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''Giant Monster Gamera'', or ''Daikaiju Gamera'', was produced and released in Japan by Daei studios in 1965. The film originally started life as a story about giant rats, but when the rats that were going to be used ended up being unuseable due to fleas and other reasons, the filmmakers retooled the script changed the monster(s) into a giant turtle. The film was shot in black and white, one of the last giant monster movies to be filmed like this, and is one of only two movies to portray '''[[Gamera]]''' in a villanous manner, with the other one being its immediate sequel, Gamera vs. Barugon. Giant Monster Gamera was directed by Noriaki Yuasa, who also directed the special effects.
In the Arctic Circle, during the cold war, a Russian plane carrying an atomic bomb is shot down by US aircraft. The bomb explodes and releases an ancient terror that has been burried under the snow and ice for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of years. No, it is not a [[The Thing (
Soon, Gamera attacks a power plant. The military retaliates against Gamera but to no avail, as Gamera proves himself to be impervious to conventional weaponry. During his attack, Gamera begins eating (yes ''eating'') the raging fire caused by the plant's destruction. The military retaliates with freezing bombs (yes, freezing weapons being used way before [[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
Soon, after more reports of Gamera being seen flying around the world, the monstrous terrapin attacks Haneda Airport. Moving on to attack the rest of Tokyo, Gamera causes untold amounts of damage, crushing buildings and trains, setting people on fire, knocking over the recently constructed Tokyo Tower with only his hands, and eventually eating the raging fires that he causes in Tokyo Bay. With Gamera proving himself invincible, and the world desperate to get rid of him, a plan is hatched that will get rid of Gamera, hopefully for good. With Americans, Soviets, and the rest of the United Nations working together, Plan Z is thrust into action. The monster is lured to Oshima island where he is trapped inside of a giant rocket that is then launched into space, heading for Mars.
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