Daimajin (1966)

A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.

Director:

Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Writer:

Tetsurô Yoshida

Stars:

Miwa Takada, Yoshihiko Aoyama, Jun Fujimaki

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Miwa Takada	...	Kozasa Hanabusa
Yoshihiko Aoyama	...	Tadafumi Hanabusa
Jun Fujimaki	...	Kogenta
Ryûtarô Gomi	...	Samanosuke
Ryuzo Shimada
Tatsuo Endô	...	Gunjuro
Shôsaku Sugiyama
Chikara Hashimoto
Saburô Date
Otome Tsukimiya
Keiko Kayama
Eigoro Onoe
Gen Kimura
Hideki Ninomiya	...	Tadafumi as a boy
Shizuhiro Izoguchi

Storyline

A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.

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Plot Keywords:

witch | giant monster | sword fight | prayer | samurai | 

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Taglines:

Unbelievable. Unstoppable.

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

9 August 1968 (USA)

Also Known As:

Majin

Company Credits

Production Co:

Daiei Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

All three "Daimajin" movies were made at the same time but released a year apart.

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Connections

Followed by Wrath of Daimajin (1966)

User Reviews

Samurais vs. Giant Stone Statue

Surprisingly good Japanese monster movie. Evil warlord enslaves townspeople until one prays to the mysterious unfinished stone statue on a mountain. The statues comes to life and goes on a rampage. The special effects are much better then what you may be used to from Japanese monster movies of the sixties.