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The Magic Serpent (怪竜大決戦 is a Kairyū Daikessen, lit. Great Mystic Dragon Battle)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 Yamanochi
- Written by Masaru Igami
- Based on the Story "The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya" by Mokuami Kawatake
- Produced by Hiroshi Okawa
- Music by Toshiaki Tsushima
- Cinematography by Motoya Washio
- Edited by Tadao Kanda
- Production Design by Seiji Yada
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
- Izumi Hara as Spider Woman
- Kensaku Hara as Zenbei
- Yumi Suzumura
- Takao Iwamura
- Toshio Chiba
- Daizen Shishido as Ikkansai
- Kenji Kusumoto
- Kuniomi Kitani
- Michimaro Otabe
- Masataka Iwao as Kido
- Chiyo Okada
- Akira Shioji
- Mitsukazu Kawamura
- Seizo Fukumoto as Ninja
Appearances
Monsters
- Giant Toad
- Giant Dragon
- Giant Eagle
- Giant 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: the Giant Toad uses Rodan's roar, the Giant Dragon uses Godzilla and Gaira's roars, the Giant Eagle uses Mothra's roar, and the Giant Spider uses Ebirah's roar.
Alternate Titles
- Great Mystic Dragon Battle (Literal Japanese Title)
- Grand Duel in Magic (International English 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 Return of the Giant Monsters.
Toei Video DVD (2004)
- Region: 2
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Japanese (1.0)
- Subtitles: Unknown
- Special Features: Theatrical trailer, textless trailer
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Trivia
- Fragments of an international English dub for The 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.[1]
- Promotional artwork featuring the Giant Toad would later be reused and heavily altered by Yamapro to become the Pachimon monster Shirako.
- The Magic Serpent was loosely remade in 1970 as Young Flying Hero, a Taiwanese martial arts fantasy that also features a giant toad and dragon monster as a major set piece.[2]
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