What makes it different from others?

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Gamera, Daiei Film's answer to rival studio Toho's Godzilla character returns in this, his second outing. Like Godzilla, Gamara's first film was a solo effort while the second finds the tremendous testunid facing off against an enemy monster, in this case 'Barugon', a lizardlike kaiju armed with a freeze-gas emitting tongue and a deadly 'rainbow ray' (note: not to be confused with Baragon, a Toho monster). The first half of the film involves recovery of a giant opal hidden in a sacred cave, which only serves to set up the arrival of Barugon in Japan, after which there are a number of monster fights with lots of collateral destruction before Gamera gains the upper hand. As kaiju films go, this one is OK - the special effects are adequate, although the miniatures are not as detailed as those in Godzilla films of the same era and both monsters suffer from the problem of trying to make four legged suit-mated creatures not look like men on their hands and knees. I watched a somewhat poor-quality English-dubbed version, so can't really comment on the acting or the script but the 'jewel theft' backstory (and the human characters in general) was not particularly interesting. Even by lax kaiju standards, a rocket-powered flying turtle is a bit far-fetched, but the character has staying power (he was still flying as of 2006's "Gamera the Brave"). Unlike later entries in the first generation Gamera films (to 1971), this film does not showcase annoying kids and the goofy, yet infectious Gamera theme is not yet heard. It is also bit grim in places (there are a number of murders mixed into the subplot). Worth watching for kaiju fans, but probably a pass for the unenlightened. Followed by "Gamera vs. Gyaos" (1967), where the titanic turtleoid's cloying love for irritating children starts to manifest.

This is the second Gamera movie and it is better then Gamera the invincible. Gamera the invincible is a good movie thou. This movie has a great story line. It also has great acting. Gamera vs Gyaso is the third Gamera movie. Which is better then this movie. The fourth Gamera vs Viras is also better. The fifth Gamera movie Gamera vs Guiron is also better. The sixth Gamera movie Gamera vs Monster X is also better. The seventh Gamera movie Gamera vs Zigra is also better. The eighth Gamera movie Gamera Super monster is also better. The Gamera reboot from 1995 is also better. The fellow up to the Gamera reboot Gamera 2 Attack of legion is also better. The third part to the Gamera reboot series Gamera 3 the revenge of Iris is also better. This movie is very scary. I do not know why it got a 4.4 that is just underrating it. This is a 8. See it. It is a great movie.

When I see this movie now, it's flaws stands out, but it was a movie made for kids, and at the time, had acceptable quality. Surprisingly, Gamera franchise itself is still alive even after the demise of Daiei movie studio.Egg of Barugon that is said to hatch once every 1000 years gets to Japan by way of thieves who mistook it for a huge opal. Gamera attracted by Barugon's rainbow rays butts head with Barugon at Osaka castle. Gamera is frozen by Barugon's icing tongue but returns to duke it out at lake Biwa for the final battle.Well, this is the second installment of the Gamera series, and first one done in color. Koji Hongo who played the part of ship's captain in 1995 "Gamera Guardian of the Universe" 29 years after this movie was made is the star in this movie. Actress Kyoko Enami who started her career at Daiei and then went on to have a long career also stars in this movie as Kara, the girl from village in New Guinea.The success of this move ensured Gamera movie as a franchise that continues to this day. First three Showa Gamera movies was a huge hit when they came out. Gamera isn't all that human friendly yet in this movie, and shows the gradual evolution of its character.The scenes involving the thieves didn't match the mood of the movie. It looked like they belong to Daiei's gangster movies. But asides from that, the movie was okay, and the movie succeeds as the second installment of Gamera series.

Gamera tai Barugon was the first in a long line of often Horrendous sequels, a film which in my view is a lost and well forgotten gem. The sequel to the first Gamera film, "Gammera The Invincible" a black and white cheap but fun knock off of the very successful and prestigious (at the time especially since it was the year of Godzilla vs Monster Zero, the pinnacle high water mark in terms of production values and casting), the first film was such a hit Daiei went on to make the Daimajin films and this Gamera sequel.Now apparently I own the Sandy Frank version, seeing as how this film is only available on extremely low budget DVD packs, mine came with an especially grainy blurred and discolored version of the film with terrible audio quality. However despite this almost terminal flaw to the watch-ability of a film, I not only sat through it, but hugely enjoyed it.I wasn't just impressed that a knock off series could have a quality story to tell, but its production values were pretty decent and the characters actually involving. The film begins with 3 men out to find an enormous opal, one of the three men is the brother of the man who left the opal there (we are told during the Second World War). The men travel to the cave and find it. The story afterword is filled with betrayal, lies and greed, the three characters are distinct and we sympathize with at least two of them, making the following events all the more shocking. The opal we find out in a far fetched scene involving an X ray machine is actually an egg, containing Barugon, he dashes to the sea with the boat in flames. Our surviving original member asks their financier to pony up for a diving team to find the opal, but reveals too much and another dramatic scene ensues. The Gamera fight scenes were also very interesting and fun, full of bizarre ideas like a giant diamond and rainbow beams. Usually such contrasting events would ruin the other, but here they work in this cartoonish film, we see the drama and care for it, and we at times forget were watching a picture about a giant turtle and long tongued lizard. It is always rare to see a kaiju films that not just exceeds your expectations but breaks precedent, which very surprisingly, this film did.8/10