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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 (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Japan Version) 大魔神 (DVD) (英文字幕) (日本版) 大魔神 (DVD) (英文字幕) (日本版) 大魔神 Daimajin (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Japan Version)
Artist Name(s): Takada Miwa | Fujimaki Jyun | Aoyama Yoshihiko | Gomi Ryutaro | Shimada Ryuzo | Hashimoto Chikara 高田美和 | 藤卷潤 | 青山良彥 | 五味龍太郎 | 島田龍三 | 橋本力 高田美和 | 藤卷润 | 青山良彦 | 五味龙太郎 | 岛田龙三 | 桥本力 高田美和 | 藤巻潤 | 青山良彦 | 五味龍太郎 | 島田竜三 | 橋本力 Takada Miwa | Fujimaki Jyun | Aoyama Yoshihiko | Gomi Ryutaro | Shimada Ryuzo | Hashimoto Chikara
Director: Yasuda Kimiyoshi 安田公義 安田公义 安田公義 Yasuda Kimiyoshi
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Release Date: 2007-10-26
Publisher Product Code: DABA-413
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Country of Origin: Japan
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, Greenland and the Middle East (including Egypt) What is it?
Publisher: Kadokawa Pictures
Other Information: DVD
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1005007653

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タイトル:大魔神
出演:高田美和/藤巻潤/青山良彦/五味龍太郎/島田竜三/橋本力
監督:安田公義

戦国時代。魔神伝説が残る丹波地方で、家老の大館が謀反を起こし、城主が討たれた。城主の子・忠文と小笹は家臣の猿丸小源太と共に城を脱出し、魔神像近くの洞窟に逃げ隠れる。数年後、勢力を伸ばした大館は重税を課すなど圧政で民衆を苦しめていた。大館の罠で捕らえられた忠文と小源太の処刑が迫る中、小笹は二人の無事を魔神に必死に祈り、自らの命を捧げようと滝へ身を投げようとする。その瞬間大地が揺れ、魔神像の穏やかな顔は憤怒の表情へと変化した…。
特撮技法の一種"ブルーバック・システム"を日本で初めて本格導入した特撮時代劇のシリーズ第1作。お姫さま役として一世を風靡した美人女優の高田美和や藤巻潤など大映の人気スターが顔を揃えており、卓越した特撮と合わせて見応え十分のドラマとなっている。特に、ヒロイン・小笹の流した一滴の涙で大魔神が怒りを静め崩れ去るラストは感動的だ。

■映像特典:橋本力インタビュー/特報・予告編/スタッフ&キャスト紹介/宣材/メイキング/フォト・ライブラリー

テクニカル・インフォメーション
:モノクロ
画面:4:3(LB)
言語/音声:日本語:DD(モノラル)

その他の情報
製作年:1966
著作権:(C)1966 角川映画
日本小売価格:¥3800

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

Kevin Kennedy
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December 26, 2007

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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