Gamera: Super Monster

Gamera: Super Monster
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji宇宙怪獣ガメラ
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnUchū Kaijū Gamera
Directed byNoriaki Yuasa
Screenplay byNiisan Takahashi
Produced by
  • Masaya Tokuyama
  • Shigeru Shinohara
  • Hirokazu Ohba
StarringMach Fumiake
Yaeko Kojima
Yoko Komatsu
Keiko Kudo
Koichi Maeda
Toshie Takada
Cinematography
  • Michio Takahashi
  • Akira Uehara
Edited byZenko Miyazaki
Tatsuji Nakashizu
Shoji Sekiguchi
Music byShunsuke Kikuchi
Production
company
Distributed byNew Daiei
Release date
  • March 20, 1980 (1980-03-20) (Japan)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryJapan

Gamera: Super Monster (宇宙怪獣ガメラ, Uchū Kaijū Gamera; lit.'Space Monster Gamera') is a 1980 Japanese kaiju film directed by Noriaki Yuasa and produced by Daiei Film. It is the eighth film in the Gamera film series, following the release of Gamera vs. Zigra in 1971.

Gamera: Super Monster was distributed by New Daiei, and was released theatrically in Japan on 20 March 1980. It was followed by Gamera: Guardian of the Universe in 1995, which would mark the beginning of the franchise's Heisei period.