While the Toho company was already on their sixth movie in the Godzilla franchise by 1965, the Daiei Motion Picture Company decided it was their time to get into the giant monster game, as well. Noriaki Yuasa’s Gamera was the first of what would become another iconic Japanese monster franchise in the years to follow.

During the Cold War, an unknown country’s aircraft is shot down by American pilots, after refusing to identify themselves. Due to the explosion caused by [...]