Friday, March 6, 2020

"Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris" released 1999


The third of a trilogy of Gamera movies, Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris, was released in Japan March 6, 1999.  It follows a girl Ayana discovering an egg in a cave and it hatches, releasing a demon.  She uses her psychic bond with the creature to exact revenge on Gamera with whom she holds a grudge.

It has been praised as one of the best in the Gamera series.  It won an award for Best Sound Recording at the 54th Mainichi Film Concours, a series of film awards sponsored by Mainichi Shinbun, one of the largest newspaper companies in Japan.


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