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|writer =Masaru Igami | |writer =Masaru Igami | ||
|composer =Toshiaki Tsushima | |composer =Toshiaki Tsushima | ||
|produced =[[Toei]] | |produced =[[Toei]] Kyoto Studio | ||
|distributor =[[Toei]]{{sup|[[Japan|JP]]}}, [[American International Pictures|AITV]]{{sup|[[United States|US]]}}<ref name="Craig">{{cite book|title=American International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography|author=Craig, Rob|date=2019|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|pages=243, 429|isbn= 9781476666310}}</ref> | |distributor =[[Toei]]{{sup|[[Japan|JP]]}}, [[American International Pictures|AITV]]{{sup|[[United States|US]]}}<ref name="Craig">{{cite book|title=American International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography|author=Craig, Rob|date=2019|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|pages=243, 429|isbn= 9781476666310}}</ref> | ||
|runtime =86 minutes{{sup|[[Japan|JP]]}}<br>{{Small|(1 hour, 26 minutes)}}<br />84 minutes{{sup|[[United States|US]]}}<br>{{Small|(1 hour, 24 minutes)}} | |runtime =86 minutes{{sup|[[Japan|JP]]}}<br>{{Small|(1 hour, 26 minutes)}}<br />84 minutes{{sup|[[United States|US]]}}<br>{{Small|(1 hour, 24 minutes)}} | ||
|aspectratio =2.35:1 | |aspectratio =2.35:1{{sup|[[Japan|JP]]}}<br>1.33:1{{sup|[[United States|US]] TV}} | ||
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'''''Magic Serpent''''' {{Nihongo|怪竜大決戦|Kairyū Daikessen|lit. "''Great Mystic Dragon Battle''"}} is a [[1966]] [[tokusatsu]] fantasy [[:Category:Kaiju Films|film]] directed by Tetsuya Yamanouchi and written by Masaru Igami based on the [[Japan]]ese folktale "The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya." Produced by [[Toei]]'s | '''''Magic Serpent''''' {{Nihongo|怪竜大決戦|Kairyū Daikessen|lit. "''Great Mystic Dragon Battle''"}} is a [[1966]] [[tokusatsu]] fantasy [[kaiju]] [[:Category:Kaiju Films|film]] directed by Tetsuya Yamanouchi and written by Masaru Igami based on the [[Japan]]ese folktale "The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya." Produced by [[Toei]]'s Kyoto Studio, it stars Hiroki Matsukata, Tomoko Ogawa, and Ryutaro Otomo. Toei released it to [[Japan]]ese theaters on December 21, 1966 and it was brought to [[United States|American]] television syndication via [[American International Pictures|American International Television]] in [[1970]].{{R|Craig}} | ||
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==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
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|Edited by|Tadao Kanda | |Edited by|Tadao Kanda | ||
|Production design by|Seiji Yada | |Production design by|Seiji Yada | ||
| | |First assistant director|Yuji Makiguchi | ||
|Special effects photographers|Shigeru Akatsuka, Kunio Kunisada | |Special effects photographers|Shigeru Akatsuka, Kunio Kunisada | ||
| | |First assistant director of special effects|Akiyasu Tawarazaka | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Cast== | ==Cast== | ||
{{Cast | {{Cast | ||
|Hiroki Matsukata|Ikazuchimaru Ogata, | |Hiroki Matsukata|Ikazuchimaru Ogata, aka Jiraiya | ||
|Tomoko Ogawa|Tsunade | |Tomoko Ogawa|Tsunade | ||
|Ryutaro Otomo|Orochimaru | |Ryutaro Otomo|Orochimaru | ||
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*Mitsukazu Kawamura | *Mitsukazu Kawamura | ||
*Katsuki Chikamatsu | *Katsuki Chikamatsu | ||
|Masatoshi Oya, Seizo Fukumoto| | |Masatoshi Oya, Seizo Fukumoto|ninja | ||
}} | }} | ||
===International English dub=== | ===International English dub=== | ||
{{Cast | {{Cast|notice=no | ||
|Ted Thomas|Ikazuchimaru Ogata | |Ted Thomas|Ikazuchimaru Ogata | ||
|Barbara Laney|Koshirota | |||
*Michael Kaye | |||
}} | }} | ||
===Titan Productions English dub=== | ===Titan Productions English dub=== | ||
{{Cast | {{Cast|notice=no | ||
|Earl Hammond|Orochimaru | |||
|Lucy Martin|Tsunade | |Lucy Martin|Tsunade | ||
|Bernard Grant|Daijo Yuki | |Bernard Grant|Daijo Yuki | ||
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{{Main|Magic Serpent/Gallery}} | {{Main|Magic Serpent/Gallery}} | ||
==[[United States|U.S.]] release== | ==[[United States|U.S.]] release== | ||
