Director's Cut Episode 145: Gamera, The Giant Monster

== Show Notes ==
: Friend to all children!
== Films Discussed ==
*Directed by Noriaki Yuasa
**Gamera, the Giant Monster (1965)
**Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967)
**Gamera vs. Viras (a.k.a Destroy All Planets) (1968)
**Gamera vs. Guiron (1969)
**Gamera vs. Zigra (1971)
**Gamera: Super Monster (1980)
*Directed by Ishirō Honda
**Varan the Unbelievable (1958)
**King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
**Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
**The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
**King Kong Escapes (1967)
**Destroy All Monsters (1968)
*The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) Dir. Eugène Lourié
*Gorgo (1961) Dir. Eugène Lourié
*Reptilicus (1961) Dir. Poul Bang & Sidney W. Pink
*Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) Dir. Shigeo Tanaka
*Daimajin (1966) Dir. Kimiyoshi Yasuda
*Ultra Q (1966) Dir. Hajime Tsuburaya - TV series
*Ultraman (1966-1967) - TV series
*Gappa the Triphibian Monster (1967) Dir. Haruyasu Noguchi
*The X From Outer Space (1967) Dir. Kazui Nihonmatsu
*The Mighty Gorga (1969) Dir. David L. Hewitt
*Hanuman vs. 7 Ultraman (1974) Dir. Sompote Sands & Shohei Tôjô
*Hanuman and Five Riders (1975) Dir. Sompote Sands & Shohei Tôjô
*Inframan (1975) Dir. Hua Shan
*King Kong (1976) Dir. John Guillermin
*A*P*E (1976) Dir. Paul Leder
*Might Peking Man (1977) Dir. Ho Meng-hua
*Yeti (a.k.a. Giant of the 20th Century) (1977) Dir. Gianfranco Parolini
*Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) Dir. Shusuke Kaneko
*Gamera the Brave (2006) Dir. Ryuta Tasaki
== Discussion Notes ==
*Who's your favorite monster who starts with the letter G?
**Will - "Godzilla!"
**Justin - "Garfield!"
*Gamera: a cheaper take on the Godzilla franchise?
*What do you look for in a giant monster movie?
*Gamera - the auteurs Godzilla?
*Our hosts discuss their favorite non-Godzilla and non-Japanese giant monster movies
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