Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)

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Near sapporo, Hokkaido

Near sapporo, Hokkaido
NASA, the U.S. Space agency,

NASA, the U.S. Space agency,

says most of the meteoroids will
burn up in a meteor shower,

but some will be large enough
to reach the Earth's surface.

Their trajectory is northwest
over the Pacific.

It is thought that some could fall
on northern Japan.

Everyone! The field trip is canceled!

Back in the bus!

Honami speaking.

It's me. Listen carefully.

One just came down off
the Sanriku Coast.

At this rate the next point is Hokkaido,

very likely just outside Sapporo.

None of them have hit land yet,
so we don't know how big...

Hello?

What's that?

It's huge!

Get down!

GAMERA 2

GAMERA 2
Attack Of The Legion

Meteor strike southwest
of Lake Shikotsu!

Disaster Squad requested!

Mount up!

Sir!

Watarase, Chem School.

Hanatani, status report?

No radiation or chemical
pollution detected.

See? You didn't need to come.

Well, orders are orders.

There hasn't been time
for organic tests yet.

Have you recovered the meteor?

No, Sir.

Can't you find it?

No, Sir.

The marks it left almost look like
it was slowing down when it hit.

Slowing down? I don't like
the sound of this.

Sapporo Science Center

What?

Well...

You can still input, can't you?

So there must be something wrong
with the outside lines.

Yeah...

But I don't understand it.

There's been problems all over
the south side since morning.

The south side?

I went over there today, but we
couldn't find the trouble.

Maybe the meteor shower?

No, too far away.

Hello, Science Center.

Could you tell me

what that green glow is,
in the sky off to the south?

Sorry, I can't hear you very well.

Hello?

Hey! Come outside and look!

Toward Lake Shikotsu.

The ancient chronicles say
the sky once went red.

In 1990, the upper red part
of the northern lights

was visible as far as Central Japan.

But green? All I can guess is localized
magnetospheric fluctuation.

Even if the meteors are affecting
the ionosphere,

they wouldn't cause anything like this.

What?

A strong magnetic field around here
might knock out electronic devices.

I'll have a look around.

No, wait!

This is a restricted area!

What?!

Great, it started!

They never found anything from the
Tunguska meteorite in Siberia.

One theory is that it was
nothing but ice.

Looking at the data, it's hard
to think that about this one.

Maybe it moved somewhere else.

Moved?

Do meteorites move?

No, of course they don't. Still...

What?

Would a whole cloud of meteoroids
just happen to come straight at Earth?

That bothers me.

And the traces look like skid
marks from braking.

Day 3

Huge Meteorite strike?
No Traces Found

Huge Meteorite strike?
No Traces Found
Here...

Huge Meteorite strike?
No Traces Found

Is it true you used to be a
detective in Nagasaki?

Who told you that?

Why did you quit?

Something happened that
scared me half to death.

I decided I wasn't cut out for it.

Where did that alarm come from?

Come on, Mr. Osako!
You used to be a cop!

I wasn't cut out for it, I told you!

But you were a pro, weren't you?

So? You're a professional guard!

I'm only part-time!

Don't push!

What is it?

Damned if I know!

NTT Hokkaido

NTT Hokkaido
Someone's taking our
fiber-optic cables.

Someone's taking our
fiber-optic cables.

Day 4
Someone's taking our
fiber-optic cables.

Day 4

Day 4
They're not damaged, they're gone.

They're not damaged, they're gone.

We don't know what's going on.

The reports start at Eniwa and
move gradually north.

What?

Takino, Tokiwa, Ishiyama...

That's exactly what's happening.

Is this something to do
with those meteors?

Wait! No portable phones
near the computers.

This way.

Honami speaking.

Hello, Watarase here.

Sorry to bother you, but...



What a waste of good beer!

Thanks for coming.

Is this part of that thing
at Lake Shikotsu?

You talked about it moving,
perhaps you can tell me.

Got any ideas?

Well, the direction fits.

Direction?

Something seems to be moving
this way from Lake Shikotsu.

