Overview
A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.
Fun facts
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Setting
Set in Kyoto Prefecture
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Sequels
Followed by Return of Daimajin
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Collection
Part of Daimajin Trilogy
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Music
Music by Akira Ifukube
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Fujio Morita
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Tetsurō YoshidaScreenplay
- Original title
- 大魔神
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 17, 1966
- Original language
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Collection
- Daimajin Trilogy
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Cast
Miwa TakadaKozasa Hanabusa
Yoshihiko AoyamaTadafumi Hanabusa
Jun FujimakiKogenta
Ryūtarō GomiSamanosuke
Ryūzō ShimadaTadakiyo Hanabusa
Tatsuo EndōGunjuro
Saburo DateIppei Cyjûma- Shizuhiro IzoguchiTake-bô - The Boy
- Hideki NinomiyaTadafumi as a boy
- Chikara Hashimoto
Otome TsukimiyaShinobu - The Shrine Maiden- Keiko KayamaHaruno
Eigorō OnoeGosaku
Gen KimuraMosuke - Take-bô's Dad- Hideo KurokiMagojûrô
- Yutaro Ban
Shōsaku Sugiyama- Akira Shiga
- Jun Ōsugi
Jun Katsumura
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