Original subtitles

Gamera vs jiger

Produced by hidemasa naeata

Screenplay by niisan takaha8hi

Photography by akira kitazaki

Music by shunsuke kikuchi

Special Effects Photography by

Fiilm editor zenko miyazaki

Cast

Directed by noriaki yua8a

He's late!

Sis, Keisuke hasn't come yet.

He'll really take me to the Expo site?

Yes. Be patient and wait.

He makes you wait on dates too?

Don't be silly!

Hiroshi!

Help me.

Can this thing really dive?

Yes, but it goes down too far.

I have to test it so it won't dive more than 3 feet.

So shallow. That's nonsense!

Nonsense?

Climb up and hold the lid.

It's for the children to use at Expoland.

To be safe, it's not to dive more than 3 feet.

Like crawling on an expressway.

True. That's a good one.

Don't be silly and get to work!

Hello!

Hello.

Hiroshi's been waiting for you.

Sorry. Heavy traffic.

Almost finished?

Yes. You recommended it. Interesting work for a change.

I'm taking Hiroshi.

Behave now!

Want to go too?

You're mean.

Sis, I forgot!

Tommy and Susan's postcard.

You have it.

My mistake! Going!

Tell Keisuke to come back with you for supper!

I thought so.

Tommy's Papa took it.

That's a good picture.

Where's Wester Island?

South Pacific - equator.

A funny stone statue.

It's on display at Expo '70, so Dr. Williams went for it.

Why are they displaying it?

A good question. I'll explain Expo '70 first.

This is the Expo site.

It will be held from March 15. to September 13, 1970 at Senri Hills.

Over 70 countries are participating.

We can learn about them in the more than 100 pavilions.

I feel I'm in a future city.

Yes.

Scientific and industrial progress in our space age will be shown.

The theme's Progress and Harmony for Mankind.

The Theme Pavilion - here we see the progress of mankind.

Inside the Sun Tower.

Look.

It explains the evolution of man in an easy way with moving models.

Relics of an ancient culture too.

Your archaeologicaly background comes in handy?

Yes. I hope people won't be attracted only by the future.

The Wester Island statue's mystery.

Let's move on.

The statue's 33 ft. high - when, by whom, and for what purpose was it made?

Mr. Sawada, please return to your office.

Mr. Sawada, please return to your office.

That's the Wester Island cultural envoy?

He says not to move the statue. Moving it will bring a curse.

But we've his government's approval. That's strange!

Our Chief said so too.

But he just keeps talking about the curse.

Well?

You're an expert on ancient culture, so he might listen to you.

The slide then.

Thanks.

At Expo '70. we're sending future mankind a message.

We'll put cultural data in this time capsule.

It is to be opened in 5000 years.

To study ancient history, however, we have very little to go by.

A great deal is still a mystery.

If we knew more about the Great Stone Age...

many things might be cleared up.

Like the Mu Continent mystery.

The strange sculptures on the tiny islands of the Pacific.

Are they linked with why the Mu Continent sank?

The statue called the Devil's Whistle on Wester lsland may solve it.

Jiger!

What's Jiger?

I don't know.

Thank you, Mr, Nishida.

I'm sorry, sir.

What'll we do?

Go on just like before. We've already started the work there.

Jiger!

The Captain of the Nankai Mara.

Thanks for your help the other day.

Dr. Williams. We're all ready, sir.

Jet propulsion.

Be careful.

Mama! Come quickly!

It's Gamera!

A terrible monster!

Don't worry! Gamera's the children's friend.

Dr. Williams, we're waiting for your order!

Hurry! Hurry!

Arm yourselves! Hurry!

No, Papa!

Don't shoot!

Be still! Move aside!

Gamera's gentle and works for peace! Hiroshi said so!

Idiot! Don't trust a monster like that!

Gamera's blocking us!

We'll shoot it if it interferes! Hold on!

We can't while Gamera's here!

He's coming down!

Now! Hurry!

Level the scaffold.

Call the ship.

Nankai Maru, prepare for loading!

