The Ogre of Oeyama (1960)
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Luxurious! Captivating! Bizarre! A fantastic picture scroll from antiquity that breaks new ground in Japanese cinema!
(豪華!妖艶!怪奇!日本映画に未踏の境地を開く奇想天外の大時代絵巻!) |
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The Ogre of Oeyama (大江山酒天童子 is a Ōeyama Shuten Dōji, lit. "Shuten Doji of Mount Oe")1960 tokusatsu fantasy film directed by Tokuzo Tanaka and written by Fuji Yahiro from a story by Matsutaro Kawaguchi, with special effects by Shozo Honda. Produced by Daiei's Kyoto Studio,[1] it stars Kazuo Hasegawa, Raizo Ichikawa VIII, Shintaro Katsu, Kojiro Hongo, Fujiko Yamamoto, and Sachiko Hidari. The film was released to Japanese theaters by Daiei on April 27, 1960.[1] Its only known release in the United States was a series of English-subtitled showings in Hawaii later that year.
Description
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At the beginning of the 11th century when the Fujiwaras held the reigns of power, Kyoto, then capital of Japan was infested with bandits and mysterious apparitions. Michinaga Fujiwara, the prime minister, is haunted by monsters in the form of a huge ox and a flying goblin which seem intent on doing harm to the Lady Nagisa, his favourite mistress. And so he gives Lady Nagisa to General Raiko, hoping that by this action he'll be rid of the goblins and that the General may kill them if they should bother Lady Nagisa. On the night Lady Nagisa arrives at Raiko's house he saves her from a monster, a band of brigands attack the city and he is ordered to destroy them. Intending to attack the brigands at their stronghold on Mount Oe, where lives their chieftain, an ogre named Shuten Doji, Raiko first sends his retainer Kintoki, and Katsuma who is in love with him, to reconnoitre. Both are taken prisoner but, after Kintoki escapes, Katsuma is taken before the ogre who, to her surprise, turns out to be a handsome young samurai. Lady Nagisa now tells Raiko that she had been happily married to an official named Tomotada when she was kidnapped by Fujiwara, and Tomotada, determined to get her back had made himself chief of a group of outlaws, witches and wizards and set up his headquarters on Mount Oe. When the Imperial Order for the attack on Mt. Oe is received, the Lady Nagisa commits suicide. Raiko and Shuten Doji are about to engage in mortal combat when Katsuma tells the General about the true character of the so called ogre, Shuten Doji commands his men to surrender, leaves Raiko to end the tyranny of the Fujiwaras, and rides away into the sunset. |
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Staff
Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.
- Directed by Tokuzo Tanaka
- Written by Fuji Yahiro
- Based on a story by Matsutaro Kawaguchi
- Executive producer Masaichi Nagata
- Planned by Akinari Suzuki
- Music by Ichiro Saito
- Cinematography by Hiroshi Imai
- Edited by Kanji Suganuma
- Production design by Akira Naito
- First assistant director Shigeru Doi
- Director of special effects Shozo Honda
- Monsters modeled by Fuminori Ohashi (uncredited)[4]
Cast
Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.
- Kazuo Hasegawa as Bizennosuke Tachibana no Tomotada
- Raizo Ichikawa VIII as Settsu no Kami Minamoto no Ason Yorimitsu, aka Raiko
- Kojiro Hongo as Sakata no Kintoki
- Naritoshi Hayashi as Urabe no Suetake
- Ryuzo Shimada as Usui no Sadamitsu
- Shintaro Katsu as Watanabe no Tsuna
- Jun Negami as Hirai no Yasumasa
- Eitaro Ozawa as Fujiwara no Michinaga
- Fujiko Yamamoto as Nagisa no Mae
- Tamao Nakamura as Kotsuma
- Sachiko Hidari as Ibaragi Doji
- Toshio Chiba as Kidomaru
- Sonosuke Sawamura II as Tsuchigumo Jinnai
- Jun Tazaki as Hakamadare no Yasusuke
- Kiyokata Saruwaka II as Kikuomaru (as Yutaka Nakamura)
- Kichijiro Ueda as Arakuma no Taro
- Gen Shimizu as Torakuma no Jiro
- Shinobu Araki as Abe no Seimei
- Shozo Nanbu as Ikeda Chunagon
- Atsuko Kindaichi as Princess Katsura
- Ichiro Izawa as Umanosuke
- Ganjiro Nakamura II as Yamato no Kami
- Tokio Oki as Hizen no Kami
- Shintaro Nanjo as Harima no Kami
- Saburo Date as Omi no Kuro
- Yuko Hamada as Guze Kannon
Appearances
Monsters
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Weapons, vehicles and races
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Gallery
- Main article: The Ogre of Oeyama/Gallery.
Alternate titles
- Shuten Doji of Mount Oe (literal Japanese title)
- The Demon of Mount Oe (alternate translation)
- The Ogre in Mt. Oe (international title)[3]
- Ogre of Oeyama (alternate Hawaiian-English title)[5]
- The Ogres of Oeyama (alternate Hawaiian-English title)[6]
Theatrical releases
- Japan - April 27, 1960[1]
- United States (Hawaii) - July 6-7, 1960;[5] ≥July 12, 1960;[6] August 3, 1960[7]
U.S. release
Video releases
Tokuma Japan Communications VHS (1984)
- Tapes: 1
- Audio: Japanese
Kadokawa Shoten DVD (2006/2014)
- Region: 2
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Japanese
- Special features: Theatrical trailer, photo gallery, staff and cast list
- Notes: Reissued with new cover art on January 24, 2014.
DeAgostini Japan DVD (2015)
- Region: 2
- Discs: 1
- Audio: Japanese
- Special features: 8-page booklet
- Notes: Released as part of the Daiei Special Effects Movie DVD Collection.
Though The Ogre of Oeyama is not available on Blu-ray, an HD version can be rented from the Japanese version of Amazon.[2]
Videos
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Trivia
- Multiple mythical and historical figures featured in this film would go on to appear in The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021), released by Daiei's successor Kadokawa. Watanabe no Tsuna, who appeared in this film as an ally of Minamoto no Yorimitsu, is established in Guardians to have been a yokai hunter who slew the leader of a clan of demons 400 years ago. In the present day, lead character Kei Watanabe, a descendant of Tsuna, is hunted by Ibaraki Doji and Shuten Doji, who seek to exact revenge on his bloodline. Unlike The Ogre of Oeyama, Shuten Doji is portrayed as an actual demon, as in the original tale from which he originates.
References
This is a list of references for The Ogre of Oeyama. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]
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Bibliography
- Shimizu, Takashi; Makuta, Keita; Motoyama, Sho (20 July 2010). Daiei Tokusatsu Movie Chronicle. Kadokawa Shoten. ISBN 978-4-04-854511-2.
- Shimizu, Takashi. "Daiei Tokusatsu History: Recall! Dramatic Effects!!". In Shimizu, Makuta & Motoyama (2010), pp. 81-121.
- Kuroda, Toyoji, ed. (July 1960). "The Ogre in Mt. Oe". UniJapan Film Quarterly. Vol. 3 no. 3. Association for the Diffusion of Japanese Films Abroad.
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Vol. 49 no. 188. 6 July 1960 – via Newspapers.com.
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has extra text (help) - Hawaii Tribune-Herald. Vol. 38 no. 163. 3 August 1960 – via Newspapers.com.
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