Keeping him in a warehouse, they bandage the unconscious young kaiju and hook the creature up to a machine which infuses it with liquid derived from mysterious red stones found in the vicinity of the past Gamera's self-destruction, which the scientists theorize give the Gamera their power. Privy to Gamera being benevolent creatures and knowing Zedus would return, the government has scientists who studied the previous Gamera work to help heal the wounded Toto. The turtle is now clearly a young Gamera, Toto is wounded in the fight and captured by government officials. It corners Toru, Kousuke, and Toru's friends, but the boy's former pet, now significantly larger, intercedes. However, after a storm, Toru finds Toto has left his hideaway and gone missing.Ĭoncurrently, many shipping disasters occur in the area, the cause of which is the kaiju Zedus, a monstrous man-eating reptile which soon thereafter rampages through the city. Toru also gives Mai the red stone he found Toto's egg on as a good luck charm for her heart surgery. The turtle quickly outgrows the house and is relocated by Toru and his friends to maintain secrecy. Toto begins to display remarkable abilities such as high intelligence, levitation, and breathing small bursts of fire while growing at a rapid rate. The egg hatches into a small tortoise Toru nicknames Toto, after what his mother used to call him. When his other friends, Katsuya and Ishimaru, take him out exploring to try and cheer him up, Toru discovers an unusual egg atop a red stone in the same place Gamera self-destructed decades ago. Toru's fears are intensified when he finds his friend and neighbor, Mai, has to undergo dangerous heart surgery. Toru has friends, but has a fear of being left alone because he is plagued by memories of his late mother and Kousuke having to work so much to support the family. The tale picks up 33 years later in 2006, with Kousuke as a grown man and widower with his son, Toru. Unable to kill off all of the Gyaos, Gamera sacrifices itself in a self-destruct ability to end the threat of the Gyaos for good as Kousuke watches from the shores. In 1973, a young boy named Kousuke evacuates his home in the picturesque seaside city of Shima, Mie, which is under attack by a trio of bat-like Gyaos monsters, until a benign kaiju resembling a turtle, named Gamera intervenes to buy time for the evacuation. The film was released theatrically in Japan on April 29, 2006, and was distributed by Shochiku. Gamera the Brave stars Ryo Tomioka, Kanji Tsuda, Kaho, and Susumu Terajima, and features Toshinori Sasaki as Toto, the son of the fictional giant turtle monster Gamera. It is also the first entry in the series to be produced by Kadokawa Daiei Studio after the company purchased a percentage of the remaining assets of Daiei Film, the original studio that was responsible for making the Gamera films. It is the 12th entry in the Gamera film series, and serves as the second reboot of the franchise, with the first being Gamera: Guardian of the Universe in 1995. 'Little Hero: Gamera-'), is a 2006 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ryuta Tasaki, written by Yukari Tatsui, and produced by Kadokawa Daiei Studio. I also urge anyone to check out the previous trilogy of films as they are amongst the best Kaiju films ever made.Gamera the Brave ( 小さき勇者たち〜ガメラ〜, Chiisaki Yūsha-tachi Gamera, lit. Recommended for all fans of giant monsters. It can be obtained easily through sites like eBay though. At present it is only available with English Subtitles and not readily available in the west. Sadly I have yet to find a dubbed version of the movie. A bit more Monster action would always have been nice and restoring Gameras proper roar a must for fans of the series. If the film has it's flaws they are few in my books for the market it was aming at. Gamera himself has been completely redesigned and is presented in a more family orientated image. The villainous monster of the film Zedus is menacing and the effects are great if not as good as the previous trilogy. In all it is a good strong heartfelt story. The relationship and bond between Gamera and children and that of Father and son. This film is a far more family orientated affair than the previous trilogy with greater importance being placed on the relationships between a small boy and the Baby Gamera he finds. Unlike the previous Gamera trilogy, Gamera the Brave is a stand alone film that reinvents the legend that is Gamera but never states if it is set in the same universe as the previous 3 films. Gamera the brave (2006) was the 4th and at present last Gamera film of the millennium series as it has become known.
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