Okay, we’re cheating this week. This isn’t a Hollywood film; it’s from Japan. So why are we breaking the rules? Because we can! (These are Our rules.) This week, Cinelinx looks at Gamera: Guardian of the Universe.
The first Gamera film was produced by Daiei Studios in 1965. It was clearly meant to cash in on the success of the popular Godzilla film franchise. The concept of a giant turtle that defends Earth from monsters may seem like a dopey idea—and truthfully, it is—but it’s so much fun, and Gamera is one of the best creations of the Kaiju genre.
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995), which was released 30 years later, is a reboot of the franchise (inspired by the well-received Godzilla reboot series of the late 80s-Early 90s) However, it’s not so much a remake of the first 1965 Gamera film as it is a...
The first Gamera film was produced by Daiei Studios in 1965. It was clearly meant to cash in on the success of the popular Godzilla film franchise. The concept of a giant turtle that defends Earth from monsters may seem like a dopey idea—and truthfully, it is—but it’s so much fun, and Gamera is one of the best creations of the Kaiju genre.
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995), which was released 30 years later, is a reboot of the franchise (inspired by the well-received Godzilla reboot series of the late 80s-Early 90s) However, it’s not so much a remake of the first 1965 Gamera film as it is a...
- 5/23/2016
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Rob Young)
- Cinelinx
On Monday, a press conference was held at the City Hall of Fujisawa, Kanagawa for a new movie titled Tobidase Shinsengumi!, starring former Morning Musume leader Risa Niigaki.
Niigaki, who mentioned her desire to expand her acting career after her graduation from the group on May 18th, was in attendance along with director Sho Nobushi and co-stars Toshiya Nagasawa and Akira Onodera.
The project will mark Niigaki’s first film role since 2010’s Gekijoban Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi 3D.
The film’s story is based on a novel of the same name by Jotaro Kuwahara (Boku no Onna ni Te o Dasu na, Shinjuku Junai Monogatari) and involves an all-female theater troupe’s rehearsal of “Musical Shinsengumi Makoto” in which the real-life members of the of the Shinsengumi suddenly appear on stage from the late Edo period.
Niigaki will play a troupe member named Noriko who’s performing as...
Niigaki, who mentioned her desire to expand her acting career after her graduation from the group on May 18th, was in attendance along with director Sho Nobushi and co-stars Toshiya Nagasawa and Akira Onodera.
The project will mark Niigaki’s first film role since 2010’s Gekijoban Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi 3D.
The film’s story is based on a novel of the same name by Jotaro Kuwahara (Boku no Onna ni Te o Dasu na, Shinjuku Junai Monogatari) and involves an all-female theater troupe’s rehearsal of “Musical Shinsengumi Makoto” in which the real-life members of the of the Shinsengumi suddenly appear on stage from the late Edo period.
Niigaki will play a troupe member named Noriko who’s performing as...
- 5/29/2012
- Nippon Cinema
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