Japan Synopsis
ガメラ3 邪神＜イリス＞覚醒
“I will not forgive Gamera.”
With the Gyaos re-emerging, Gamera's ties to humanity have been severed with his bond to Asagi broken. Nagamine and Asagi investigate while an orphaned girl named Ayana discovers a new creature she names Iris. Nagamine and Asagi must reach Ayana before she takes her revenge on Gamera, who she blames for the death of her family.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Daiei Film
Fantasy + Science Fiction in Japan
115 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Fantasy and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris itself).
Mask the Kekkou: Reborn
★ 8.2 · 2012
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
★ 7.8 · 2006
Sword Art Online: The Movie – Ordinal Scale
★ 7.8 · 2017
Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night
★ 7.8 · 2021
Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West
★ 7.8 · 1988
Ressha Sentai ToQger Returns: Super ToQ #7 of Dreams
★ 7.7 · 2015
The 1998–2000 Japan Window
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris holds position #48 of 187 Japan films in the 1998–2000 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Japan, 447 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris premiered alongside 60 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 48m runtime, production spent $56K per minute on screen and earned $139K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 60 other Japan films in 1999.
The 1196th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
109 audience reviews — more than 77% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (77th percentile) outruns trending popularity (56th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- giant bird · 5
- gamera (giant turtle) · 12
- japan · 454
- revenge · 210
- sequel · 143
- kaiju · 77
- giant monster · 64
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,377 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (70th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Fantasy productions specifically: #569 of 1,274 (top 45%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Daiei Film |
| Runtime | 1h 48m |
| Release Date | March 6, 1999 |
| IMDb | tt0184503 |