Shoot! Shoot!

No, Papa!

Full speed ahead.

He's going to the crater!

Now! Hurry!

What's that noise?

I don't know. Our chopper's okay.

Lowering the statue. Clear the deck.

Roger.

Bo's'n, what's that noise?

Nothing's wrong, sir.

What could that noise be?

I'm glad we got it safely at least.

Brother, stop, stop!

What is it?

Look there!

It's finished?

It's groovy!

You're back? Just in time. We're going to give it a try.

We'll get ready. You tell Hiroshi about Wester Island.

Should you let them, Father? Is it really ready 3 days ahead of schedule?

Leave it to me. I'm an expert on ships.

Gamera doesn't attack people!

It's true though. He almost crushed our tent.

I was scared!

It's not true! He's our friend!

I don't believe you.

I believed you and made a fool of myself.

It's funny.

What's funny?

I bet he had a reason for interfering.

Did something strange happen?

Yes!

I thought so!

There was an earthquake. The volcano erupted.

That couldn't be called a curse.

A curse? People will laugh at you. This is the age of computers.

Yes. The new generation mustn't be so old-fashioned.

You're wrong! Gamera wouldn't interfere!

He didn't want the statue moved.

He can't speak, so he interfered.

Maybe so.

Where's the Nankai Maru now?

It's scheduled to reach Osaka tomorrow.

The Sub's all ready.

Let's give it a try!

I hope the envoy's words don't come true.

Come over here.

That's the Nankai Maru.

It's awfully big!

Let me see too.

Dr. Williams. Is anything wrong?

Contact's been broken completely.

This is Helicopter No. 1. Come in, Nankai Maru.

Come in. Come in.

How is he?

He'll be all right soon.

The Whistle! The Devil's Whistle!

Captain!

The choppers want to haul up the statue.

We can't do it.

Loading the statue made the crew sick. Tell them they won't touch it.

What could do this, Doctor?

I've never had cases like this before. Maybe it's a curse?

Don't say that, it's unscientific!

The crew's afraid to touch the statue.

But it's funny to say it made them sick.

We need it for Expo '70, so will you help us pull it up?

We can't refuse if it's for the Exposition.

Leave it to us! We aren't afraid of a piece of stone!

Leave it to us, everything's safe in our hands.

Thank you! The barge is ready!

They'll load it.

There isn't any curse.

Captain! What's that?

Captain, it's an unidentified object!

It's approaching at 190 m.p.h.!

Contact the Maritime Safety Agency!

We've sighted a strange monster!

It's heading north towards Japan at 190 m.p.h./

It'll smash into us!

Hard starboard!

Thank you.

Our arms are as strong as steel!

Tell us when there's work others can't do.

What's wrong with you?

Are you OK?

Keisuke, what's that?

I bet it's Jiger!

It's after the statue.

All helicopters, full speed ahead!

Father, what's that noise?

You mean you didn't hear it?

No.

No? Sorry to disturb you, then. Where's Hiroshi?

At the harbor I think. Go find him.

Father! Father! That sub's not important!

Why're you so upset? This is for Expoland!

Mr. Kitayama! Hurry and evacuate from here!

Evacuate?

A foreign dispatch says that the monster came from Wester Island.

The word 'Jiger' used by Cultural Envoy Gibo...

It means "as terrible as a demon” and appeared in an old Mu legend.

I know. That statue was a talisman.

The Mus buried the monster and put the statue over it.

That's nonsense. Judging by its strength, it could push the statue away easily.

The stone statue has a secret.

Yes, but...

You're all funny! It's no time to argue about statues!

It's awful!

If Jiger's coming after it, don't take the statue to the Expo site!

Jiger will destroy everything!

What happened to Gamera?

They should show what's happening on TV.

I wish Gamera would come!

He won't come! Help me collect your things!

He'll come!

I think so too!

No

He'll come!

Come and help me!

No

He can't do it! I'll help you.

Hope Gamara comes.

He will.

Everybody, just calm down!

What's happening?

It's night but the monster's violence has not abated! It is creating havoc!

