Gamera vs. Barugon story
It is up to Gamera to protect Japan from the giant, freeze-gas breathing lizard-like creature Barugon. It is the second entry in the Gamera film series.
6 total · 4 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| cryptid | major | A giant turtle, dubbed Gamera by the Inuits, was a prehistoric creature that emerged from the arctic ice after millions of years of being in hibernation. An egg that hatched into what eventually became the giant lizard, Barugon, was retrieved from a cave on a remote Pacific island. |
| giant monster | major | The giant lizard-like creature Baguron attacked Japan. |
| greed for riches | major | Onodera murdered Ichiro Hirata so that he could take what he believed to be a giant opal all for himself. He later shot a number of people in an ill-contrived effort to get a 600 karat diamond. |
| human vs. monster | major | The people of Japan versus Barugon. |
| brother and brother | minor | Keisuke Hirata sent his brother Ichiro to retrieve a giant opal which he had hid in a cave while stationed on New Guinea during the war. |
| World War II | minor | Keisuke Hirata spoke of how he hid a giant opal in a cave while stationed on New Guinea during the war. |