Sequel
Directed by Minoru Kawasaki, the follow-up film The Monster X Strikes Back/Attack the G8 Summit (ギララの逆襲／洞爺湖サミット危機一発, Girara no Gyakushū: Tōya-ko Samitto Kiki Ippatsu?) was released in 2008, and unlike its 1967 predecessor, is meant as a pure comedy with some political satire. Climaxing with a battle between Guilala and a new monster dubbed "Demon-Man Take" (Take-Majin), a giant golden statue warrior who is heavily based upon and portrayed by Takeshi Kitano.
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“Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children’s party taken over by the elders.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)