Magic Serpent

The Magic Serpent

Alternate titles

Great Mystic Dragon Battle (1966)

Directed by

Tetsuya Yamanouchi

Producer

Shigeru Okada

Written by

Masaru Igami, Mokuami Kawatake (story)

Music by

Toshiaki Tsushima

Distributor

Toei^JP
American-International Television^US

Running time

86 minutes^JP
(1 hour, 26 minutes)
83 minutes^US
(1 hour, 23 minutes)

Aspect ratio

2.35:1

The Magic Serpent (怪竜大決戦, Kairyū Daikessen, lit. Great Mystic Dragon Battle) is a 1966 tokusatsu kaiju and ninja fantasy film produced by Toei Company and based on the Japanese folktale "The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya." It was released to Japanese theaters on March 5, 1966, and to American television syndication via American-International Television in 1968.

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
Story by Mokuami Kawatake
Produced by Shigeru Okada
Music by Toshiaki Tsushima
Cinematography by Motoya Washio
Edited by Tadao Kanda
Production design by Seiji Yada
Monster suits created by Equis Productions

Cast

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

Hiroki Matsukata as Ikazuchi-Maru / Jiraiya
Tomoko Ogawa as Tsunade
Ryutaro Otomo as Orochi-Maru
Bin Amatsu as Daijo Yuki
Nobuo Kaneko as Dojin Hiki
Sen Hara as Spider Woman
Kensaku Hara as Zenbei
Masataka Iwao as Kido
Seizo Fukumoto as Ninja
Akira Shioji

Appearances

Monsters

Jiraiya Toad
Orochimaru Serpent
Dojin Hiki Eagle
Tsunade's Spider

Gallery

Main article: The Magic Serpent/Gallery.

U.S. Release

The Magic Serpent was released directly to television in the United States by American International Television in 1968, with dubbing by Titan Productions. AIP-TV's version of the film is uncut, save for the removal of the song "Forward, Jiraiya!" at the end. All of the monsters' roars were replaced with those of Toho monsters: Jiraita Toad uses Rodan's roar, Orochimaru Serpent uses Godzilla and Gaira's roars, Dojin Hiki Eagle uses Mothra's roar, and Tsunade's Spider uses Ebirah's roar.

Alternate Titles

Great Mystic Dragon Battle (Literal Japanese Title)
Monsters of the Apocalypse (Les Monstres de L'Apocalypse; French theatrical)
Ninja Apocalypse (French video)

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 Gamera vs. Gyaos.

Toei Video DVD (2004)

Region: 2
Discs: 1
Audio: Japanese (1.0)
Subtitles: Unknown
Special Features: Theatrical trailer

Videos

Clip from the international English dub of The Magic Serpent

Trivia

Fragments of an international English dub for The Magic Serpent appear on the film's French theatrical dub. The complete dub remains undiscovered.

Films

Godzilla films

Showa era

Godzilla (1954) • Godzilla Raids Again (1955) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) • Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) • Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) • Son of Godzilla (1967) • Destroy All Monsters (1968) • All Monsters Attack (1969) • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) • Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) • Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) • Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

Heisei era

The Return of Godzilla (1984) • Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) • Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) • Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) • Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) • Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)

Millennium era

Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) • Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) • Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) • Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) • Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) • Godzilla Final Wars (2004)

Reiwa era

Live action	Shin Godzilla (2016) • Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Animated	GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters (2017) • GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle (2018) • GODZILLA: The Planet Eater (2018)

American films

GODZILLA (1998) • Godzilla (2014) • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

Short films

"Godzilla vs. Charles Barkley" (1992) • Monster Planet of Godzilla (1994) • Godzilla: The Real 4-D (2017) • Dream Challenge: Godzilla Appears in Sukagawa (2019) • "The Faceless Star" (2019) • Godzilla vs. Evangelion: The Real 4-D (2019) • Godzilla Interception Operation Awaji attraction video (2020) • Godzilla Appears at Godzilla Fest (2020) • Godzilla the Ride: Giant Monsters Ultimate Battle (2021) • "The Impact of a Blue Day" (2021) • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (2021) • Godzilla vs. the Tigers (2022) • Godzilla vs. Gigan Rex (2022) • Fest Godzilla 3: Gigan Attacks (2022) • "GO YOUR WAY" (2023) • Godzilla vs. Megalon (2023) • Fest Godzilla 4: Operation Jet Jaguar (2023)

