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Daimajin (Blu-ray) (Japan Version)

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Equal parts samurai drama and Godzilla, Daiei Studio's fondly-remembered Daimajin series transports the metropolitan mayhem of the daikaiju eiga ("giant monster movie") to sixteenth-century Japan. At a time when Toho's flagship Godzilla series had begun to slide into high camp, 1966's Daimajin sought to recapture the B-movie thrills of the genre's early days. Director Yasuda Kimiyoshi takes a no-nonsense approach to the proceedings, and while the action does culminate in a fifty-foot-tall stone statue coming to life and stomping on a feudal Japanese village, the film always takes itself seriously. Yasuda would bring the same style to Daiei's other samurai monster movie series, Yokai Monsters, but Daimajin stands as his most memorable contribution to the genre.

During Japan's Warring States period, the kindly Lord Hanabusa is overthrown by the wicked Samanosuke, a tyrant who enslaves his subjects to build an immense fortress from which he will conquer the neighboring domains. A faithful samurai and a Shinto priestess hide Hanabusa's children Tadafumi and Kozasa in a mountain shrine to Majin, a giant stone statue worshipped by the local peasants as a god. Once the children come of age, Tadafumi and his friends plot to depose Samanosuke. As the struggle for control of the Hanabusa lands comes to a head, Samanosuke's evil ways anger Majin. The stone giant stirs to life, and only Kozasa has the power to check its rampage of destruction.

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Product Title: Daimajin (Blu-ray) (Japan Version) 大魔神 (Blu-ray) (日本版) 大魔神 (Blu-ray) (日本版) 大魔神 【Blu-rayDisc】 Daimajin (Blu-ray) (Japan Version)
Artist Name(s): Fujimaki Jyun | Aoyama Yoshihiko | Takada Miwa | Gomi Ryutaro | Shimada Ryuzo | Hashimoto Chikara 藤卷潤 | 青山良彥 | 高田美和 | 五味龍太郎 | 島田龍三 | 橋本力 藤卷润 | 青山良彦 | 高田美和 | 五味龙太郎 | 岛田龙三 | 桥本力 藤巻潤 | 青山良彦 | 高田美和 | 五味龍太郎 | 島田竜三 | 橋本力 Fujimaki Jyun | Aoyama Yoshihiko | Takada Miwa | Gomi Ryutaro | Shimada Ryuzo | Hashimoto Chikara
Director: Yasuda Kimiyoshi 安田公義 安田公义 安田公義 Yasuda Kimiyoshi
Blu-ray Region Code: A - Americas (North, Central and South except French Guiana), Korea, Japan, South East Asia (including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) What is it?
Release Date: 2009-06-26
Publisher Product Code: DAXA-1107
Language: Japanese
Country of Origin: Japan
Disc Format(s): Blu-ray
Publisher: Kadokawa Pictures
Other Information: Blu-ray Disc
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1019633244

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タイトル:大魔神: 【Blu-rayDisc】
出演:高田美和/青山良彦/藤巻潤/五味龍太郎/橋本力
監督:安田公義(監督)/黒田義之(特撮監督)/吉田哲郎(脚本)/森田富士郎(撮影)/内藤昭(美術)/伊福部昭(音楽)

戦国の頃、丹波・花房領での祭の夜、家老の大館左馬之助とその一味は謀反を起こす。両親を討たれた幼い忠文と小笹は、巫女の信夫とともに狼谷の洞窟にひそんで成長する。この山には魔神を封じた巨大な武神像がまつられており、領内に災いある時は防いでくれるという伝説があった。左馬之助ら悪の勢力が栄える一方、領民たちは困窮をきわめていた。その時、少女・小笹の祈りに応えて武神像に魔神が乗り移り、大魔神が誕生! 大魔神は城下へ暴れ込み、すさまじい復讐をはじめる。

テクニカル・インフォメーション
:カラー
画面:Cinemascope(16:9LB)
言語/音声:日本語:リニアPCMモノラル

その他の情報
製作年:1966
備考:1枚組
封入特典:縮小大映作品案内/映像特典収録
日本小売価格:¥4700

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Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10 (1)

Kevin Kennedy
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December 26, 2007

This customer review refers to Daimajin (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Japan Version)
Action film with mythic twist Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10
"Daimajin" often gets grouped together with "Godzilla" and the other cheesy rubber-suited monster movies, but it really is a different kind of movie altogether.

"Daimajin" tells of a local lord who is overthrown by a ruthless underling who, once he has siezed power, cruelly suppresses the people. The lord's two small children have survived the coup and they are raised by a loyal retainer and the local priestess. They plot to return to power, but the retainer and lord's son become caught in the web of the usurper. This tale of intrigue takes up more than two-thirds of the film's running length.

It is only at this point that the usurper decides that he needs to smash a giant statue of the Majin, the local god, in order to gain full control of the people. And it is only then that the power of the Majin is unleashed.

In other words, most of this film is a smoothly-told tale of plots and counterplots, with heavy doses of local mythology. In the film's closing scenes, that mythology comes to supersized life as the Majin emerges to smash the tyrant. The scenes of the Majin are well-executed, much more realistic than typical monster movie fare.

I enjoyed "Daimajin" very much and look forward to watching its sequels. It features heroic good guys battling grimly evil bad guys in a rich and involving story. I can recommend it highly.
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