Look, how many times
do I have to tell you?!

Like a crab, an insect, I don't know!

That's what I saw!

A huge thing, big as a man!

You said it was just a shadow.

Yes, I did, but...

You don't believe me, Officer.
I saw it I tell you!

Why does this always have
to happen to me?!

The police got to him before
we had a chance.

So, the police didn't believe him?

Well, he used to be a police
officer down in Nagasaki.

His was the first report on Gyaos.

Gyaos?!

You can see they might be a bit leery.

A lot of bottles smashed, and silicon
powder left scattered around.

The glass was chemically dissolved.
The beer was just left there.

It's like the world is coming
apart at the seams.

First Gamera and Gyaos,

and now creatures from outer space.

Creatures from outer space?

Sixty percent of Tahiti's plant species
were carried there by birds.

The same thing could happen
with planets.

Not that I'm sure about all this.

Well, if the seams are letting go,

it's our job to sew them back up.

Day 5

Odori subway station, Sapporo

What happened?

Excuse me.

Ishida!

The north-south subway line is
shut down at this moment.

Hazardous material has been found.

That's all we know right now.

Halt! We see the train, proceeding.

What's that?!

It's coming this way!

Fall back!

All we know now is that police are
working to rescue the passengers.

Hazardous materials are causing
fears for their safety.

The atmosphere is tense
around Odori Station.

Something seems to be happening.
The rescue crews are moving...

What's wrong with the TV?

They're here.

What the hell?

Operations! Operations!

ISDN circuits down!

Mobile communications off-line!

What the hell's going on here?!

Well done, Officer.

Who are you?

You haven't been told?

No, has the Self-Defense
Force been called out?

Communications are all messed up.

We're to examine the tunnel.

For what?

Connections between this and
our visitor from outer space.

I should be doing this alone not
getting you guys into trouble.

I don't consider this trouble.

I'll have to report this, you know.

Hang on.

Look at this.

Pressure four atmospheres?!
Oxygen seventy-eight percent?!

That's four times normal!

What's it like down there?

Take a guess.

What are they?!

What we were looking for

was some kind of germ.

What we found is what you see.

So they're an alien life form?

Colonel! Survivors!

Get them!

Squad forward!

You're going to be fine.
Come on, hurry!

Why would they just k*ll some?
Why not all of them?

Yeah, there's got to be
a common thread.

Appearance, medical history,
what they had on.

The Governor has called us out.

They want you at Headquarters.

Oxygen is so vital a factor
in our survival

that it is easy to forget

Northern Superintendent General's Office

Northern Superintendent General's Office
that in too high a concentration
it is a poison.

Northern Superintendent General's Office

Northern Superintendent General's Office
Prolonged exposure to
such an environment

Prolonged exposure to
such an environment

brings a toxic reaction: coughing, sore
throat and respiratory difficulty.

In the high-pressure and oxygen
conditions in that tunnel,

most terrestrial life forms
would not survive for long.

Colonel Watarase?

Yes!

Our enemy is a completely
different life form.

There is no possibility of co-existence.

If we allow it to survive, we will die.

For our own survival,

we must ready ourselves
to fight it to extinction.

Have you ever heard
of leaf-cutter ants?

The ones that grow mushrooms
around their nests?

Yeah, the mushrooms won't grow
there unless the ants feed them.

Without the mushrooms, the ants
can't maintain their nest.

So the plant-thing in that building,

the thing we're calling the pod...

That thing with all the grass-like
spikes around it?

Yes, we assume it's connected
with those alien life forms.

We should probably consider them
two aspects of the same thing.

If that's true, we k*ll both by k*lling
either one, won't we?

There's just one thing.

What's that?

How does the pod reproduce?

Colonel!

The pod's in flower.

A flower?

What color?

I didn't ask. We're going to blow it up.

The Self-Defense Force is to attack

the life forms discovered at
Susukino Subway Station.

Anyone within 2km of the station is to
evacuate the area immediately.

Citizens are asked to remain calm
and follow all instructions.

Testing, testing, over.

