When heads of state gather at the G8 summit in Japan, Guilala -- the intergalactic monster that had been banished from the earth in The X from Outer Space -- returns to ravage the Japanese countryside and threaten the world leaders. Military strikes prove futile against the beast, but a reporter learns that one rural community possesses a strange ritual that might influence the creature. Minoru Kawasaki directs this campy satire.
Practical Effects
Guilala suit looks like a party costume that achieved sentience.
Writing
Satire sharper than its budget has any right to be.
Acting
Jon Heese's Earth Burger rep commits fully to nonsense.
Director
Minoru Kawasaki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kawasaki's entire career is dedicated to low-budget satire; this is his biggest stage, literally putting world leaders in a kaiju's path.
Guilala originated in 1967's The X from Outer Space, Shochiku's only kaiju film until Kawasaki revived him forty years later for this roast.
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