ガメラ対大魔獣ジャイガー (1970)

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Gamera vs. Jiger is a 1970 Japanese kaiju film directed by Noriaki Yuasa, written by Niisan Takahashi, and produced by Daiei Film. It is the sixth entry in the Gamera film series, following Gamera vs. Guiron, which was released one year prior. Gamera vs. Jiger stars Tsutomu Takakuwa, Kelly Burris, Katherine Murphy, and Kon Ohmura, and features the fictional giant flying turtle monster Gamera. The film was released theatrically in Japan on 21 March 1970, and did not receive a theatrical release in the United States, instead being released directly to television by American International Television in 1970 under the title Gamera vs. Monster X. The film was followed by Gamera vs.

Production

As boys magazines at the time had stories on ancient civilizations that were popular, Nisan Takahashi's early script, titled Gamera vs. Giant Demon Beast X (ガメラ対大魔獣X, Gamera tai Dai Majū Ekkusu), constructed around an ancient monster from the lost continent of Mu. Takahashi also wanted to include an “occult” element with Jiger and the cursed statue.

Reportedly director Yuasa coerced then Daiei president Nagata Masakazu to fork over an additional allotment of 30 million yen (approximately 100,000 US dollars at that time) to beef up the effects budget.

In the film, neither Jiger nor Gamera destroys any of the buildings of the Expo 70 fair because the Expo board members had forbidden it.

Gamera vs. Jiger was the sixth film in the Gamera series.The American version of the film includes stock footage from Gamera vs. Guiron and Gamera vs. Barugon.

Keisuke Sawada, the young Expo 70 worker who befriends the children and acts as their guide, was played by then 20-year old Ryo Hayami, under his first stage name Sanshiro Honoo. Hayami would achieve greater fame starring as Keisuke Jin, who transformed into the titular superhero of Kamen Rider X (1974), the third Kamen Rider TV series.

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