I watched War of the Monsters last night, the best version of Gamera vs. Barugon. From Wiki- Gamera vs. Barugon (大怪獣決闘 ガメラ対バルゴン, Daikaijū kettō: Gamera tai Barugon, lit. 'Great Monster Duel: Gamera vs. Barugon') is a 1966 Japanese kaiju film directed by Shigeo Tanaka, with special effects by Noriaki Yuasa and Kazufumi Fujii. Produced by Daiei Film, it is the second entry in the Gamera franchise, and stars Kōjirō Hongō, Kyōko Enami, and Yūzō Hayakawa, with Teruo Aragaki as Gamera.
In the film, Gamera returns to Earth to battle a reptilian monster born
out of an opal brought to Japan by greedy entrepreneurs.
It is still a bit of a slog to get through, even with twelve minutes cut out of it. There are a lot of good things about the movie, though. However, there is even a shorter version of it out there, though I have not been able to find out who created this movie. It has a strange introduction, then this title, and then a 60 minute version unspools. I have actually seen this on the big screen. The print was pretty good, but the credits (such as they were) were in sepia or black and white. Anyone know anything about this version?
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