Episode 52 - Kaiju Kim vs. ‘Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris’

The Monster Island Film Vault

Hello, kaiju lovers! After nearly a year of surviving inane MST3K fodder and watching the first two entries of a fantastic trilogy, Nate reaches one of kaiju eiga’s zeniths with Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris. He’s joined by YouTuber and (ironically) Godzilla enthusiast Kaiju Kim to discuss this masterpiece. As Nate puts it, this is one of the rare trilogies where each entry gets better—in fact, everything gets cranked to 12 in this. They discuss the amazing story, incredible characters, impressive special effects, absolute badassery, and the many, many cultural elements that may go over western fans’ heads as crazy fantasy. Speaking of which, choosing a Toku Topic was difficult, but Nate landed on the Four Symbols and mana, because they play the big roles in this film and the rest of the trilogy.

Check out Kim’s video on Gamera 3 here.

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Timestamps:

• Intro: 0:00-9:09
• Entertaining Info Dump: 9:09-18:11
• Toku Talk: 18:11-1:25:42
• Ad: 1:25:42-1:26:34
• Toku Topic: 1:26:34-1:54:13
• Listener Feedback, Housekeeping, & Outro: 1:54:13-end

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Bibliography/Further Reading:

• “Azure Dragon.” (Wikipedia).
• “Black Tortoise.” (Wikipedia).
• England, Norman. “Inside the Heisei Trilogy: The Turtle Scoop on Gamera 3.” (Arrow Video Gamera: The Complete Collection; originally published in Fangoria #185, August 1999).
• Flower, James. “A Guide to English Language Gamera.” (Arrow Video Gamera: The Complete Collection).
• “Four Guardians of the Four Compass Directions: Celestial Emblems of the Chinese Emperor.” (On Mark Productions).
• “Four Symbols.” (Wikipedia).
• Gamera: The Complete Collection, Disc Seven Special Features.
• Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris Commentary by Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski (Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection).
• LeMay, John. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Volume 2: 1982-2017.
• LeMay, John. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films (Mutated Edition).
• LeMay, John. Writing Giant Monsters.
• “Lü Dongbin.” (Wikipedia).
• Macias, Patrick. “A History of Gamera: Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris” (Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection).
• “Mana.” (Anthropology.com).
• “Mana.” (Wikipedia).
• “Miko.” (Wikipedia).
• Renshaw, Steve and Saori Ihara. “Star Charts and Moon Stations.” (Internet Archive).
• “Vermillion Bird.” (Wikipedia).
• “White Tiger (mythology).” (Wikipedia).
• “Why the Heisei Gamera Trilogy Ended That Way” by Omni Viewer. (YouTube).
• “Yellow Dragon.” (Wikipedia).
• Wiki Articles on Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
  • Gamera Wiki
  • Gojipedia
  • IMDB
  • Toho Kingdom
  • Wikipedia
  • Wikizilla