Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion (1996) - full transcript

NEAR SAPPORO, HOKKAIDO

NASA, the US 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 on 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 Iand yet,
so we don't know how big...

Hello?

What's that?

It's huge!

Get down!

GAMERA 2: ATTACK OF LEGION

Meteor strike southwest
of Lake Shikotsu!

Disaster Squad requested!

Mount up!

Sir!

I'm Watarase,
from the Chemistry Institute.

I'm Hanatani.
What's the status report?

No radiation or
chemical pollution detected.

- See? You didn't need to come.
- Orders are orders.



There hasn't been time
for any organic tests yet.

- Have you recovered the meteor?
- No, sir.

- Can't you find it?
- No, sir.

The marks it Ieft almost Iook Iike
it was slowing down when it hit.

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

One of the meteorites
has landed in Northern Japan,

in a mountainous region 50kms
south of Sapporo, Hokkaido.

Many trees in the area have caught fire,
but no human fatalities are reported.

SAPPORO SCIENCE CENTER

- What's that?
- Well...

You can still input, can't you?

So there must be something wrong
with the outside lines.

Yeah, right...

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 it was the meteor shower?
- No, too far away.

Hello, Science Center.

Can 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 Iook!

It's toward Lake Shikotsu.

The ancient chronicles say
that 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 some kind of
localized magnetospheric fluctuation.

Even if the meteors are
affecting the ionosphere,

they wouldn't cause
anything Iike this.

Eh?

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

- I'll have a Iook around.
- No, wait.

This is a restricted area!

Eh?

Great!

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.

- But...
- But what?

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

That bothers me.

And the traces Iook
like skid marks from braking.

DAY 3

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, 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
NETWORK OPERATION CENTER

Someone's taking
our fiber-optic cables.

DAY 4

They're not damaged,
they're gone.

We don't know what's going on.

The reports start at Eniwa
and move gradually north.

Eh?

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...

10,000 cases of beer?

What a waste!

Thanks for coming.

Is this connected to that thing
at Lake Shikotsu?

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

Got any ideas?

- Well, the direction fits.
- The direction?

Something seems to be moving
this way from Lake Shikotsu.

Look, how many times
do l have to tell you?

Like a crab, like an insect...

That's what l saw!
A huge thing, big as a man.

- You said it was just a shadow.
- Yes, l did, but...

You don't believe me, Officer.
l saw it, l 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 that
they might be a bit wary.

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

The glass was chemically dissolved,
and the beer was just left there.

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

First Gamera and Gyaos.

And now creatures
from outer space.

Creatures from outer space,
you reckon?

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 Ietting 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-Iine!

What the hell's going on?

- 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 here
to examine the tunnel.

For what?

It's in connection with 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 Iike down there?
- Take a guess.

What are they?

What we were Iooking for
was some kind of germ.

What we found is what you see.

So they're an alien Iifeform?

Colonel!
There are survivors!

- Get them!
- Squad forward!

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

Why would they just kill some?
Why not all of them?

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's easy to forget

that in too high a concentration
it's a poison.

NORTHERN SUPERINTENDENT
GENERAL'S OFFICE

Prolonged exposure
to such an environment

brings a toxic reaction, coughing,
sore throat and respiratory difficulties.

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

most terrestrial Iifeforms
would not survive for Iong.

- Anything to add, Colonel Watarase?
- Yes.

Our enemy is a completely
different lifeform.

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 Ieaf-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-Iike
spikes around it?

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

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

If that's true, we kill both
by killing either one, won't we?

- There's just one thing.
- What's that?

How does the pod reproduce?

Colonel Watarase!

- The pod's flowering.
- Flowering?

- What color?
- I didn't ask. We're going to blow it up.

The Self-Defense Force
is about to attack

the lifeforms discovered
at Susukino Subway Station.

Anyone within one mile 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 explosion should kill 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 Iong 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.
- Roger.

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've 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 4-mile radius around downtown Sapporo
would be destroyed for sure.

The pod's activating.

Damn! It's going to Iaunch!

Let's get out of here!

You ran the simulation.

We can't outrun
an explosion Iike 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.

SELF-DEFENSE FORCE
WARSHIP "UMIGIRI"

Have chopper confirm.

Unidentified object at 8 o'clock,
approaching fast.

Establish visual contact.

It'll be 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 explosion.

- Waiting won't help.
- But...

The tunnel crew
should try an attack.

That might shut down the pod.

- What about civilians?
- Evacuation is 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 the ready!

That's... Gamera.

