Daimajin gyakushu (1966)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Kazuo Mori

Writer:

Tetsuro Yoshida (writer)

Release Date:

21 December 1966 (Japan)

Genre:

Fantasy

Tagline:

A Wave of Evil Has Been Unleashed!

Plot:

An evil warlord invades a peaceful lakeside village during one of their annual festivals. In the course of burning down buildings...

Plot Keywords:

Giant Monster

Cast

Riki Hashimoto	...	Majin
Shinji Hori
Shiei Iizuki
Masahide Kizuka
Hideki Ninomiya	...	Tsurukichi

Also Known As:

Majin Strikes Again
Return of Daimajin (USA)
Return of Majin (USA) (video title)
The Return of the Giant Majin (USA) (dubbed version)

Runtime:

USA:79 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Company:

Daiei Studios

Trivia:

All three "Daimajin" movies were made at the same time but were released over a span of nine months in April, August and December 1966.

Movie Connections:

Follows Daimajin ikaru (1966)

Daimajin of the lake saves the day.

The sleeping Daimajin has moved to an island home and the people under his protection live happily at lakeside. When evil warlords decide its time to subjugate these peaceful neighboring domains they go right for their leaders with some sneaky assassins and a surprise attack. As a demoralizing move they blow up the stone god in his island home. What a bad move that turns out to be. Not the best of the three Daimajins. It's much less beautifully filmed and the story isn't so great. I liked "Return of Daimajin" best because the kids are cute and the cinematographer had the eye of a naturalist.