The Ogre of Oeyama (1960)

The Ogre of Oeyama Alternate titles Shuten Doji of Mount Oe (1960) The Ogre in Mt. Oe (1960) See alternate titles Directed by Tokuzo Tanaka Producer Masaichi Nagata Written by Fuji Yahiro, Matsutaro Kawaguchi (story) Music by Ichiro Saito Special effects by Shozo Honda Production company Daiei Kyoto Studio Distributor DaieiJP Rating G (Amazon) Running time 114 minutesJP (1 hour, 54 minutes) Aspect ratio 2.35:1

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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！)	„
	— Tagline

The Ogre of Oeyama (大江山酒天童子,   Ōeyama Shuten Dōji, lit. "Shuten Doji of Mount Oe") is a 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, 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. Its only known release in the United States was a series of English-subtitled showings in Hawaii later that year.

Description

“	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.	„
	— UniJapan Film Quarterly #9

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)

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 Ibaragi Doji Kidomaru Tsuchigumo Jinnai Shuten Doji (opening)

Weapons, vehicles and races Hiekirimaru

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)
• Ogre of Oeyama (alternate Hawaiian-English title)
• The Ogres of Oeyama (alternate Hawaiian-English title)

Theatrical releases

• Japan - April 27, 1960
• United States (Hawaii) - July 6-7, 1960; ≥July 12, 1960; August 3, 1960

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.

Videos

Japanese trailer Full movie (subtitled)

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 Les/Sandbox/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]

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.
• Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Vol. 49 no. 194. 12 July 1960 – via Newspapers.com.
• Hawaii Tribune-Herald. Vol. 38 no. 163. 3 August 1960 – via Newspapers.com.

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