Gamera vs. Viras

Gamera vs. Viras
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanjiガメラ対宇宙怪獣バイラス
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnGamera tai Uchū Kaijū Bairasu
Directed byNoriaki Yuasa
Screenplay byNiisan Takahashi
Produced byHidemasa Nagata
Starring
  • Kojiro Hongo
  • Toru Takatsuka
  • Carl Craig
CinematographyAkira Kitazaki
Edited byShoji Sekiguchi
Music byKenjiro Hirose
Production
company
Release date
  • March 20, 1968 (1968-03-20) (Japan)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Budget¥24 million

Gamera vs. Viras (ガメラ対宇宙怪獣バイラス, Gamera tai Uchū Kaijū Bairasu, lit.'Gamera vs. Outer Space Monster Viras') is a 1968 Japanese kaiju film directed by Noriaki Yuasa, with special effects by Yuasa. Produced by Daiei Film, it is the fourth entry in the Gamera film series, and stars Kōjirō Hongō, Tōru Takatsuka, Carl Craig, and Michiko Yaegaki, with Teruo Aragaki as Gamera. In the film, aliens abducts two boy scouts to coerce Gamera to attack Japan.

Gamera vs. Viras was theatrically released in Japan on March 20, 1968. It was followed by Gamera vs. Guiron, released March 21, 1969.