Daimajin (1966)

04/17/1966Horror, Fantasy, Drama1h 24m
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Overview

A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Miwa Takada

    Kozasa Hanabusa

  2. Cast 1

    Yoshihiko Aoyama

    Tadafumi Hanabusa

  3. Cast 1

    Jun Fujimaki

    Kogenta

  4. Cast 1

    Ryūtarō Gomi

    Samanosuke

  5. Cast 1

    Ryūzō Shimada

    Tadakiyo Hanabusa

  6. Cast 1

    Tatsuo Endō

    Gunjuro

  7. Cast 1

    Saburo Date

    Ippei Cyjûma

  8. Shizuhiro Izoguchi

    Take-bô - The Boy

  9. Hideki Ninomiya

    Tadafumi as a boy

A small Japanese village finds itself in turmoil after a revolution kills their kindly lord and replaces him with a brute. A few loyal supporters manage to smuggle his two young children away, though - and they seek the protection of the God of the hill that overlooks their home. Ten years later, the children have grown to adulthood and the nasty new Lord sends a gang of his warriors to destroy a statue of the God to prove he is all powerful. A combination of prayers from the villagers and these vandals awaken the spirit of "Daijamin" who is not exactly forgiving... This is an engaging, if a b...

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Original LanguageJapanese 

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