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Release Date:
October 26, 2008
Original Title:
ギララの逆襲 洞爺湖サミット危機一発
Alternate Titles:
Girara no gyakushû: Tôya-ko Samitto kikiippatsu
Guilala's Counterattack: Lake Toya Summit Crisis
The Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit
Genres:
Comedy | Horror | Science Fiction
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12
Runtime: 98
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.
Director:
Minoru Kawasaki
Editor:
Yōsuke Yafune
Makeup Effects Designer:
Sôichi Umezawa
Music:
Yasuhiko Fukuda
Production Design:
Tetsuya Uchida
Screenplay:
Masakazu Migita
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