Gamera films

Shōwa period	Gamera the Giant Monster (1965) • Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) • Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967) • Gamera vs. Viras (1968) • Gamera vs. Guiron (1969) • Gamera vs. Jiger (1970) • Gamera vs. Zigra (1971) • Gamera Super Monster (1980)

Heisei period	Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995) • Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) • Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) • Gamera the Brave (2006)

Short films	Gamera vs. Garasharp (1991) • GAMERA (2015)

King Kong films

King Kong (1933) • Son of Kong (1933) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • King Kong Escapes (1967) • King Kong (1976) • King Kong Lives (1986) • The Mighty Kong (1998) • Kong: King of Atlantis (2005) • King Kong (2005) • Kong: Return to the Jungle (2006) • Kong: Skull Island (2017) • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

Other Toho films

Shōwa period	Ramayana (1940s) • Invisible Man (1954) • Half Human (1955) • Rodan (1956) • The Mysterians (1957) • The H-Man (1958) • Varan (1958) • The Three Treasures (1959) • Battle in Outer Space (1959) • The Secret of the Telegian (1960) • The Human Vapor (1960) • Mothra (1961) • The Last War (1961) • Gorath (1962) • Matango (1963) • Atragon (1963) • Dogora (1964) • Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) • The War of the Gargantuas (1966) • The Killing Bottle (1967) • Latitude Zero (1969) • Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure (1969) • Space Amoeba (1970) • Daigoro vs. Goliath (1972) • Submersion of Japan (1973) • ESPY (1974) • Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) • The War in Space (1977) • Magnitude 7.9 (1980) • Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984) • Princess from the Moon (1987)

Heisei period	Cyber Cop (1989) • Gunhed (1989) • Mikadoroid (1991) • Reiko, Psyche Resurrected (1991) • Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994) • Rebirth of Mothra (1996) • Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997) • Rebirth of Mothra 3 (1998) • Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie (2005) • Sinking of Japan (2006) • Go! Godman (2008) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 (2015) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2 (2015)

Reiwa period	Monster Hunter (2020) • The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021) • Shin Ultraman (2022) • yokaipedia (2022)

Other Daiei films

The Invisible Man Appears (1949) • Warning from Space (1956) • The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly (1957) • Killer Whale (1962) • Daimajin (1966) • Return of Daimajin (1966) • Wrath of Daimajin (1966) • Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969)

Other Japanese films

Shōwa period	Japanese King Kong (1933) • The Great Buddha Arrival (1934) • The King Kong that Appeared in Edo (1938) • Magic Serpent (1966) • The X from Outer Space (1967) • Gappa (1967) • The Last Dinosaur (1977) • Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977) • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

Heisei period	The Cat (1991) • Sakuya (2000) • Wanigon vs. Gamaron (2000) • The Great Yokai War (2005) • Negadon: The Monster from Mars (2005) • Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters (2008) • Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008) • Geharha: The Dark and Long Haired Monster‎ (2009) • Demeking, the Sea Monster (2009) • Raiga: God of the Monsters (2009) • Death Kappa (2010) • The God of Clay (2011) • A Giant Warrior Descends on Tokyo (2012) • Jellyfish Eyes (2013) • Day of the Kaiju (2014) • Love & Peace (2015) • Kaiju Mono (2016) • The Great Buddha Arrival (2018) • Kaiju Ward Gallas (2019)

Reiwa period	God Raiga vs. King Ohga: War of the Monsters (2019) • The Great Actress Reiko Inui (2019) • Howl from Beyond the Fog (2019) • Monster Seafood Wars (2020) • The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 (2020) • Nezura 1964 (2021) • Yatsuashi (2021) • What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? (2022) • Yuzo the Biggest Battle in Tokyo (2022) • AKARI (2022) • Hoshi 35 (2023) • Brush of the God (2024) • "Foodlosslla: What Should Humanity Do!?" (2024) • Kaiju: Island of Fire (TBA)

