Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)

Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris (ガメラ3 邪神〈イリス〉覚醒, Gamera Surī Jyashin Irisu Kakusei) is a 1999 Japanese Kaiju film directed and co-written by Shusuke Kaneko. The film is a sequel to Gamera 2: Attack of Legion and the eleventh feature film in the Gamera series, and the third film in the 1990s trilogy of Gamera films. The film stars Ayana Hirasaka (Ai Maeda), an emotionally troubled young girl who forms a psychic bond with a highly aggressive parasitic creature known as Iris that feeds upon her rage and hate for the giant fire-breathing turtle monster called Gamera, who had unwittingly killed Hirsaka's parents. Gamera later is defending Japan from a swarm of monsters called Gyaos when he is confronted by Iris.

Gamera 3: The Revenge of Iris was shown at the 1999 Toronto International Film Festival and received the Mainichi Film Concours award for Best Sound Recording in Japan. The film received positive reviews from film critics who praised its special effects with many praising it as one of the best in the Gamera film series.

Synopsis

Three years have passed since Gamera defeated the Legion, and the world is once again plagued by the Gyaos, which have evolved into Hyper Gyaos. Mayumi Nagamine, noted ornithologist, returns to aid the Japanese government in addressing this threat. A graveyard of Gamera fossils is found at the bottom of the sea. Shadowy government agents, occultist Miss Asukura and Kurata Shinji, are meanwhile working to a different agenda, with Asukura believing Gamera to be an evil spirit.

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