Gamera 2: Assault of the Legion 1996  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi / Drama / Fantasy / Horror
Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Cast: Ayako Fujitani, Toshiyuki Nagashima, Yukijiro Hotaru, Miki Mizuno, Akiji Kobayashi, Tamotsu Ishibashi, Mitsuro Fukikoshi, Hiroyuki Okita, Yusuke Kawazu, Tomorowo Taguchi, Hatsunori Hasegawa, Lasar Ishii, Hiroshi Okochi, Bengal, Heather Bryson
Some great monster special effects help to lift this Gamera entry into watchability. What appears to be a meteor shower landing in Japan is really crash landings of insect-like aliens that attack Tokyo residents. But, never fear, Gamera, our fat flying turtle, saves the day.
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Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah 1991  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi / Action / Drama / Horror
aka: Gojira vs. Kingu Gidora
Director: Kazuki Omori
Cast: Kosuke Toyohara, Anna Nakagawa, Megumi Odaka, Chuck Wilson, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Katsuhiko Sasaki, Akiji Kobayashi, Tokuma Nishioka, Kenji Sahara, Koichi Ueda, Kenpachiro Satsuma, "Hurricane Ryu" Hariken, So Yamamura, Yasunori Yuge, Kiwako Harada
Time travelers from the 23rd century return to the present, warn Japan that Godzilla will soon cause a catastrophic nuclear incident, and suggest how to rid the world of the monster. The plan is to go back to the 1940s and kill the one living dinosaur that was turned into the monster during the Bikini atomic weapons testing. But–the visitors have a motive: get rid of Godzilla and have their own monster, King Ghidorah, wreak havoc on Japan because Japan has become the economic power on Earth in the 23 century. But Godzilla is still out there, and the battle begins.
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Gojira vs. Mosura 1992 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
aka: Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth
Godzilla vs. Mothra
Director: Takao Okawara
Cast: Tetsuya Bessho, Megumi Odaka, Satomi Kobayashi, Akira Takarada, Keiko Imamura, Sayaka Osawa, Takehiro Murata, Makoto Otake, Saburo Shinoda, Akiji Kobayashi, Kenpachiro Satsuma, "Hurricane Ryu" Hariken, Yoshiko Tanaka, Koichi Ueda
An expedition to Infant Island looking for the remnants of a meteorite finds two tiny women, called "Cosmos" who are the remnants of an ancient civilization. They inform expedition members that Earth is fighting back for the harm humans are inflicting and that monster Battron has been sent to destroy the bad elements on Earth. The Cosmos call Mothra to fight back, but Godzilla also awakens, and the three-way battle for Earth begins.
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Shogun Assassin 1980 R, 86 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Robert Houston
Cast: Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa, Kayo Matsuo, Minoru Ohki, Akiji Kobayashi, Shin Kishida, Lamont Johnson, Marshall Efron, Sandra Bernhard, Lennie Weinrib
Samurai warrior Ogami Itto (Tomisaburo Wakayama) travels with his young son, Diagoro (Akihiro Tomikawa), on a quest in the brutal struggle for survival to avenge the murder of his wife.
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| 1. Gamera 2: Assault of the Legion (1996)
2. Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
aka: Gojira vs. Kingu Gidora
3. Gojira vs. Mosura (1992)
aka: Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth
aka: Godzilla vs. Mothra
4. Shogun Assassin (1980)
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