Dr. Suzuki of the National Scientific Lab...

He says its heat ray is called Super Ultra Violet Waves!

And can destroy all molecular structures!

It's no use. Run.

It's Gamera!

We are waiting, Gamera!

I was sure you'd come.

Gamera, get Jiger!

No, don't go outside!

Don't worry. Gamera came just as they said he would.

He can't lose now!

Gamera!

Don't lose!

What's wrong?

Don't lose!

Something's wrong!

He's headed for the beach! Let's go!

Hurry! Hurry!

What's the matter?

What is it?

Look at Gamera's face!

His color's changing.

What's Happening?

Jiger!

This makes me mad!

Is Gamera dead?

No, he can't be!

Gamera! Don't die!

I've found you.

It's dangerous out here! Go inside!

But Gamera...

Gamera was killed. Come back inside!

Gamera, don't die!

Susan!

Plane and hotel reservations for the Expo '70 are being canceled.

We must take care of Jiger before the Expo.

What if it destroys the Expo site?

As guardians of the peace, we're doing everything we can.

What's the outlook?

We're trying our best to find out Jiger's weak points.

But we have no way to stop it yet.

Dr. William's calling you.

Countermeasures Hq!

What is it, Doctor?

Do you hear it?

Hear what?

The strange noises from the statue!

I hear it.

We'd been examining it since this morning

The noise made Mr. Yamamoto sick.

Are the symptoms the same as the ship's crew?

Yes, exactly.

We'll stop our work here and return.

I see.

What's Jiger doing now?

It hasn't moved since last night.

Damn it!

I thought so.

Why are you here?

Excuse us for coming in.

We know how to get rid of Jiger.

Tommy's Papa said so.

The poison that's soaked into the statue makes people sick.

The poison kept Jiger shut in below the ground.

That's the key to defeating Jiger.

That's nonsense! No poison's effective for millions of years!

We're busy! Go home now!

Please wait.

It's easy for adults to ignore children's simple ideas.

On the other hand, adults do not have their unadulterated views.

Do you believe it's poison?

I'm not sure.

But people are sick.

The statue should be checked more closely.

We're too busy for this nonsense!

Jiger's awake and moving.

It's headed towards Expoland!

It's searching for the statue!

This is an emergency.

Mr. Sawada, you didn't bring the statue here, did you?

No, on an uninhabited mountain!

Jiger's throwing the statue.

TV camera! Follow the statue!

Too late!

We can't analyze the poison now!

No, our last clue to defeat Jiger is gone!

It'd be terrible if Jiger came here!

But there's no way to stop it...

Wait! There's one way left.

What's that?

We need to revive Gamera.

We don't know for sure that he's dead.

No! We mustn't give up hope until we know for sure!

Is there any way we can check, Doctor?

Very well, we'll find out!

To check if he was dead or alive, an examination was ordered

So we 'll take X -ray pictures of Gamera with a super camera.

All units report at once!

2nd Emergency Guard!

Jiger's moving in an uninhabited area in Osaka so be on guard!

Please turn on the display.

This is the X-ray picture of Gamera.

Dr. Matsui, Head of the Sea Research Lab, will explain the situation.

As you see, Gamera resembles a turtle.

At present, the problem is the dark shadow on his lung.

They look like cancer cells.

This is his left shoulder pierced by Jiger.

I reached a chilling conclusion about where he was pierced by Jiger.

I'll show you an old film that will explain.

When I worked at the International Tropical Lab...

I found a strange larva.

It hatched when eggs were laid in an elephant's trunk.

And the larva made the area swell.

The elephant couldn't breathe.

We operated to save it.

As in that case...

Turn it off.

Jiger's egg or larva is inside Gamera.

This shadow - it's moved to the lung.

Gamer's transparent parts...

It means he's become anemic. The larva is sucking his blood?

I believe so, yes.

We must find out what the shadow is to cure him.

We can't very well go into his body, can we?

The was only a child's idea!

Jiger's very near the Expo site! Please do something more productive!

Father!

