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1970's "Gamera vs. Monster X" ("Gamera tai Daimaju Jaiga" or Gamera vs. Giant Devil Beast Jiger) was the 6th Gamera entry in the Daiei series (only "Gamera vs. Zigra" would follow), arriving during a lean year for Toho with the passing of effects master Eiji Tsuburaya, a new team releasing "Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster" in 1971. The child friendly focus for once strikes a balance with the rest of the human cast, the usual Japanese/American duo a bit older here though one little sister persistently annoys with her nonstop chatter. Obviously sporting what seems to be the highest budget since "War of the Monsters," the last sequel to show a metropolis being smashed to pieces, here set in Osaka where the World's Fair Expo '70 will take place throughout the year (there's even a mention of the lost continent of Mu, depicted in Toho's 1963 "Atragon"). Much of the opening reel is given over to the location and goals of the promoters, intending to recover an ancient statue called 'The Devil's Whistle' on Wester Island in the central Pacific, supposedly bearing a curse of death to anyone who tampers with it. Gamera surprisingly but unsuccessfully tries to prevent its removal from the ground, the ship's crew infected with some type of unidentified virus before they reach Osaka. The curse turns out to be real with the emergence of Jiger, a quadruped monster that incapacitates Gamera by firing sharp quills into each of his limbs, occasionally leaping to great heights when not using a Barugon-like heat ray to fry human debris (in a nice gruesome touch, they all turn into skeletons). A curious sound informs us why the statue earned its name 'The Devil's Whistle,' and the teen pair surmise that it gives off a kind of poison linked to Jiger, now a definite threat to Expo '70 as well as the rest of the planet. Gamera recovers from the first assault and again gains the upper hand against this unorthodox opponent, only for a new challenge that again puts him out of action, an injection from Jiger's tail that produces a larva growing near the turtle's lung. Here is where Japanese Hiroshi (Tsutomo Takakuwa) and American Tommy (Kelly Varis) use their knowledge of an experimental minisub to take a trip inside a waterlogged Gamera, obviously inspired by Stephen Boyd's classic "Fantastic Voyage," resulting in simple radio waves destroying the baby Jiger so that Gamera can finally use the statue for one ultimate purpose, cleaving Jiger's head with but a single shot. The physical look of Monster X may not look that impressive compared to previous foes but there's no shortage of surprises this time around, easily the best sequel since number three, "Return of the Giant Monsters." The usual annoying brats are actually slightly older and even useful for a change, leaving Katherine Murphy's grating tiny tot incessantly complaining during a beleaguered Gamera's attempts at redemption (all three seem to be directing the titular turtle at every stage). Things would promptly descend to rock bottom with original series finale "Gamera vs. Zigra," where director Noriaki Yuasa seems to be going for the preschool crowd!

This film is pretty much a formula Gamera film that follows the same plot as every other film. A giant monster threatens to destroy a Japanese city and just when things look bleak, in comes Gamera to save the day. However, Gamera usually loses at least one or two battles with his adversary before he finally defeats him. However, the one thing that makes this film different is the fact that usually in a Gamera film, Gamera is the one who saves any children that are in trouble, but in this film it is up to two young boys (one Japanese and one Caucasian) to save him from a parasite that was injected into his body. Even with this plot twist, this is still the typical Gamera film. But as I have said in my other commentaries about films in the Gamera series, these films are pretty much a way to introduce children to the world of kaiju eiga.

1970 saw the release of "Gamera vs. Jiger", also known as "Gamera vs. Monster X". And no, no, no relation to the Monster X of "Godzilla: Final Wars". At this point in the series, when the kids warn you not to do something, and then Gamera warns you not to do something, it's best not to do it. Naturally, the sacred statue is disturbed anyways and not even twenty minutes in and our title monsters show up. Being quite frank, Jiger is probably the least attractive creature featured in the Gamera movies. It looks like a reptilian-warthog abomination. I don't know what's stranger, the creature's looks or the way it jumps. With that stocky body and its short legs I'm surprised it can cover that much ground. Jiger also shoots quills and fires a "super ultra violet ray beam" which I don't grasp at all. It even has a parasite injecting tail and suction-covered feet…Ah screw it, I'm just getting this over with: Jiger sucks.

