Wrath of Daimajin

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Wrath of Daimajin
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Wrath of Daimajin
Directed by Kenji Misumi
Producer Masaichi Nagata
Written by Tetsurô Yoshida
Music by Akira Ifukube
Distributor Daiei
Rating Unrated
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Running time 79 minutes JP
(1 hour, 19 minutes)

Wrath of Daimajin (大魔神 逆襲,   Daimashin Gyakushû, lit. Daimajin's Counterattack) is a 1966 tokusatsu kaiju film produced by Daiei Film Co. Ltd. It is the third and last film in the Daimajin trilogy.

Plot

The third and final film of the series, the same statue from the previous two Daimajin movies is located on the top of a mountain rather than on the side of it. The fathers of some local children were captured by an evil warlord and forced to work in his labor camps. When four of the children whose fathers were captured decide to rescue them by crossing the Majin mountain where the stone Daimajin statue is hibernating, a notoriously rough and dangerous area full of treacherous terrain, rough weather, evil samurai and Daimajin himself. The four boys are smart enough to pay their respects to the statue when they pass by it so it wouldn't come to life and kill them. Eventually, the warlord's men anger the statue, who once again comes to life and destroys everyone who haven't been paying homage and respect to him. The children and their fathers are spared, mostly because of the event before, as the labor camps are destroyed.

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

  • Directed by   Kenji Misumi
  • Produced by   Masaichi Nagata
  • Music by   Akira Ifukube
  • Special effects by   Yoshiyuki Kuroda

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

  • Kôjirô Hongô   as   Lord Juro
  • Shiho Fujimura   as   Lady Sayuri
  • Taro Marui   as   Dodohei
  • Takashi Kanda   as   Lord Danjô Mikoshiba
  • Kôji Fujiyama   as   Ikkaku Arai
  • Yûji Hamada   as   Farmer 2
  • Chikara Hashimoto   as   Shunpei Ikenaga and Daimajin
  • Sei Hiraizumi   as   Hayato Tabe
  • Jutarô Hojo   as   Genba Onikojima
  • Yoshitaka Ito   as   Farmer 3
  • Kiyokazu Kagatsume   as   Ryûta
  • Hyôsuke Kanbe   as   Mohachi
  • Keiko Koyanagi   as   Shige
  • Hideo Kuroki   as   Tasuke
  • Tsuyotake Matsuda   as   Farmer 1
  • Kayo Mikimoto   as   Toyo
  • Koichi Mizuhara   as   Kamon Doi
  • Kimiko Tachibana   as   Kume
  • Gen Takasugi   as   Saburôta Atô
  • Yûsaku Terajima   as   Kanetsuki-wasuke
  • Asao Uchida   as   Heibei Nakoshi
  • Koichi Uenoyama   as   Katsushige Nakoshi

Appearances

Monsters

Gallery

Main article: Wrath of Daimajin/Gallery.

Soundtrack

Main article: Wrath of Daimajin (Soundtrack).

Alternate Titles

  • Daimajin Strikes Again
  • Daimajin's Counterattack
  • Return of Giant Majin
  • Daimajin Strikes Back

Video Releases

ADV DVD (2002) [The Complete Daimajin Trilogy]

  • Region: 1
  • Discs: 3
  • Audio: Japanese (2.0 Mono)
  • Special Features: Trailers
  • Notes: Out of print. Packaged with Daimajin and Return of Daimajin. Reissued as a single disc in 2005.

Mill Creek Blu-ray (2012) [Daimajin Triple Feature]

  • Region: N/A
  • Discs: 2
  • Audio: Japanese (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0), English (DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0)
  • Special Features: Trailers for all three Daimajin films, interviews with cinematographer Fujio Morita on the making of each film (28, 31, and 28 minutes).
  • Notes: Packaged with Daimajin and Return of Daimajin.

Videos

Trailers

Daimajin Triple Feature trailer

Trivia

  • Wrath of Daimajin was not dubbed into English until 2012, forty-six years after its original release.

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