''Magic Serpent'' was released directly to television in the [[United States]] by [[American International Pictures|American International Television]] in 1970. Despite the existence of an English dub commissioned by Toei, AITV had the film dubbed at Titan Productions, where voice actor Bret Morrison directed and gave voice to several supporting characters. AITV's version of the film is uncut, save for the opening credits: in Toei's version, the credits play over a montage of Jiraiya's training throughout his adolescence, while AITV editors Emil and Eli Haviv shortened the credits and used a montage of still shots of the Giant Dragon as a backdrop. The song "Forward, Jiraiya!" was also replaced by instrumental music from elsewhere in the film. Additionally, all of the monsters' roars were replaced with those of existing monsters: the Giant Toad uses [[Rodan]]'s roar, the Giant Dragon uses [[Godzilla]] and [[Gaira]]'s roars, the Giant Eagle uses [[Mothra]]'s | ''Magic Serpent'' was released directly to television syndication in the [[United States]] by [[American International Pictures|American International Television]] in 1970. Despite the existence of an English dub commissioned by Toei, AITV had the film dubbed at Titan Productions, where voice actor Bret Morrison both directed and gave voice to several supporting characters. AITV's version of the film is uncut, save for the opening credits: in Toei's version, the credits play over a montage of Jiraiya's training throughout his adolescence, while AITV editors Emil and Eli Haviv shortened the credits and used a montage of still shots of the Giant Dragon as a backdrop. The song "Forward, Jiraiya!" was also replaced by instrumental music from elsewhere in the film. Additionally, all of the monsters' roars were replaced with those of existing monsters: the Giant Toad uses [[Rodan]]'s roar, the Giant Dragon uses both [[Godzilla]] and [[Gaira]]'s roars, the Giant Eagle uses [[Mothra]]'s chirp, and the Giant Spider uses [[wikia:w:c:ultra:Kiyla|Kiyla]]'s roar. | ||
[[Shout! Factory]] will release ''Magic Serpent'' to Blu-ray on February 27, 2024, as part of a set of seven [[Toei]] films titled ''Classic Tokusatsu Collection''. Retitled ''Dragon Showdown'', it will be presented in Japanese with English subtitles.<ref name="Shout!">{{cite web|url=https://shoutfactory.com/collections/new-upcoming-releases-1/products/classic-tokusatsu-collection-exclusive-poster?variant=40477947166854|title=Classic Tokusatsu Collection + Exclusive Poster|date=12 February 2024|work=Shout! Factory}}</ref> The company made the film available on its streaming service, Shout! Factory TV, earlier in the month. | |||
==Alternate titles== | ==Alternate titles== | ||
*'''''Great Mystic Dragon Battle''''' (literal Japanese title) | *'''''Great Mystic Dragon Battle''''' (literal Japanese title) | ||
*'''''The Magic Serpent''''' (U.S. DVD title) | *'''''The Magic Serpent''''' (U.S. DVD title) | ||
*'''''Dragon Showdown''''' (U.S. streaming and Blu-ray title) | |||
*'''''Grand Duel in Magic''''' (international English title) | *'''''Grand Duel in Magic''''' (international English title) | ||
*'''''Grand Duel of Ninjas''''' (Singapore English title) | *'''''Grand Duel of Ninjas''''' (Singapore English title) | ||
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*'''Subtitles:''' None | *'''Subtitles:''' None | ||
*'''Special features:''' None | *'''Special features:''' None | ||
*'''Notes:''' Cropped to 1.33:1. Packaged with ''[[Gamera vs. Gyaos|Return of the Giant Monsters]]''. Retromedia added sound effects to the film to justify the copyrighting of this "special edition." | *'''Notes:''' Cropped to 1.33:1. Packaged with ''[[Gamera vs. Gyaos#U.S. release|Return of the Giant Monsters]]''. Retromedia added sound effects to the film to justify the copyrighting of this "special edition." | ||
'''Toei Video''' DVD (2004) | '''Toei Video''' DVD (2004) | ||
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*'''Special features:''' Theatrical trailer, textless trailer | *'''Special features:''' Theatrical trailer, textless trailer | ||
'''Shout! Factory''' Blu-ray (February 27, 2024) [''Classic Tokusatsu Collection'']<ref name="Shout!"/> | |||
*'''Region:''' Unknown (A guaranteed) | |||
*'''Discs:''' 4 | |||
*'''Audio:''' Japanese (DTS-HD Master Audio Mono) | |||
*'''Subtitles:''' English | |||
*'''Special features:''' None | |||
*'''Notes:''' Packaged with ''[[wikipedia:Planet Prince|Prince of Space]]'' (1959), ''[[wikipedia:Invasion of the Neptune Men|Invasion of the Neptune Men]]'' (1961), ''Watari the Ninja Boy'' (1966), ''[[wikipedia:The Golden Bat|Golden Ninja]]'' (1966), ''Ninja Scope'' (1967), and ''[[wikipedia:Terror Beneath the Sea|Terror Beneath the Sea]]'' (1966). | |||
