Daimajin gyakushu (1966)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1966
Running Times:
Format: Eastmancolor     35mm     Daieiscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Daiei

SCRIPT
Script: Tetsuro Yoshida

DIRECTION
Director: Kazuo Mori
Chief Assistant Director: Hitoshi Obuchi

MUSIC
Music: Akira Ifukube

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Director: Yoshiyuki Kuroda

CAST
Riki Hashimoto (Majin)
Shinji Hori
Shiei Iizuki
Masahide Kizuka
Hideki Ninomiya (Tsurukichi)

PLOT SUMMARY

A festival in a small village is disrupted by an evil warlord and his army who sack the village and destroy a statue of the villagers' god, throwing the pieces into a lake. But the deity, Daimajin, surfaces from the lake, luring the warlord's troops to their deaths.

AVAILABILITY

Japan
Theatrical Distributors: Daiei Studios
Video Distributors: World Beyond Video

TIMELINE

1966
December
21: Japan – theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Le combat final de Majin - French title
Majin Strikes Again
Le retour de Majin - French title
Return of Majin - US video title
The Return of the Giant Majin - US title

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
Daimajin (1966)
Daimajin ikaru (1966)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Asian Trash Cinema no.8 p.42 (USA)
review

The Dark Side no.73 (June/July 1998) p.26 (UK)
review

KEYWORDS

deities, festivals, giant monsters, lakes, military, statues, villages, warlords

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009