movie

1996 · Japan

Gamera 2: Attack of Legion

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 99 min
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Frights: Strong

Why tonight?

Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
In Japanese — subtitles on.

The story

A strange meteor lands in Japan and unleashes hundreds of insect-like "Legion" creatures bent on colonizing the Earth. When the military fails to control the situation, Gamera shows up to deal with the ever-evolving space adversary. However the battle may result in Gamera losing his bond with both Asagi and humanity.

japan
winter
giant monster
giant plant
alien life-form
sequel
kaiju
gamera (giant turtle)
hilarious
awestruck

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Ayako Fujitani — Asagi Kusanagi
Yukijiro Hotaru — Tsutomu Osako
Zen Kajihara — Mano
Tomorowo Taguchi — Ishida
Yuka Sakano — Yukino
Takeshi Yoro — Professor of Veterinary Medicine
Hatsunori Hasegawa — Colonel Satake
LaSalle Ishii — NTT worker
Bengal — Honami's father
Kazue Tsunogae — Honami's mother
Yūsuke Kawazu — Akio Nojiri

Directed: Shusuke Kaneko
Written: Kazunori Ito

Production

Rating: 7.4 / 10 · 133 ratings
Studio: Tokuma International, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Daiei Film

The Collection

The complete story, in order.

1995
Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe
Where it starts.
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
1996 · You’re here
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
1999

If this stayed with you

Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.