Japan Synopsis
ガメラ対大悪獣ギロン
“Controlled from the mysterious tenth planet, the immensely powerful Giant Demon Beast! The Earth is in danger! Launch the counter strategy, Gamera, you can do it!”
Two young boys sneak aboard a spaceship and find themselves whisked away to the mysterious planet Terra. There, they encounter Gamera's old foe Gyaos and two female aliens with a taste for human brains. Gamera must save the children and battle the new monster Guiron, whose entire body is a deadly living weapon.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Gamera vs. Guiron. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Daiei Film
Adventure + Science Fiction in Japan
153 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Adventure and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Gamera vs. Guiron itself).
Mask the Kekkou: Reborn
★ 8.2 · 2012
Sword Art Online: The Movie – Ordinal Scale
★ 7.8 · 2017
Interstella 5555
★ 7.8 · 2003
Gurren Lagann the Movie: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars
★ 7.8 · 2009
Doraemon: The Record of Nobita's Parallel Journey to the West
★ 7.8 · 1988
Ultraman Mebius & Ultra Brothers
★ 7.8 · 2006
The 1968–1970 Japan Window
In the crowded 1968-1970 Japan release window, Gamera vs. Guiron sits at #59 of 65. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1960s in Japan, 202 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Gamera vs. Guiron premiered alongside 25 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 25 other Japan films in 1969.
The 310th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
79 audience reviews — more than 72% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (72th percentile) outruns trending popularity (54th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Gamera vs. Guiron, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- spacecraft · 13
- turtle · 13
- cannibal · 12
- gamera (giant turtle) · 12
- sequel · 143
- monster · 91
- kaiju · 77
- giant monster · 64
- alien · 51
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,279 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (7th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Adventure productions specifically: #1,191 of 1,216 (top 98%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Daiei Film |
| Runtime | 1h 22m |
| Release Date | March 21, 1969 |
| IMDb | tt0064360 |