Gamera - The Showa Era Collection (1965-1980) [Blu-ray]

As giant monsters rampaged through the Japanese cinematic landscape during the kaiju boom of the mid-1960s, Daiei Studios introduced a new character to the screen that would be embraced for generations: Gamera, the giant, flying, fire-breathing turtle, and friend of all children! Buried under the Arctic ice for several millennia, the colossal chelonian is unleashed upon Japan, leaving havoc in his wake. After becoming an unexpected box office sensation, Gamera returned several more times, leaping to the world's defence against a motley assortment of evil creatures, from the death-ray-shooting flying terror Gyaos, to the knife-headed alien menace Guiron, to the underwater invader Zigra!

Release Information:

• Original Release Year: 1965
• Studio/Distributor: Daiei Studios
• Edition Type: Special Edition

Feature Presentation:

• Genre: Kaiju, Science Fiction, Action
• Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), Dolby Digital 5.1 (Japanese)
• Subtitles: English

Special Features:

• Commentary and newly filmed introduction by August Ragone
• Interview with director Noriaki Yuasa (filmed 2002)
• Remembering the Gamera Series – archive featurette (1991)
• Gamera Special – hour-long best-of compilation supervised by Noriaki Yuasa
• Alternate English credits
• Trailers and image galleries
• Commentaries on Gamera vs. Barugon and Gamera vs. Gyaos
• High Definition transfer of Gammera the Invincible (American version)
• High Definition transfer of War of the Monsters (American edit)

Technical Specifications:

• Format: Blu-ray
• Region: FREE