Daimajin (film)

Daimajin
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKimiyoshi Yasuda
Screenplay byTetsuro Yoshida[1]
Produced byMasaichi Nagata[1]
StarringMiwa Takada
Yoshihiko Aoyama
Jun Fujimaki
Ryutaro Gomi
CinematographyFujio Morita
Edited byHiroshi Yamada[1]
Music byAkira Ifukube[1]
Production
company
Daiei Film[1]
Distributed byDaiei Film
Release date
  • April 17, 1966 (1966-04-17) (Japan)
Running time
84 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Budget¥60 million

Daimajin (Japanese: 大魔神, Hepburn: Daimajin, lit. 'Giant Demon God') is a 1966 Japanese tokusatsu film[note 1] directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda. Produced and distributed by Daiei Film,[1] it is the first film in the Daimajin trilogy. The plot centers around a wrathful spirit (the eponymous Daimajin) sealed inside an ancient statue, which comes to life to help the surviving children of the slain lord of Tanba Province (Miwa Takada and Yoshihiko Aoyama).

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Galbraith IV 1994, p. 307.
  2. ^ 藝能 [Performing Arts]. Vol. 8. 1966. p. 61 – via Google Books.


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