In that much oxygen a small
expl*si*n should k*ll them.

That will limit the damage too.

I'm amazed that the Roads
Department is letting us do this.

It'll just cost more in the long run
if we let it go now.

There's no other choice.

That radio's no use. Leave it here.

Bandits, 12 o'clock!

Evacuation proceeding.

Move right in, please!

What's going to happen?

Evacuation on schedule!

Operation begins as planned
at 20:00 hours.

Do we have radio contact?

No, Sir.

Any word from inside?

We're not usually supposed to use
the company computers like this.

How long till you're done?

Yes, Ma'am!

Coming right up! One estimate
of maximum damage

should the pod explode and
launch a seed into space.

They might have made their decision
faster if we'd done this before.

I wonder?

I doubt they've considered that it
might launch a seed into space.

I'll admit it sounds strange,

but how else would it move?

Obitsu,

how much damage?

A 6km radius around downtown
Sapporo would be destroyed for sure.

The pod's activating!

Damn! It's going to launch!

Let's get out of here!

You ran the simulation.

We can't outrun an expl*si*n like that.

Sanriku Coast

Five days since the meteor storm.

Nothing unusual on Sanriku Coast.
Returning to base.

Bogey 90 degrees; 12,000 meters.

Closing fast.

Japan Naval Self-Defense Force
Escort Warship Umigiri
Closing fast.

Japan Naval Self-Defense Force
Escort Warship Umigiri
Roger, have chopper confirm.

Japan Naval Self-Defense Force
Escort Warship Umigiri

Japan Naval Self-Defense Force
Escort Warship Umigiri
Unidentified object at 8 o'clock,
approaching fast.

Unidentified object at 8 o'clock,
approaching fast.

Establish visual contact.

What? Just some dolphins.

Seahawk? Come in!

Seahawk! Come in!

Confirm bogey as Gamera. Bearing
northwest. Awaiting orders.

Gamera?!

We think the pod is emitting
pure oxygen.

Attacking it might induce
an expl*si*n.

Waiting won't help.

The tunnel crew should try an attack.

That might shut down the pod.

Civilians?

Evacuation complete.

Confine the attack to the tunnel.

Ready to fire!

Fire!

Radio up!

Gamera sighted off Sanriku Coast.
Bearing towards Hokkaido!

Repeat: Gamera is flying
towards Hokkaido!

Go!

Weapons at ready!

That's...

Gamera!

What's he doing here?!

Operation suspended.
Fall back to Minamikujo.

Pull back!

Gamera stopped it from launching!

And he asked him, "What is thy name?"
And he answered saying,

"My name is Legion,

for we are many."

The Bible?

Mark 5:9.

"Legion..."

He's taking off! Get down!

The blood of Gamera.

Ms. Honami, what are you doing here?

What's going on. I wonder?

What?

They all look like they're dead.

Do transformers attract them?

Look out below!

Run!

Tsugaru Strait

Target confirmed. Range five miles.

Attack formation.

Missiles approaching target.

Morning has made the extent
of the damage clear,

its scale bringing a further
shock to those involved.

City Disaster Response
teams are assisting

those left without homes
and workplaces,

and taking hurried steps lest the
alien invaders should reappear.

Meanwhile, the shore of Shikari Bay,

into which Gamera plunged
after leaving Sapporo,

is littered with the corpses
of the alien creatures.

No, we're still going.

It'll be fine, Dad. You worry too
much, that's your trouble.

We're not going to Hokkaido.

I told you, we're going to Zao.

Yeah, I understand.

You take care in New York.
Now, that place is dangerous!

A girl who talks to Gamera?

I saw it on a Gamera site
I found on the lnternet.

Hey, are you still here?

Oh, I'm due at the university!
Here, you read this.

Me? I don't read English very well.

"Some information we know
about Gamera."

What do I do now?

Don't just groan! Tell me!

Dissection Room

Doctor!

I see.

Hi, come on in.

This way.

Excuse me.

Oh, calcium is very important
to a woman, you know.

We know that they don't have muscles.