Children are the main heroes of course, managing to outsmart not just their parents but Japan's top military generals and scientists. This really grates on my nerves and honestly he story is short but lacks real tension if you ask me. With no relatable characters as in the earlier films, it's hard to keep interest. At least with "Gamera vs. Guiron" the writing was so bad and weird it kept you involved. The story here feels far too bland and with is opponent looking the way it did, I found no excitement in the battles. But I'll admit the statue to the brain was an interesting fatality, Johnny Cage might want to check that out. This kaiju film is a dud by all laws of psychics.

I didn't know how to rate this movie as this is the first time I have seen it. The only Gamera movies I have seen is

Gamera: Guardian of the Universe Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion Gamera: Revenge of Iris.

Archeologists searching for artifacts to display at the 1970 Osaka World's Fair release a giant, tusked lizard-pig monster that follows them to Japan with devastating results. Only Gamera (as usual with the help of two young boys) can stop the creature and save the Fair. The film is a low-rent opus: the Gamera costume does little to hide the fact that it's just a skinny guy in a turtle suit, Monster X ('Jiger/Jaiga' in the Japanese original) is an interesting looking kaiju but is not very convincing when moving - it rarely 'walks' and frequently relies on 'jets' to swim or fly around (allowing use of an empty suit or non-articulated model), and most of the kaiju dust-ups are on an island or amongst simple and poorly detailed buildings. The film targets kids, so the two boys (annoyingly) have all of the answers and take the lead in rescuing Gamera from Jiger's parasitic offspring while simultaneously discovering the parent monster's fatal weakness. The film is famous for the scene in which parasitism is explained using graphic footage of writhing worms being removed from an elephant's swollen trunk (grim if real, well done if fake), an image sufficiently nasty to be commented on decades ago in the biker magazine "Easy Rider". The acting and script are laughable and, other than the "Fantastic Voyage" (1966) inspired rescue of the brooding turtle, the humans are primarily side-lined cheerleaders ("Gamera has such strength" enthuses the lisping little sister). The film is a pretty typical Showa-era Gamera outing, amusing in a silly way, but likely only of appeal to nostalgic boomers, campophiles, or kaiju-fans. I watched a low quality English-dubbed DVD version, which did nothing to improve the experience.

This is a children's movie. Is it a great children's movie? No.

But, it is an enjoyable children's movie. Sure Gamera looks like he was constructed at the last second out of an old shopping bag; and, Monster X looks like something that you pulled out of a Salvation Army drop-box. But, this movie has children as the main characters, doing the bulk of the heroics and making the bulk of the sound decisions...

There are a tremendous number of plot-holes in this movie; but, if you've got children, and a little patience, you can enjoy ninety minutes of pig-headed adults, brave children and flying turtles...

Also, there is a certain resemblance to the science fiction novel Blameless in Abaddon...anyone else notice?...

I am a big fan of Japanese monster movies and grew up watching Godzilla, but also took on a handful of Gamera films. Overall, these movies are treasures from my childhood and even to this day. However, as with all movie trilogies, there are a few that stick out in a negative way including this one.

Some of those flicks are so cheesy and bad, it's good. This Gamera flick, about the flying turtle trying to save Japan from Triceratrops-like monster Giger awoken at the Expo '70, doesn't reach that scale. The plot and story are very plain and suffers from a lack of excitement, tension and thrills - nothing to captivate the audience. The cast of characters (adult) are not memorable and didn't really contribute a whole lot to the story - they were just thrown in to be bystanders, letting the main three kid characters take center stage, this time trying to save Gamera (shown in a very campy scene where they board a submarine and enter Gamera's body to detect the source of his illness in the movie). Every Gamera movie except Gamera vs. Barugon in the first series featured at least one kid as the main character and a good handful of them were pretty annoying. Lastly, the cheap-looking monster suits continued in this film; the monsters didn't show any emotions or characteristics like the creatures you would see in Godzilla films. They just look like stiff, moving museum models.

