A great duel of supersonic speed.
A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he gives to his daughter Asagi. Meanwhile, ornithologist Nagamine investigates reports of a new species of large bird named Gyaos. As the Gyaos begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to Asagi emerges.
Cast
Tsuyoshi Ihara
Yoshinari Yonemori
Shinobu Nakayama
Dr. Mayumi Nagamine
Ayako Fujitani
Asagi Kusanagi
Yukijiro Hotaru
Inspector Tsutomu Osako
Hirotaro Honda
Masaaki Saito
Hatsunori Hasegawa
Colonel Satake
Kōjirō Hongō
Captain of the Nojima
Akira Kubo
Captain of the Kairyumaru
Takashi Matsuo
Taxi driver
Yoshihiko Hakamada
Michiya
Akira Onodera
Naoya Kusangi
Yuka Sakano
Yukino
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Colonel Ono
Tetsu Watanabe
Captain at Mt. Fuji
Masahiko Sakata
Director of the Dome Movement Command Center
Jun Fubuki
Shopping Housewife
Yutaka Natsuki
TV Reporter
Tomiko Ishii
Woman in supermarket
Yôko Ôshima
Lady in Otoko Island Shop
Yuichi Mayama
NNN News Plus 1 Newscaster #1
Yuko Kimura
NNN News Plus 1 Newscaster #2
Izumi Ōgami
NNN News Plus 1 Newscaster #3
Yukihito Koga
Dome Field Reporter
Minako Nagai
Altavision Caster
Kenji Wakabayashi
Late-Night Newscaster
Akemi Nakamura
Correspondent to Dome Movement Command Center
Nanako Kaneko
Zookeeper
Takateru Manabe
Gamera
Jun Suzuki
Gamera
Yumi Kameyama
Super Gyaos / Reporter
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- Release Date 03/11/1995
- Language Japanese
- Director Shusuke Kaneko
- Writer Kazunori Ito
- Editor Shizuo Arakawa
- Cinematographer Junichi Tozawa
- Producers Hatsukiko Sawada, Toshio Hagiwara, Matt Greenfield, Seiji Urushido, Shigeru Ohno, Tsutomu Tsuchikawa, Tetsuya Ikeda
- Companies Nippon Television Network Corporation, Daiei Film, Hakuhodo
- Budget $4,500,000
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | Mar 11, 1995 | Theatrical | G |
| Canada | Sep 16, 1995 | Premiere (Toronto International Film Festival) | PG |
| United States | Apr 16, 1997 | Theatrical | — |
| Germany | Jan 20, 2004 | Theatrical | 12 |
| Russia | Feb 11, 2014 | Theatrical (Limited) (Screening of Japanese films in State Museum of the East (Moscow)) | — |
| Japan | Nov 27, 2020 | Theatrical (Limited) (4K Re-release) | — |
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