Giant statue exacts revenge upon those who conquer its worshippers.Giant statue exacts revenge upon those who conquer its worshippers.Giant statue exacts revenge upon those who conquer its worshippers.
Jutarô Kitashiro
- Genba Onikojima
- (as Jutarô Hôjô)
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- ConnectionsFollowed by Wrath of Daimajin (1966)
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Daiei Studios' Return of Daimajin is the first sequel to the movie featuring the giant stone god. In this plot, villagers defy an evil warlord's order to turn over one of their protectors, Lord Juro (Kôjirô Hongô), and end up seeing their people being brutally attacked by the warlord and his soldiers. As a result, the villagers pray upon Daimajin, the great stone god, to fight for them.
The plot, I thought, was not as suspenseful and solid as the original movie, as it has more of a general "turn over your hero to us or we'll screw your village over" story line. But, there is plenty of sword-wielding and good guy vs. bad guy action to keep the film engaging, and the nastiness of the villains will make you want to root for the god to awaken and teach them a lesson they'll never forget - showing them that they shouldn't mess with the faithful.
The acting was pretty good, cinematography was brilliant and special effects were neat. Also, you really can't go wrong having the great Akira Ifukube score the music soundtrack to this film, though, much of the music is reused or reworked from the scores of past Toho films.
Overall, it's a rather entertaining feature that fans of Japanese sci-fi/fantasy films could enjoy.
Grade B-
The plot, I thought, was not as suspenseful and solid as the original movie, as it has more of a general "turn over your hero to us or we'll screw your village over" story line. But, there is plenty of sword-wielding and good guy vs. bad guy action to keep the film engaging, and the nastiness of the villains will make you want to root for the god to awaken and teach them a lesson they'll never forget - showing them that they shouldn't mess with the faithful.
The acting was pretty good, cinematography was brilliant and special effects were neat. Also, you really can't go wrong having the great Akira Ifukube score the music soundtrack to this film, though, much of the music is reused or reworked from the scores of past Toho films.
Overall, it's a rather entertaining feature that fans of Japanese sci-fi/fantasy films could enjoy.
Grade B-
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- The Return of Giant Majin
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- Runtime1 hour 19 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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