| Director | Bret Morrison, Noriaki Yuasa |
|---|---|
| Genre | fantasy film |
| Runtime | 83 min |
| Country | Japan |
| Budget | ¥35 million |
As Japan prepares for Expo 70, scientists on Wester Island discover a mysterious artifact called the Devil’s Whistle. Attempts to remove it are disrupted—first by a tribesman, then by Gamera, who fiercely tries to stop the excavation. After a volcanic eruption forces the statue’s removal, the ship’s crew begins to fall ill, driven mad by the statue’s piercing, continuous sound.
With the statue gone, a new monster—Jiger—emerges. He quickly defeats Gamera in their first battle, using face-quills and later a devastating heat ray that destroys anything in its path. Gamera eventually gets back into the air and pursues him, but in their second fight Jiger implants an egg inside him, leaving him paralyzed and chalk-white, seemingly dead. Jiger then heads for Expo ’70 and throws the statue into the sea to silence its painful ringing.
Children who witnessed the battle help scientists discover that Gamera is actually harboring a parasitic baby Jiger inside his lung. Using a mini-sub, the kids enter Gamera’s body and destroy the infant using white noise—Jiger’s hidden weakness. Scientists then use giant speakers to hold the adult Jiger at bay while the children reconnect power lines to Gamera’s heart. A massive electric shock revives him.
In the final battle at Expo ’70, Gamera withstands all of Jiger’s weapons, including his heat ray, and counters his tail-stinger attack. After wearing him down, he retrieves the Devil’s Whistle from the ocean, enraging Jiger. Gamera ends the fight by hurling the statue into his skull, killing him instantly, then returns his body to Wester Island.