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A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.
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- TriviaAll three "Daimajin" movies were made at the same time but released a year apart.
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Surprisingly good.
I saw the American version of "Daimajin" which was dubbed and released by American-International...a company known for bringing us a lot of crap. And, I assumed it would be another Godzilla-style film...which, fortunately, it turned out not to be. Instead, it's more a samurai movie...and a pretty good one as well.
Early in the story, Samanosuke murders his master,, the local warlord. And, to make sure none of the dead man's family could reclaim the territory, he orders his men to track down all his family and kill them as well. Fortunately, his two children escape and time passes. During this time, Samanosuke has increased his power--and he's done that by tormenting his people and making them his slaves. In addition, he's blasphemous and eventually orders his men to destroy a giant statue of a god in the hills. After all, the local priestess said it would come to life and destroy him...and the idiotic man decides to incure the wrath of the gods. Not suprisingly, eventually the giant statue comes to life...but there seems to be no controlling it and it appears ready to kill everyone!
The giant is actually NOT cheesy looking and I think it helped to make him big but not Godzilla big. That way, there wouldn't need to be any cheesy sets to destroy...and it looked much more realistic. Overall, an exciting and watchable film...more a movie for samurai movie fans.
Early in the story, Samanosuke murders his master,, the local warlord. And, to make sure none of the dead man's family could reclaim the territory, he orders his men to track down all his family and kill them as well. Fortunately, his two children escape and time passes. During this time, Samanosuke has increased his power--and he's done that by tormenting his people and making them his slaves. In addition, he's blasphemous and eventually orders his men to destroy a giant statue of a god in the hills. After all, the local priestess said it would come to life and destroy him...and the idiotic man decides to incure the wrath of the gods. Not suprisingly, eventually the giant statue comes to life...but there seems to be no controlling it and it appears ready to kill everyone!
The giant is actually NOT cheesy looking and I think it helped to make him big but not Godzilla big. That way, there wouldn't need to be any cheesy sets to destroy...and it looked much more realistic. Overall, an exciting and watchable film...more a movie for samurai movie fans.
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- Feb 16, 2019
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- Majin the Hideous Idol
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- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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