==Videos== | ==Videos== | ||
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*Toei reused the Giant Toad and Giant Dragon suits for their 1967 TV show ''[[wikia:w:c:tokusatsu:Kamen no Ninja Akakage|Masked Ninja Akakage]]'', although the former lost its nasal horn.<ref name="MNA">[[File:Dragon and Toad Are (Not) Friends.jpg|150px]]</ref> | *Toei reused the Giant Toad and Giant Dragon suits for their 1967 TV show ''[[wikia:w:c:tokusatsu:Kamen no Ninja Akakage|Masked Ninja Akakage]]'', although the former lost its nasal horn.<ref name="MNA">[[File:Dragon and Toad Are (Not) Friends.jpg|150px]]</ref> | ||
*Promotional artwork featuring the Giant Toad would later be reused and heavily altered by Yamapro to become the ''[[Pachimon]]'' monster Shirako. | *Promotional artwork featuring the Giant Toad would later be reused and heavily altered by Yamapro to become the ''[[Pachimon]]'' monster Shirako. | ||
*''Magic Serpent'' was loosely remade in 1970 as ''Young Flying Hero'', a Taiwanese martial arts fantasy that also features a giant toad and a dragon as a major set piece.<ref name="TarsTarkas">{{Cite web|url=http://tarstarkas.net/2009/07/young-flying-hero/|title=Young Flying Hero (Review)|work=TarsTarkas.NET|author=Tarkas, Tars|date=22 July 2009}}</ref> | *''Magic Serpent'' was loosely remade in 1970 as ''Young Flying Hero'' (小飛侠, ''Xiao Fei Xia''), a Taiwanese martial arts fantasy that also features a giant toad and a dragon as a major set piece.<ref name="TarsTarkas">{{Cite web|url=http://tarstarkas.net/2009/07/young-flying-hero/|title=Young Flying Hero (Review)|work=TarsTarkas.NET|author=Tarkas, Tars|date=22 July 2009}}</ref> | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.clubdesmonstres.com/best/htm/magicserpent.htm ''Magic Serpent'' image gallery on Club des Monstres] | *[http://www.clubdesmonstres.com/best/htm/magicserpent.htm ''Magic Serpent'' image gallery on Club des Monstres] | ||
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Great Mystic Dragon Battle (1966)
Magic Serpent (怪竜大決戦 Kairyū Daikessen, lit. "Great Mystic Dragon Battle") is a 1966 tokusatsu fantasy kaiju film directed by Tetsuya Yamanouchi and written by Masaru Igami based on the Japanese folktale "The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya." Produced by Toei's Kyoto Studio, it stars Hiroki Matsukata, Tomoko Ogawa, and Ryutaro Otomo. Toei released it to Japanese theaters on December 21, 1966 and it was brought to American television syndication via American International Television in 1970.[1]
Plot
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Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Tetsuya Yamanouchi
- Written by Masaru Igami
- Planned by Shigeru Okada, Takesuke Shinkai
- Music by Toshiaki Tsushima
- Theme song performed by Young Fresh
- Lyrics by Masaru Igami
- Composed by Toshiaki Tsushima
- Cinematography by Motoya Washio
- Edited by Tadao Kanda
- Production design by Seiji Yada
- First assistant director Yuji Makiguchi
- Special effects photographers Shigeru Akatsuka, Kunio Kunisada
- First assistant director of special effects Akiyasu Tawarazaka
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Hiroki Matsukata as Ikazuchimaru Ogata, aka Jiraiya
- Tomoko Ogawa as Tsunade
- Ryutaro Otomo as Orochimaru
- Bin Amatsu as Daijo Yuki
- Nobuo Kaneko as Dojin Gama
- Izumi Hara as Spider Woman
- Kensaku Hara as Zenbei
- Yumi Suzumura as Osaki
- Takao Iwamura as Koshirota
- Toshio Chiba as Momobe
- Daizen Shishido as Ikkansai
- Kenji Kusumoto as Jihei
- Kuniomi Kitani as Donen
- Michimaro Otabe as Honai
- Masataka Iwao as Kido
- Shinichiro Hayashi as Samanosuke Ogata
- Chiyo Okada as Kureha
- Akira Shioji
- Mitsukazu Kawamura
- Katsuki Chikamatsu
- Masatoshi Oya, Seizo Fukumoto as ninja
International English dub
- Ted Thomas as Ikazuchimaru Ogata
- Barbara Laney as Koshirota
- Michael Kaye
Titan Productions English dub
- Earl Hammond as Orochimaru
- Lucy Martin as Tsunade
- Bernard Grant as Daijo Yuki
- Bret Morrison as Zenbei / Momobei / Ikkansai / Samanosuke Ogata
- William Kiehl as Jihei / Donen / Kido / ninja
Appearances
Monsters
- Giant Toad
- Giant Dragon
- Giant Eagle
- Giant Spider
Gallery
- Main article: Magic Serpent/Gallery.