He said he'd be back in an hour! He lied!

You spoil him, that's why!

They'd want to see Gamera's X-ray picture, naturally.

They'll be back soon.

Father. Sis. Help us.

You're back so late!

Papa's car fell into a ditch.

He needs grownups to push it out. Come.

Yes, but the men went home. Only Miwako and me.

Two is enough to push it out. At the forked road.

Susan, give this to Keisuke at Hq.

Don't forget.

What's this say? Oh, the Submarine.

Tommy, push it.

Diving in.

Is this thing safe?

Sure, leave it to me.

Let' s go.

"We're entering his body in the mini sub.”

"Contact us by transceiver."

Are you sure that sub's safe?

Yes, it is.

I didn't think they'd go in it.

Why didn't you stop them?

I'm sorry, we...

They fooled us. They lured us outside, then they slipped away.

They pulled one over on us.

I'm sorry we made you worry.

No, perhaps we should learn from their nimble brains and initiative.

Amplifiers ready. We can contact them now.

Hello! Hiroshi! Hiroshi!

Can you hear me? Come in.

We're in trouble, we can't contact them unless they turn on their radio.

Hello! Hiroshi! Tommy!

What a big tonsil.

Bumping into him might make him wake up.

We'd be thrown out. We can't take that chance.

Shall we contact them?

Oh, God, please save them. Amen.

Mama thinks we've gone to Heaven.

Hello, this is the sub. Can you hear me?

Hiroshi! You're safe?

Hiroshi? Why didn't you take me along?

Know how to read the gauges?

Keep it steady. That's important. Watch the bubble in the compass.

Roger. I always did it on tests, so I know.

Yes, Mama. Smooth performance. Over.

Hello, boys. Listen closely.

Keep the transceiver on.

And push the red button beside it. Over.

I pushed it. What is it?

It sends out radio waves.

We can see it on our radar and know where you are.

They know where we are.

Guess so.

A lot of grownups there. They should know.

The radar screen.

Please give them instructions.

Are they there?

That's pretty good.

No, they're going into the stomach!

Where are we?

This looks spooky.

Hiroshi, that's the stomach!

You'll be dissolved by his strong digestive juice! Turn back!

That's awful!

Go into the windpipe!

Turn left there!

Good! That's right!

Air passes through the windpipe. Right?

Why so much water?

Gamera fainted with his head in the water.

When there's no water, we'll get out and walk.

You're near the lung. You're almost there. Be careful.

Hiroshi, are you okay? What's up?

We're okay. Shallow water here. I'm opening the hatch.

Do you have you enough air?

Is it all right?

There's a funny smell but there's air.

Tell HQ that there's air here!

We're going to go outside and check around!

You're very brave, but watch out. A larva maybe...

Tommy, are you scared?

Not a bit!

Take me too next time!

This is pretty!

It's moving. It's moving faintly.

Gamera's alive!

Let's go!

I wish they had my harpoon.

What's Jiger's larva like?

This is it here.

Dr. Matsu, there's a small hole in here. Over.

A hole? Be very careful.

Hiroshi, be careful!

Be quiet, I heard him.

I hear something.

It's Jiger's baby!

Run!

What is it?

I can't move!

Hiroshi! What happened? Over!

What happened? Answer! Over!

Hiroshi, can you hear me?

Wait, I'll get the transceiver!

Hiroshi, hurry! Let's escape in the sub!

What's wrong? Can't you back up?

The water's too shallow! I'll push! You handle it!

Hiroshi, look out! It's coming!

Dr. Matsui, Help! Help!

Damn it!

That's strange. Do Jigers hate transceivers?

Maybe it just hates its noise.

Is it dead?

Yes. Killed by the noise of the transceiver.

They're near Gamera's lung! We need to save them!

Make a final check on your equipment!

There's the sub!

You held the transceiver near the monster and it died?

Yes, sir.

Dr. Suzuki, is that possible?

Yes, I think so.

As the result of our investigations...

Jiger's ray has high frequency super ultra waves that produce heat.