Again, most of the Gamera films are mostly for children and they would be good to use to introduce them to the world of Japanese kaiju. Other than that, most, including this one, were very campy and cheesy with bad acting, bad special effects and non-captivating stories. If you enjoyed these films as a kid, you would probably grow out of them - the enjoyment factor is not as everlasting as the Godzilla movies or the later Gamera films in my opinion.

Grade D--

I said in my "Gamera vs Zigra" review that that was the worst of the Gamera films. I was mistaken, "Gamera vs Jiger" is the worst of the Gamera Films.

Basically in this film Gamera must save mankind from Jiger. Jiger is a monster who came back because some construction workers take away a statue that supposedly keeps JIger from escaping. Jiger manages to stab Gamera in the neck and put some eggs into him that later hatch into little Jigers.

First of all this film has the worst looking of any of Gamera's foes. Jiger looks pretty cheaply built and does not look all that interesting. Jiger is a female due to the fact that it lays eggs. Se had potential and looks kind of like a prehistoric amphibian with a fin on his back. Jiger can shoot spears out of her head and kind of hover over water by shooting gas out of her body???? Mainly Jiger's face just looks lame. Just a bad looking cheap monster.

Gamera also is looking bad in this film. I do not know how many different Gamera suits were made but this one looks really bad.

There are a lot of parts that I just thought were bad. Like how the two kids take a submarine into Gamera's body. I am not a big fan of traveling into the body of other creatures even in films, it just looks odd.

The monster fighting is nothing new. Just same old stuff. The only really interesting aspect of this film is how Jiger infects Gamera with eggs of hers that later hatch inside of Gamera. But for the most part the monster action is not exciting and just the same old stuff.

The dubbing is pretty bad as usual. Why would the one guy make a gun noise and gesture when telling everybody the two children should have taken the undersea gun with them. And did they really have to show the people cutting open the elephant trunk and pulling out all the larvae that were inside? Disgusting.

A pretty bad monster film. The worst Gamera film I have ever seen. Not recommended.

After the frivolous sci-fi silliness of Gamera vs. Guiron, the series returns to more familiar territory with another Earth-bound adventure in which the giant turtle battles a new monster - a prehistoric creature called Jiger, who is freed when an ancient statue is taken from Western Island in the Pacific to Osaka, Japan, as part of world's fair Expo '70 (much of this film feels like an expensive advert for the event!).

Jiger looks like a fairly standard kaiju creature - a dinosaur mash-up, part dimetrodon and part stegosaurus - but what makes this one so interesting is his vast array of special moves: he's telekinetic, jet-propelled, and can shoot spears from his horns; he also fires a Super Ultra Wave ray from his main horn that can destroy all molecular structures, and has a hidden spike in his tail, with which he can implant an egg in his enemy.

All of this makes him a formidable foe for Gamera, and leads to plenty of fun battles. Half way through the film, Gamera is stabbed with the tail spike and becomes immobilised, which leads to an entertaining 'Fantastic Voyage' style sequence in which the film's obligatory heroic tykes pilot a mini-sub into Gamera's innards to destroy the baby Jiger growing inside!

With Gamera back on his feet, the film ends with a standard monster smackdown, the turtle finishing off Jiger by ramming the statue into its skull.

5.5/10, rounded up to 6 for Gamera sticking telegraph poles in his ears.

This is less camp than the previous film but equally entertaining. Some of the story barely makes sense. They have built a great set though but they don't smash enough of it. They are still not using low angles to give a better scale to the kaiju. Jiger is a cool monster but less memorable than Guiron. Overall I wasn't bored but I also wasn't impressed.

This is less camp than the previous film but equally entertaining. Some of the story barely makes sense. They have built a great set though but they don't smash enough of it. They are still not using low angles to give a better scale to the kaiju. Jiger is a cool monster but less memorable than Guiron. Overall I wasn't bored but I also wasn't impressed.

This was the first feature I had seen in the kaiju genre. I was familiar with the television show Ultraman, but I had not known that movies about monsters had also been made.

