Godzilla vs. Gamera (stage show)

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Godzilla vs. Gamera (ゴジラ対ガメラ,   Gojira tai Gamera) was a one-act tokusatsu kaiju stage show co-created by Toho and Daiei, which took place in March of 1970 at the Expo's Festival Plaza venue during the Children Festival in the Osaka World's Fair. The show was performed once every night for 10 days. Haruo Nakajima was initially booked to perform three times a day as Godzilla, but the complexity of the event caused the show times to be reduced to once a night.

Plot

Several kaiju, including Godzilla, Gorosaurus, Minilla, Gamera, Space Gyaos, and Jiger, appear and engage in a titanic battle.

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

• Moderated by   Kon Omura

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

• Haruo Nakajima   as   Godzilla

Appearances

Monsters

• Godzilla
• Gamera
• Gorosaurus
• Minilla
• Space Gyaos
• Jiger

Preservation

While there is no evidence to suggest that any of the performances were professionally filmed, each night is confirmed to have been professionally recorded onto magnetic audio tapes. Only a small number of photos and two short films of the show are currently known to exist.

Gallery

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  Magnetic audio tape recordings of each performance

Videos

Brief 8mm footage from the event showing Godzilla and Space Gyaos Godzilla throws Gorosaurus Godzilla vs. Gamera!!

Trivia

• Godzilla and Gamera have crossed paths extremely few times since this stage show. They met again in another series of live performances at the 1996 Hero Festival, held by the puppet group Atelier Koganemushi, which would go on to produce the web series Godziban. In 2002, Kadokawa approached Toho with an offer to co-produce a Godzilla and Gamera crossover film, but Toho declined. Since then, Gamera and Godzilla both appeared in the 2017 video game City Shrouded in Shadow, although not in the same levels, and the Gamera incarnation from GAMERA -Rebirth- was added to the video game Godzilla Battle Line in September 2023.

References

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