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* This was the first film in the series to use flashbacks from the previous Gamera films as a way of saving money on the production. In this film, the flashback sequence lasts approximately fifteen minutes.
* This was the first film in the series to use flashbacks from the previous Gamera films as a way of saving money on the production. In this film, the flashback sequence lasts approximately fifteen minutes.


* This is the first film in the series to include Caucasian actors in the original Japanese release. The scenes featuring Brian Donlevy and Albert Dekker in the first film, [[Gamera]] (1965), were filmed later on a Hollywood soundstage in much the same way that Raymond Burr was in [[Gojira/King of the Monsters]] (1956) as a way to help market that film in America.
* This is the first film in the series to include Caucasian actors in the original Japanese release. The scenes featuring Brian Donlevy and Albert Dekker in the first film, [[Gamera: The Giant Monster]] (1965), were filmed later on a Hollywood soundstage in much the same way that Raymond Burr was in [[Godzilla|Godzilla: King of the Monsters]] (1956) as a way to help market that film in America.


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Revision as of 03:53, 16 April 2020

  • American International Pictures titled their U.S. version "Destroy All Planets" after the success they had with the release of Ishirō Honda's Kaijû sôshingeki (1968) aka Destroy All Monsters.
  • This was the first film in the series to use flashbacks from the previous Gamera films as a way of saving money on the production. In this film, the flashback sequence lasts approximately fifteen minutes.
  • This is the first film in the series to include Caucasian actors in the original Japanese release. The scenes featuring Brian Donlevy and Albert Dekker in the first film, Gamera: The Giant Monster (1965), were filmed later on a Hollywood soundstage in much the same way that Raymond Burr was in Godzilla: King of the Monsters (1956) as a way to help market that film in America.
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