This one is fun! One aspect of the genre that Daiei was better at than Toho is in the depiction of quadrapeds. Jiger looks like a four legged creature, not a person crawling on his knees, as several of the Toho characters were known to do.

Some of the dialogue is hideously bad. I recently saw this one again after twenty years, and had a good time adding a few comments of my own. At one point the two boys are inside Gamera's lung, walking around, when one says, "What are we looking for?" The other replies "Anything unusual."

I piped up, "We are in the lung of a 200-foot turtle, but we are still looking for anything unusual."

Still, this one has several interesting scenes. Unusual footage of a surgery on an elephant, x-rays of Gamera, a neat minisub, and cool communicators. It is a fun ride!

Gamera vs Jiger (1970) is a movie that I recently watched on Prime. The storyline follows an ancient statue that is moved from the countryside to the city. What the Japanese countrymen didn't know is that the statue was there to house Jiger. Jiger now sets out for the city to track down the statue and kill everyone in his way. Japans only hope to stop Jiger is their old friend Gamera.

This movie is directed by Noriaki Yuasa (Gamera: Giant Monster) and stars Kon Ômura (Gamera vs Guiron), Junko Yashiro (Gamera vs Viras) and Franz Gruber (Genocide).

This is a fun movie to watch but is very, very bad. The models are pretty bad and the planes, jeeps and helicopters look like toys you had as a kid. The monsters are obviously people in suits and they don't even try to hide it with good camera angles and editing. The background music is classic monster movie and reminded me of drivein commercials. There's a volcano 🌋 scene that looks like a high school science project (most of the movie feels like it was made by a high schooler to be honest). I will say I liked the use of spikes/needles at the end.

Overall, this is a poorly constructed monster movie that I would score a 4/10 but still recommend seeing once.

It is in fact possible for the categories "movies that appeal to children" and "movies that are genuinely good" to exist in the same space - not universally, but in one measure or another, it is possible. However, one does not achieve that state by condescending and underestimating the intelligence of children, or by sacrificing judicious, nuanced, meaningful, carefully considered writing and storytelling. One definitely does not achieve that state by embracing silliness for its own sake as intended entertainment, or by mixing silliness for its own sake in with earnest plot. To one extent or another these have been the issues that plagued Daiei's Gamera franchise with each installment from 1967 onward, in titles that centered children as protagonists with the premise of "Gamera is a friend to all children." Have filmmaker Yuasa Noriaki, screenwriter Takahashi Niisan, or Daiei learned anything heading into 1970's 'Gamera vs. Jiger?'

The same jaunty theme song, including lyrics sung by children. The same focus on kids, with a tendency toward "gee whiz!" vibes fit for sitcoms and lighthearted television fare like 'Flipper' or 'Leave it to Beaver.' The same creature designs, for both Gamera and newcomer Jiger, that at once range from "hey, that looks pretty great" to "you're kidding me, right?" The same oversimplified plot, with our children protagonists having outrageously great insights; leading the way for military or scientist figures; and having an extra super special bond with Gamera, to the point that he listens to their suggestions. The same issue of decent story ideas being treated poorly, and the same mix of earnest potential rendered with questionable creative decisions. Yes, this flick is very much kith and kin with its predecessors, and no, no one has learned much of anything.

Some of the practical effects look fantastic, including models and miniatures, fires and explosions, and general destruction; the beasts themselves are a mixed bag, however, and so are their battles, including a moment in the last stretch that very much raises a skeptical eyebrow. I guess aspects like the production design and art direction are decent enough, and the sound effects, and Kikuchi Shinsuke's music. On the other hand, the audio is imbalanced, I find Miyazaki Yoshiyuki's editing to be brusque and sloppy - heedlessly chopping up much of the proceedings - and Takahashi's writing feels extra shaky and unconvincing. The ideas are there, and they're sort of cohesive, but he plainly struggled to shape them into a form that holds water.

