru Takatsuka, Carl Craig, and Michiko Yaegaki, with Teruo Aragaki as Gamera. In the film, aliens abducts two boy scouts to coerce Gamera to attack Japan.

Gamera vs. Viras was theatrically released in Japan on March 20, 1968. It was followed by Gamera vs. Guiron, released March 21, 1969.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Galbraith IV 1996, p. 150.
  2. ^ "Gamera Standard Edition Blu-ray and SteelBook Sets Coming From Arrow Video". SciFi Japan. October 24, 2020. Archived from the original on May 22, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  3. ^ Galbraith IV 1998, p. 74.