Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (ガメラ3 邪神＜イリス＞覚醒)

1999 THE EQUATOR

Her son and grandson were eaten.

Were there any more birds like this one?

OFF OKINOTORI ISLAND, JAPAN'S SOUTHERNMOST POINT

THE UNMANNED SUBMERSIBLE "KAIKO"

Winch ahead slow!

Set to low tension!

Is the sea bottom this bumpy?

Maybe it's a problem of scale, like we're too close or something?

- Can you pull back a bit? - Roger.

- There's not enough light. - Increase sensitivity.

Is that...?

- Gamera? - Impossible.

Look at the number of them!

So those aren't boats...

Then what?

Dead Gameras.

REVENGE OF IRIS

We interrupt this program for a special bulletin.

A monster has appeared in Fukuoka Harbor.

The Self-Defense Forces...

The monster is believed to be in the Inland Sea.

A warning has been issued to ships in the area.

The government is calling the sea monster Gamera

and the flying monsters Gyaos...

Do not venture outside after dark.

Be especially careful of attacks by Gyaos on wide roadways.

The cabinet decided this morning to meet Gyaos with all possible force.

The basis of the strategy is to shoot them down as they appear.

This could make the port area a battleground...

TOKYO

There's still time. The monster won't come this far.

Look out for stray bullets, though. It'll be like Bosnia around here.

I'm sorry, we'd all be safe in Matsudo if not for me.

And my job.

Wait here. I'll get your mother.

Iris! Iris!

Come on. We're not going to the vet.

About what we were talking about Iast night...

Do I really have to change my family name?

This is a very old village where you're living...

I don't want to.

If our name's not good enough, why's she living here?

Stop it, Ma!

She used to be so sweet.

MINAMI-ASUKA, NARA PREFECTURE

Hirasaka! We'll see you after school!

That girl...

She used to come here in the summer.

- I bet you liked her. - Don't be stupid!

They say her parents died.

Some kind of accident.

YASHIMA MARINE INSURANCE CO., LTD.

MITO ASAKURA, CABINET SECRETARY

I've been asked to help you.

- This is Shinya Kurata. Have you met? - Of course not.

Sorry, no...

You wished to ask about the curved jewels we collected?

Could we see them?

Since three years ago, during the Legion attack,

when Gamera reappeared in Sendai,

they've all decayed.

Not one remains in its original shape.

- Where's Mr. Kusanagi who found them? - In Washington.

- And the girl? - You mean Asagi?

She came to see these before she went abroad to study.

But why do you ask?

So Earth and Heaven won't be destroyed.

Eh?

"When Heaven and Earth are opposed, the result is destruction.

"All appears calm, but danger lies before."

It's from The Book of Changes, one of the Chinese CIassics.

"RYU-SEI-CHO"

The legend says that the Ryuseicho sleeps in here.

What's the Ryuseicho?

- I don't know. - A monster, maybe?

Wouldn't it be great if it was true?

There's a stone that seals it in.

Go get it.

And then you'll leave us alone?

What do you mean?

I know you've been picking on my brother. Stop it.

We might overlook some things.

- What are you guys doing? - Damn! It's Moribe!

Go and help your Tokyo girlfriend.

Mr. Big Old House!

You've got a big mouth. Remember that.

Hirasaka?

Where'd they go?

They took off. But what's that?

Why is it so heavy?

You carried this by yourself?

- It's none of your business. - It is so!

Anyway, we've got to put it back.

Miyuki, stay there!

My family are the guardians of the Ryuseicho.

- This shouldn't be moved. - That's just a Iegend, isn't it?

Hirasaka, let's go.

And don't tell anyone.

Ryuseicho?

What's in that old shrine?

That land belongs to the Moribe family. It's probably some old ruins.

My university wanted to dig in there, but Old Woman Moribe said no.

- So nobody knows? - Not exactly.

TAKAMATSU TUMULUS, NARA

The moon takes twenty-eight days to circle the Earth,

so the ancient Chinese divided the heavens into twenty-eight houses.

Seven in each quadrant.

Ryu, Sei and Cho...

Three of the houses are in the constellation Hydra, the water snake.

"Ryu" is the head.

"Sei" is a red star,

and red is the color of the Guardian of the South.

In the Takamatsu Tumulus near here,

a dragon guards the East,

a tiger guards the West and a tortoise the North.

There's no South.

That wall had fallen in.

Maybe it was a phoenix.

- A phoenix? - A crimson phoenix.

Like a firebird.

So it was a bird.

The professors at my school think that's what "Ryuseicho" means.

The Guardians of South and North, are they enemies?

The Guardian of the South defends against an enemy from the South.

From the South...

You have three messages.

It's Sakurai.

About those samples you sent last week,

they're different enough from our Gyaos

that they could be a subspecies, or a local Variation, maybe?

See you.

SHlNYA KURATA

- It's your mother. Where've you been? - Kyoto?

It was your father's birthday yesterday.

He was hoping that you'd perhaps call.

Give us a call when you can.

Ms. Nagamine, it's Kobayashi.

The Monster Damage Control Committee is meeting September 7th at 7:00pm.

We'll be discussing the Gamera fossils discovered off Okinotori lsland,

and we'd like to hear your report.

Please call me about the agenda.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 3:00PM

This means the Gyaos are evolving at tremendous speed.

I agree.

- That's scary. - Who knows what could happen?

Mr. Osako?

No, I'm not.

I'm sorry, you look like someone I know.

That's alright...

Away you go, then.

I'll have this, please.

You aren't the man, but the thought of seeing him was a happy one.

Bye.

AIR DEFENSE COMMAND

Unknown intruder moving too fast to catch.

Roger. Maintain position until further orders.

OVER TOKYO BAY, 3:05 PM

You're Hirasaka's brother, right?

Did you see Gamera too?

No, I didn't.

I was at my grandma's in Matsudo.

Your sister saw him?

She'd had her appendix out,

and my mom was with her, and that morning my dad...

Satoru!

Shut up.

Mind your own business.

Come on.

Listen...

If it weren't for Gamera, the Gyaos might've killed us all.

The whole world would be the Legion's nest.

Gamera is our friend, you know.

Would you say that if he'd crushed your house and your parents?

ORNITHOLOGY DEPT. Ms. MAYUMI NAGAMINE

6:50 PM

It's been a while...

Yeah.

MONSTER-DAMAGE CONTROL COMMITTEE

THIRD EMERGENCY SESSION

Which monster are we discussing today?

There's no specific one.

Why is Japan continually being attacked by monsters?

And what can we do to stop it?

That's what we're here to discuss.

I seem to have become the Ministry's resident monster expert.

- Ms. Nagamine? - Yes?

How do you do? Thank you for coming.

Look at this graph.

Our analysts say it indicates a rapid increase

in incursions into our air space.

What do you think?

There's no connection with hostile action by neighboring countries.

Let us know what you think, please.

Mito Asakura...

Who is she?

It seems that she's the government's chief fortune teller.

A word to the wise, you'd be smart not to be too curious about her.

SHIBUYA DISTRICT, TOKYO, 7:30 PM

To hell with all of you!