Plenty of celebrated classics have been made that put kids at the forefront in genre-laden tales of adventure. Any that have earned such esteem are much more well made than this, and more attentively crafted. In every substantive regard the picture is sadly flimsy and unexciting, and there's even some slow pacing at times, making eighty-three minutes feel longer than they are. Yuasa's direction leaves a bit to be desired, including even how some shots were composed; the stunts, effects, and action that should be the centerpiece don't leave much of a mark, and the human side of the saga is no better. I rather wonder if the best thing this has going for it is the sympathy that Gamera and Jiger elicit as they each face their own respective difficulties as the narrative progresses, and I don't think it speaks well to a would-be romp that the highlight is a bit of dreariness. I guess I'm glad for those who get more out of 'Gamera vs. Jiger' than I do, but to me it comes across as a middling mess that has a hard time holding itself together. We technically get what we came for in the first place, but seeing as how we can get much more of that value in other works that are far more worthwhile, I don't think think I can give this an especial recommendation.

Sixth Gamera film sees the big guy coming to Japan's defense again after an ancient statue is moved to make way for the "Expo '70" celebrations, which unleashes another gigantic monster that attacks Japan. It can fire quills that disable and kill, and also uses its tail to infect Gamera with its parasitic offspring, forces its human friends(including children as usual) to launch a mini-sub into its body in a last-ditch attempt to revive him, and defeat this monster Jiger. A bit better than the past two entries, this is still mostly poor, with a "Fantastic Voyage" inspired subplot inserted into the otherwise uninspired story.

Who can advertise an Expo Fair with a Monster movie? Well, the answer is DAIEI with Gamera vs. Jaiger.

So far, in the old Gamera series, Jaiger and Gyaos were the only female monsters, and perhaps the nastiest as well. The only thing that could damage Jaiger is a huge, ancient whistle, stolen by Expo Fair workers. What the workers did not know is that the whistle makes a very, very annoying sound. So annoying, it makes a Yoko Ono CD sound like plesant Korean Trance music.

But the scene that stands out from the old Gamera series was the "Fantastic Voyage" type scene where the two boys take a demo submarine into Gamera's body and finds Jaiger's offspring, which is perhaps the most irritating Kaiju in history.

May not be a classic but G vs. J is quite a hoot to watch!

This is the sixth Gamera movie. The first five Gamera movies are good movies. This is better. The seventh Gamera movie Gamera vs Zigra is better. The eighth Gamera movie. Super Gamera is also better. The reboot Gamera guardian of the universe is also better. The few up to the reboot Gamera 2 Attack of legion is also better. Gamera 3 revenge of Iris is also better. This is a very scary movie. It has a great story line and great acting. If you like monster movies then you will like this movie. 5.7 is a good ratting. But this is such a great movie that 5.7 is underrating it. I give this movie an 8.

Gamera vs. Jiger (1970)

** (out of 4)

An American behind an expo in Japan takes a large statue away from a mountain side and this unleashes Jiger, a large lizard like creature who can spit toothpicks from his mouth. Gamera comes to the rescue but gets beat up pretty badly and also gets pregnant to where he must carry Jiger's egg (I'm not kidding). A couple kids eventually help Gamera overcome his new pregnancy and he heads out to destroy the monster. This is certainly a kid's movie but it's mildly entertaining throughout all of its major goofiness. As is to be expected, the special effects are downright laughable, the performances even worse and the American dubbing will leave you scratching your head. The one big bonus is that the monsters are constantly doing battle with various forms of cardboard towns being blown up and ripped apart. The fight sequences are pretty good even though it appears Jiger can come up with new things out of nowhere. If you want a quality movie then you're going to be disappointed because every aspect of this movie is cheap. If you want a childish good time than this film might be your cup of tea as long as you don't expect too much.

This movies so good I cried with mind-blowing writing and the best score since star wars it's clearly a 10/10 (wait was I meant to review gamera vs jigger?..... ooh ok) naah it's a bit boring I do like jigger and the new gamera head but other than that but I'm biased so 9/10 have a good one folks. Oh wait I'm underneath the minimum character number. Sigh it's defo not the worst gamera movie I enjoyed it alot I think my main criticism is that it drags on a bit but if wanting campy kaiju this I'd great ok thank you for reading my review have a good one! (Dammit! Still under minimum character limit! Oh ok yay!)