U.S. release
Magic Serpent was released directly to television syndication in the United States by American International Television in 1970. Despite the existence of an English dub commissioned by Toei, AITV had the film dubbed at Titan Productions, where voice actor Bret Morrison both directed and gave voice to several supporting characters. AITV's version of the film is uncut, save for the opening credits: in Toei's version, the credits play over a montage of Jiraiya's training throughout his adolescence, while AITV editors Emil and Eli Haviv shortened the credits and used a montage of still shots of the Giant Dragon as a backdrop. The song "Forward, Jiraiya!" was also replaced by instrumental music from elsewhere in the film. Additionally, all of the monsters' roars were replaced with those of existing monsters: the Giant Toad uses Rodan's roar, the Giant Dragon uses both Godzilla and Gaira's roars, the Giant Eagle uses Mothra's chirp, and the Giant Spider uses Kiyla's roar.
Shout! Factory will release Magic Serpent to Blu-ray on February 27, 2024, as part of a set of seven Toei films titled Classic Tokusatsu Collection. Retitled Dragon Showdown, it will be presented in Japanese with English subtitles.[2] The company made the film available on its streaming service, Shout! Factory TV, earlier in the month.
Alternate titles
- Great Mystic Dragon Battle (literal Japanese title)
- The Magic Serpent (U.S. DVD title)
- Dragon Showdown (U.S. streaming and Blu-ray title)
- Grand Duel in Magic (international English title)
- Grand Duel of Ninjas (Singapore English title)
- Monsters of the Apocalypse (Les Monstres de L'Apocalypse; French theatrical title)
- Ninja Apocalypse (French video title)
Video releases
Retromedia/Image Entertainment DVD (2004)
- Region: 1
- Discs: 1
- Audio: English (2.0, Titan Productions dub)
- Subtitles: None
- Special features: None
- Notes: Cropped to 1.33:1. Packaged with Return of the Giant Monsters. Retromedia added sound effects to the film to justify the copyrighting of this "special edition."
Toei Video DVD (2004)
- Region: 2
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Japanese (1.0)
- Subtitles: Unknown
- Special features: Theatrical trailer, textless trailer
Shout! Factory Blu-ray (February 27, 2024) [Classic Tokusatsu Collection][2]
- Region: Unknown (A guaranteed)
- Discs: 4
- Audio: Japanese (DTS-HD Master Audio Mono)
- Subtitles: English
- Special features: None
- Notes: Packaged with Prince of Space (1959), Invasion of the Neptune Men (1961), Watari the Ninja Boy (1966), Golden Ninja (1966), Ninja Scope (1967), and Terror Beneath the Sea (1966).
Videos
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Trivia
- Fragments of an international English dub for Magic Serpent appear on the film's French theatrical dub. The complete dub remains undiscovered.
- Toei reused the Giant Toad and Giant Dragon suits for their 1967 TV show Masked Ninja Akakage, although the former lost its nasal horn.[3]
- Promotional artwork featuring the Giant Toad would later be reused and heavily altered by Yamapro to become the Pachimon monster Shirako.
- Magic Serpent was loosely remade in 1970 as Young Flying Hero (小飛侠, Xiao Fei Xia), a Taiwanese martial arts fantasy that also features a giant toad and a dragon as a major set piece.[4]
External links
References
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