TANUKI STREET

What's Gamera doing here?

Operation suspended.
Fall back to Minamikujo.

Fall back!

Gamera stopped it
from Iaunching.

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 there?

They all look Iike they're dead.

Do transformers attract them?

- Look out below!
- Run!

TSUGARU STRAIT

Target confirmed.
Range five miles.

- Attack formation.
- Roger.

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 Ieft 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 Ieaving Sapporo,

is littered with the corpses
of the alien creatures.

For one brief moment,
the scores of creatures called Legion

were thought to have been
exterminated by Gamera.

This one was blasted by missiles,
but its body is nowhere to be found.

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.

Oh, 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.

Ah, 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 Iarger one's body?

All they got was a huge wing
that 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 explosive 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.

I have some.

Behind the books.

My dad doesn't Iike 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 that 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 Iook Iike
they've evolved to fight.

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

They'd certainly find Iots
of electromagnetic waves there.

TOKYO

If communications
here are paralyzed...

and if they sneak into the city
through the subway system...

Japan is doomed.

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've 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... as well.

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.

NORTH EAST REGION
HEADQUARTERS, SENDAI

NEXT MORNING

Large pod reported
at Sendai Station!

A 4-mile radius around the pod
has been ordered evacuated,

and a standby order
is in effect out to 5 miles.

The affected area
is mostly offices,

and the pod appeared
before commuters left for work...

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 evacuate too.

But maybe I can do something.

- Put her on a chopper.
- Yes, sir!

KASUMINOME AIRFIELD,
SENDAl

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 Sendai City.

- We're to wait.
- Gamera?

Look!

Permission to take off!

Are you okay?

You okay?

Loading complete.

- What's wrong?
- It's shaking too much for the thruster!

Gamera's protecting us.

It's too late. It's about to Iaunch
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?

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 Iook 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?

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

The other bees respond to it
and attack.

Maybe this pattern is Iike
a pheromone to the Legion.

So we could Iure the small ones.

The Tohoku, Senzan, and other
train lines report heavy damage to tracks

and to cars derailed
by the explosion.

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're 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 Iine 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
Iive 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.

Mr. 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 Iike 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 Iast 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.

16:07 60 MILES
NORTH-NORTHWEST OF TOKYO

Contact!
Fifty-five feet below ground.

About 330 feet Iong.

DEFENSIVE STRONGPOINT
COMBAT COMMAND

Assume it to be the big one.

DIVISION COMMANDER

Speed and direction?

South-southeast from Azumamura.
About 9.5 mph.

SECOND-IN-COMMAND
(INTELLIGENCE)

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

Request air support
for that sector.

THIRD-IN-COMMAND (STRATEGY)

Yes, sir. Air support to Mt. Akayuki.
18:00 hours.

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.

Please 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.

I look forward to that.

17:42 CITY OF ASHIKAGA,
FOOT OF MT. AKAYUKI

SAME TIME:
FORMER SENDAl STATION

It's surfaced in Ashikaga.

Tank battalion engaging.

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

Will Gamera 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 95 mph!

How's the big one doing?

Tank and air attacks
have had no effect, sir.

The big one is advancing.
Speed unchanged.

The big one is breaking
through our first Iine!

18:05 1ST DEFENSIVE LINE

- Will Gamera wake up?
- He'll wake up.

Asagi, you're bleeding!

Gamera's bleeding too.

Gamera's moving!

Legion swarm approaching second Iine!
Machine guns firing.

The swarm has spread out
to avoid fire.

A fifth are through
and heading for our rear Iine.

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 OFFICE

No time to explain!
I need all your power!

NASAKI TRANSMISSION STATION

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, l'm not playing.
- Hey!

- Is that Obitsu, NTT Hokkaido?
- Yes.

- It's on your head.
- Thank you! l'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! On my way!

The big one's approaching
the second line!

21:26 TOCHIGI/GUNMA BORDER

- Confirmed?
- Yes, sir.

Gamera seems to be trying
to stop the Legion.

21:38 NASAKI
TRANSMITTING STATION

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'II talk Iater!
Shut up, you old fart!

Get rid of any transmitters!

Colonel Watarase!

Let's go!

We can't Ieave here!
Gamera can't fight the swarm!

We'll kill the swarm 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 Iine!

00:34 GUNMA/SAITAMA BORDER

Down!

Asagi?

That's your defense Iine.

Mission accomplished.

Gamera won.

Goodbye.

So once again
Gamera saves the human race.

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

It was all the Iife on this planet.

He wouldn't Iet 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