Their joints are moved by
gas under pressure.

Everything else is a mystery.

Have they found the big one's body?

All they got was a big wing
they pulled out of the sea.

So, we'd be wise to think
it was still alive.

Yes...

What's this?

Electron microscope shots
of their body structure.

Just like semiconductors.

Semiconductors are silicon
aren't they?

Silicon is made by breaking down
sand, a process in which...

Oxygen is released! A cigarette
lighter would flare.

Glass is a silicon compound, and the
bottles vanished from that brewery.

They ate the optic fibers!

They separate out silicon, and
release oxygen for the pod.

When it seeds, the oxygen
lends it expl*sive force.

Is that semiconductor structure
a result of feeding on silicon?

But silicon is a major part
of the Earth's crust.

All you need to get it is dirt.

But for their nest they chose downtown
Sapporo. Not much dirt there.

Why?

I could sure use a drink.

Okay!

Behind the books.

My dad doesn't like it.

Yeah, I guess this isn't too good,

you having two strange men
in your room.

I can't let him have his way
in everything!

Encounter with Gyaos

You know, with this body structure,

they might communicate
electromagnetically.

Yeah?

Wait a minute.

Where is it? Here it is.

Walkie-talkies, portable phones,
pocket-pagers, radio, radio...

What's that?

The things the people who died
on the subway were carrying.

That's what they were after!

That's it!

That's why they built their
nest downtown!

Electromagnetic waves!

They think we're enemies. Our devices
throw off their communications!

It's like they invade and set up bases.

They certainly look like they've
evolved to fight.

That means they'd probably be
aiming at big cities.

They'd certainly find lots of
electromagnetic waves there.

Tokyo

If communications here are paralyzed,

and if they sneak into the city
through the subway system

Japan is dead.

Self-Defense Force Headquarters

I see what you mean,

but we don't have the forces to
cover every city in East Japan.

It's impossible.

Are people so sure we've
exterminated the Legion?

They hit the big one with missiles.

We're not letting our guard
down though.

What brought Gamera to Sapporo?

He must have sensed something.

I saw him blow fire at the pod
where it was emitting oxygen.

I'm convinced he knew
what he was doing.

So you think he's on our side?

You don't?

We'll need to rethink our strategy
to deal with Gamera.

Some people think it's dangerous
to assume he's an ally.

Have you heard about the girl
who communicates with him?

I don't believe that story.

You think the Legion will attack Tokyo?

If not directly,

then some city in between.

Aomori, Morioka...

And Sendai.

Outskirts of Sendai

A pachinko place?

So they're heading for Sendai.

The things are all dead by the way.

Dead?

The chiefs of staff are meeting.

It'll take them a while to
make up their minds.

Right, I'll call you when I get there.

They flew? The whole swarm?

The small ones have wings too.

Shall I call Obitsu? He might be
able to think of something.

Excuse me.

Excuse me. Excuse me.

Think of something, she says!

Northeast Region Headquarters Sendai

The Next Morning

Large pod reported at Sendai Station!

A 6km radius around the pod
has been ordered evacuated,

and a standby order is
in effect out to 8km.

The affected area is mostly offices,

and the pod appeared before
commuters left for work.

Mr. Miyagi?

The line seems to have gone. We'll go
back to the scene when it's restored.

The Prime Minister has ordered the
Self-Defense Force deployed.

It's changing awfully fast.

It might be growing faster because
it's warmer down here.

It's getting dangerous.
You'd better leave too.

But maybe I can do something.

Put her on a chopper!

Kasuminome Airfield, Sendai

Move further in, please!

Careful...

Watch your step.

I'm sorry.

You don't have to apologize.

Thank you.

Message from the tower.

They've spotted Gamera.
He's heading for the city.

We're to wait.

Gamera?!

Look!

Permission to take off!

Are you okay?

You okay?

Loading complete.

It's shaking too much
to move the thruster!

Gamera's protecting us.

It's too late.

It's about to launch its seed.
It's going to blow.

Gamera's at the airport fighting
a huge Legion creature!

