Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon

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Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Takao Okawara
Screenplay by	Wataru Mimura[1]
Produced by	Shogo Tomiyama[1]
Starring	Masahiro Takashima Yasuko Sawaguchi Akaji Maro Yūki Meguro Saburo Shinoda
Cinematography	Yoshinori Sekiguchi[1]
Music by	Kiyoko Ogino[1]
Production company	Toho[1]
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	9 July 1994 (1994-07-09) (Japan)
Running time	105 minutes[2]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥800 million[3]

Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon^[2] (Japanese: ヤマトタケル, Hepburn: Yamato Takeru) is a 1994 Japanese kaiju film directed by Takao Okawara and produced by Shogo Tomiyama, with a screenplay by Wataru Mimura. Produced by Toho, the film is based on Japanese mythology, specifically the birth of Shinto.^[1] It stars Masahiro Takashima, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Akaji Maro, Yūki Meguro and Saburo Shinoda.