It's Jiger's weapon.

But the noise from a transceiver is that of a low frequency wave.

The exact opposite from that of Jiger.

Tropical people become weak going north.

And Eskimos, used to the cold, become weak going south.

Low sound waves weaken Jiger.

Then it can be used to kill the monster?

Yes.

It worked on the baby, but I doubt if it will work on a giant monster.

Of course, hundreds of speakers must be used.

Yes, I understand now.

We've solved the mystery.

It wasn't poison that kept Jiger beneath the statue.

It's the Devil's Whistle that did it.

Meaning?

Ancient people put a pipe in the statue.

To pour sacrificial blood in it.

As the result, wind passed the pipe making an eerie noise.

Do you mean like this?

Yes. The men who became sick were reacting to it.

How about producing the same frequency as the Devil's Whistle?

The Jiger's headed here!

1st Guard Emergency State!

Yes!

Hurry.

It's the only way. Prepare for Operation Speaker.

Guard, get your men!

Please wait. Can't you revive Gamera?

Please do something!

Are you joking? We're busy!

The baby's dead.

If we sent the energy Gamera needs...

How do we get that much energy... a high voltage current?

Yes, if we take it to his heart.

Please leave Gamera to us.

In return, you please take care of Jiger.

The work to save Gamera begins.

At the same time, low frequency waves are used on the sleeping Jiger.

Headquarters! The speakers are ready!

We're pulling out in 10 minutes!

Standing by, sir.

We'll begin, Doctor!

Yes, go ahead.

Raise the volume!

Full volume!

That's far enough.

We did as you said, sir.

Thanks.

Contact the power plant.

Throw the power!

Roger!

Start the generators!

How much electricity is needed to restore his energy?

Well, he's 200 ft. long and he weighs 80 tons.

So he'd need 7,000,000 kw.

That's a whole day's supply to Osaka City?

Yes. Electricity to Osaka City will be cut off.

That's terrible.

Gamera moved!

He's moving!

I hope he's alive.

Buck up, Gamera!

It's working!

Keep going, Gamera!

This is Dr. Matsui, Please raise the voltage!

We can't more than this!

We're at maximum capacity!

What's the matter?

A blackout due to sending too much current!

That's ridiculous!

This is a state of emergency!

Don't give up, Gamera!

Good for you!

Gamera is alive!

Isn't it nice?

Trouble, sir! Jiger's awake!

He can help us, Doctor!

Help us, Gamera!

It's your turn to stop the monster now!

We'll return to the Expo!

Gamera, don't let it ruin the Expo site!

Please!

This is too much for Gamera.

Gamera doesn't know the Expo site.

I'm sure he does.

It's important to believe in him.

You think so?

Yes.

Maybe so.

Gamera, we're counting on you!

Jiger's going to use its rays!

Watch out, Gamara!

Gamara, run!

This won't work. It'll rupture Gamera's ear drums!

Gamera, protect your ears!

Poor Gamera!

Gamera, don't lose!

Come on, Gamera!

Gamera, use your fire!

Good for you!

Watch out for the needle!

Be careful!

Gamera almost has him beat!

Poor Gamera, must be hurt. Be patient.

He did it!

Gamera's so strong!

Of course he is!

Where is he going?

It's getting up!

Is the Expo site safe?

We've taken what measures we can!

What'll we do?

The Expo site will be ruined!

Hurry up, Gamera!

The key to beating him is the Devil's Whistle!

I hope the statue doesn't break!

Good, Gamera!

That's the way!

He did it!

He will take Jiger to Wester Island!

Thanks, Gamera!

I hope your ears get well soon!

Dr. Williams, what about the statue?

We'll make model like it.

An imitation?

Yes. We've solved one ancient mystery.

Gamera will return the real one to Wester Island.

I doubt that!

I believe in Gamera.

Of course! He's our friend!

Gamera, we trust you!

Goodbye, Gamera!

And so, Expo '70 began on time.

We learned a lesson from what happened.

That we adults must not lose the children's intuitive faculties.

And their undefiled minds.