Did the helicopters get away?

All but one, Sir!

One?

It's fighting Gamera to gain time
for the seed to launch.

It's not safe to keep the troops here.

But...

We were beaten the moment
it flowered.

All units!

Pull back as far away from
the pod as possible!

Now!

Gamera...

Do you know what Gamera's thinking?

What?

You're Asagi Kusanagi, aren't you?

Its next target will be Tokyo!

If we don't get ready, it'll end up
just like Sendai!

We're short of information.

We're fighting an invisible army.

We don't know if it'll be the big one
or a bunch of little ones.

Please...

Bees or ants spread by leaving a
nest and establishing new ones.

But Legion seems to spread
by launching a new seed.

If Gamera has stopped them twice,
they're probably desperate now.

They'll likely come in full force.

And now Gamera's gone.

Why didn't the small ones attack
Gamera in Sendai?

They may not be active when
it's about to seed.

They disappeared about that time
in Sapporo too.

We have to get them before
the pod is planted in Tokyo.

We have to find them
as fast as we can,

and hit them first.

We can't afford another Sendai.

The neon from the pachinko place,

is electromagnetic as well.

If we take the electromagnetic field
from the transformer in Sapporo,

and compare the two.

They don't really look the same.

The amplitude is quite different,

but if we filter it, and look at
the different ranges.

They respond to this pattern.

Wow!

So how do we interpret this?

Well...

When a bee stings, it dies,
but it emits a pheromone.

The other bees respond
to it and attack.

Maybe this pattern is like a
pheromone to the Legion.

So we could lure the small ones.

The Tohoku, Senzan,

and other train lines report
heavy damage to tracks

and to cars derailed
by the expl*si*n.

No JR or other trains are operating
as of this time.

We interrupt this news broadcast for
an emergency announcement.

We go live to the Prime
Minister's Residence.

We are expecting an announcement
from the Chief Cabinet Secretary.

One moment, please.

It is thought that

the announcement will concern
the attack of the Legion.

Do we have the Residence?

As investigation of the attack
on our nation by the Legion

suggests their next objective will
very probably be the capital,

the Cabinet orders the
Self-Defense Force

to establish its final line of defense

along the Tonegawa River.

The gravity of the situation...

Are there monsters coming?

No, he says they're going
to stop them.

And Gamera?

Gamera is...

This attack is being treated

as a matter affecting the
survival of our nation

involving our right to self-defense

permissible under Article 9
of the Constitution.

Namely, that our nation faces

an egregious act of aggression,

that there are no other
appropriate measures,

and that only necessary force
will be used.

Since these conditions are
considered to have been met,

the Self-Defense Force
is ordered to deploy.

With the orders comes movement
of personnel,

and permission to import
necessary materials.

National routes around Tokyo
and in the northeast

are under strict regulation.

Citizens are asked to avoid car travel,
obey official instructions,

and use trains, buses and
other public transit.

We're coming to you live in the sky

over the Tonegawa River, and the
usually jam-packed Highway 122.

Citizens here have been
ordered to evacuate.

The Self-Defense Force means to stop
the Legion somewhere around here.

I'll say goodbye here.

I'll walk you downstairs.

No, that's fine.

I was hoping to see this
through to the end.

Go home, your father will be worried.

Thanks for everything.

Not at all.

I'll be going then.

Watarase!

Take care.

Years ago, when I was a kid,

we had to run to get away from fires.

I've never been so scared.
I still dream about it.

This time, I won't run.

Scared?

Yes...

Run if you feel like it.

Not even Gamera can beat these
things. No one will blame you.

Go in with that in the back
of your mind.

Yes, Sir.

Gate 10. Hurry, please.

Thank you.

There were seats on the last flight.
No one else is heading north.

Oh, thanks.

Gamera is alive. He'll come back.

You see...

What?

He won't let the Legion win.

Let's go. Maybe we can do
something to help.



Contact! Seventeen meters
below ground.

About one hundred meters long.

Defensive Strong-point Combat Command
About one hundred meters long.

