Gamera the Brave

Gamera the Brave

Official Japanese poster
Japanese 小さき勇者たち~ガメラ~
Hepburn Chiisaki Yūsha-tachi ~Gamera~
Directed by Ryuta Tasaki
Written by Yukari Tatsui
Starring Ryo Tomioka
Kanji Tsuda
Kaho
Music by Yoko Ueno
Cinematography Kazuhiro Suzuki
Production
company
Distributed by Shochiku Company Ltd.
Release dates
  • April 29, 2006 (2006-04-29)
Running time
96 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Gamera the Brave, released in Japan as Little Braves: Gamera (小さき勇者たち~ガメラ~ Chiisaki Yūsha-tachi ~Gamera~), is a kaiju film released in 2006, produced by Kadokawa Pictures. This is the twelfth Gamera film and the first produced by Kadokawa Pictures after they purchased a percentage of the remaining assets of Daiei Motion Picture Company, the original company responsible for the Gamera films.

Plot

Gamera self-destructed to destroy several Gyaos in 1973, the tale picks up thirty three years later, when the son of one of the survivors of that incident finds an unusual egg, from which a baby turtle hatches. The boy, Toru, raises the creature, quickly realizing it as remarkable in that it hovers and breathes fire. The creature quickly outgrows the house, is relocated by Toru and his friends to maintain secrecy, and then disappears.

Concurrently, many shipping disasters occur in the area, the cause of which is the kaiju Zedus (ジーダス), which soon thereafter rampages through the city. It corners Toru and his friends, but the boy's former pet, now significantly larger, intercedes. The young Gamera is wounded in the fight and captured by government officials, who hook the creature up to a machine which infuses it with liquid derived from mysterious red stones found in the vicinity of egg, and which scientists theorize gives Gameras their power.

Zedus attacks again, and the Gamera, now larger, goes out to battle him. The human characters determine that the still-immature Gamera must consume the red stone which Toru had found with the egg in order to fully realize its powers. The egg is located and, with some difficulty, delivered to Toru, who throws it into the Gamera's mouth during the battle. The Gamera's power of rocket-propelled flight manifests, and it defeats Zedus by breathing a fireball at it. The kaiju escapes further government investigation with Toru's assistance, and flies off as the boy wishes him farewell.

Cast

Reception

The film received mostly positive reviews, currently holding a rating of 6.9/10 on IMDb

Blu-Ray releases

Media Blasters (Tokyo Shock)[1]

References

  1. http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Gamera-the-Brave-Blu-ray/36792/#Review
  2. Orndorf, Brian. "Gamera the Brave Blu-ray Review". Blu-ray.com. Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

External links

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