Miscellaneous

Films	The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) • The Giant Behemoth (1959) • Gorgo (1961) • Bulgasari (1962) • Gogola (1966) • Space Monster Wangmagwi (1967) • Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967) • APE (1976) • The Mighty Peking Man (1977) • Pulgasari (1985) • Reptilian (1999) • Cloverfield (2008) • 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) • Colossal (2016) • The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) • Rampage (2018) • Notzilla (2019) • untitled Cloverfield sequel (TBA)

Documentaries	Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection (1986) • Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998) • GAMERA1999 (1999) • Bringing Godzilla Down to Size (2008) • The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga (2019) • Yonggary Chronicle Project (2019) • Godzilla's Leading Ladies (2020)

Fan films	Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969) • Gamera 4: Truth (2003) • Waiting for Gorgo (2009) • G vs. G (2019) • Godziban (2019) • Heritage (2020) • Coming Out (2020) • Wolfman vs. Godzilla (TBA)

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+'''''The Magic Serpent''''' {{Nihongo|怪竜大決戦|Kairyū Daikessen|lit. ''Great Mystic Dragon Battle''}} is a [[1966]] [[tokusatsu]] [[kaiju]] and ninja fantasy [[:Category:Kaiju Films|film]] produced by Toei Company and based on the [[Japan]]ese folktale "The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya." It was released to [[Japan]]ese theaters on March 5, 1966, and to [[United States|American]] television syndication via American-International Television in [[1968]].
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-|Directed by=Tetsuya Yamanouchi
+|Directed by|Tetsuya Yamanouchi
-|Written by=Masaru Igami, Mokuami Kawatake (story)
+|Written by|Masaru Igami
-|Produced by=Shigeru Okada
+|Story by|Mokuami Kawatake
-|Music by=Toshiaki Tsushima
+|Produced by|Shigeru Okada
-|Cinematography by=Motoya Washio
+|Music by|Toshiaki Tsushima
-|Edited by=Tadao Kanda
+|Cinematography by|Motoya Washio
-|Production Design by=Seiji Yada
+|Edited by|Tadao Kanda
-*Monster Suits by Ekisu Productions
+|Production design by|Seiji Yada
+|Monster suits created by|Equis Productions
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 ==Gallery==
 {{Main|The Magic Serpent/Gallery}}
-==U.S. Release==
+==[[United States|U.S.]] Release==
-''The Magic Serpent'' was released directly to television by American-International Television in 1968, with dubbing by Titan Productions. AIP-TV's version of the film is uncut, save for the removal of the song "Forward, Jiraiya!" at the end. All of the monsters' roars were replaced with those of [[Toho]] monsters: Jiraita Toad sounds like [[Rodan]], Orochimaru Serpent like [[Godzilla]] and [[Gaira]], Dojin Hiki Eagle like [[Mothra]], and Tsunade's Spider like [[Ebirah]].
+''The Magic Serpent'' was released directly to television in the [[United States]] by American International Television in 1968, with dubbing by Titan Productions. AIP-TV's version of the film is uncut, save for the removal of the song "Forward, Jiraiya!" at the end. All of the monsters' roars were replaced with those of [[Toho]] monsters: Jiraita Toad uses [[Rodan]]'s roar, Orochimaru Serpent uses [[Godzilla]] and [[Gaira]]'s roars, Dojin Hiki Eagle uses [[Mothra]]'s roar, and Tsunade's Spider uses [[Ebirah]]'s roar.
 ==Alternate Titles==
+*'''''Great Mystic Dragon Battle''''' (Literal Japanese Title)
 *'''''Monsters of the Apocalypse''''' (''Les Monstres de L'Apocalypse''; French theatrical)
 *'''''Ninja Apocalypse''''' (French video)
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 ==Trivia==

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