Defensive Strong-point Combat Command
Assume it to be the big one.

Assume it to be the big one.

Division Commander
Assume it to be the big one.

Division Commander

Division Commander
Speed and direction?

Division Commander

South-southeast from
Azumamura. About 15 kph.

Second in Command [Intelligence]

Second in Command [Intelligence]
That would put it at Mt. Akayuki
at about 18:00 hours.

That would put it at Mt. Akayuki
at about 18:00 hours.

Request air support for that sector.

Third in Command [Strategy]

Third in Command [Strategy]
Yes, Sir. Air support to Mt. Akayuki.


Yes, Sir. Air support to Mt. Akayuki.


Order the tank battalion forward.
Fire on confirmed contact.

Radio silence. Phone contact only.

Yes, Sir.

Your radio should draw them.
Everything else is shut down.

Thank you, leave the rest to us.

Get to a safe place.

I'm off the team?

I can't hold your hand now.

I want to see this fight.

Take him to the Com Center!

Yes, Sir!

Obitsu!

I'll buy you a drink when
we're through.

That's fine by me.



Same time: Former Sendai Station

It's surfaced in Ashikaga.

Tank battalion engaging.

It's all right. Gamera's only sleeping.

Will he wake up?

Tank battalion reports
fifty percent losses.

Fall back and regroup
at the Tatara River.

Request more air support.

Yes, Sir!

Don't waste any more men!

Legion swarm airborne!

Bearing south-southwest at 150 kph!

How's the big one doing?

Tank and air attacks have had
no effect, Sir.

Big one advancing. Speed unchanged.

The big one is breaking
through our first line!



Will he wake up?

He'll wake up.

Asagi! You're bleeding!

Gamera's bleeding too.

Gamera's moving!

Legion swarm approaching second line!

Machine g*ns firing.

The swarm has spread out
to avoid fire.

A fifth are through and heading
for our rear line.

Gamera's heading for Ashikaga!

Is he after the big one?

Swarm now bearing north!

Oh, no...

They're headed for Gamera.

He can't fight them in the air.

Help him, please!

Why would we help a monster?

Because he's...

There's only so much we can do.

Swarm entering Ashikaga!

Kurihashi Dispatch Offffice

Kurihashi Dispatch Offffice
There's no time to explain!
I need all your power!

Nazaki Transmission station
There's no time to explain!
I need all your power!

Nazaki Transmission station

Nazaki Transmission station
Don't you understand? We're not
supposed to transmit tonight!

Don't you understand? We're not
supposed to transmit tonight!

I know that!

How do I know this isn't some joke?

Who'd dare use an emergency
line for a joke?!

Sorry, I'm not playing.

Hey!

Obitsu, NTT Hokkaido?

Yes!

It's on your head.

Thank you! I'll be right over!

Hell, I just work here.

Swarm changing course. There's
trouble at the Nasaki Transmitter!

Trouble?!

A leak.

Obitsu!

Sir! We have to act!

The relay station...

There could be civilian casualties.

Take the antitank helicopters and
assist the officer in command.

Yes, Sir! I'm on my way!

Big one approaching second line!



Confirmed?

Yes, Sir.

Gamera seems to be trying
to stop the Legion.



Don't use your radio!

Fire on the creature. Support Gamera!

Yes, Sir!

Safety off! Aimed and ready!

Fire!

Damn you!

You'll pay for this, I swear!

We'll talk later!

Shut up, you old fart!

Get rid of any transmitters!

Colonel!

Let's go!

We can't leave here!

Gamera can't fight the swarm!

We'll k*ll them here!

The big one's using a new trick!

Where's the second air group?

Five minutes to attack.

The big one is breaking
through our rear line!



Down!

Asagi!

That's your defense line.

Mission accomplished.

Gamera won.

Goodbye...

So once again Gamera
saves the human race.

I don't think it was us
he came to help.

It was all the life on this planet.

He wouldn't let the Legion win.

Gamera is Earth's guardian.

So then,

if we continue to destroy its life...

We don't want Gamera
against us, do we?

The End