Daimajin

Daimajin


大魔神
Daimajin
Great Demon
Director Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Special Effects Director Yoshiyuki Kuroda
Producer Masaichi Nagata
Screenplay Tetsuro Yoshida
Photography Fujio Morita
Sound Tsuchitaro Hayashi
Lighting Hiroshi Mima
Art Akira Naito
Music Akira Ifukube
Editor Hiroshi Yamada
Production Companies Daiei
Release Date April 17, 1966
Runtime 84 minutes
Followed by Return of Daimajin (1966)

大魔神
Daimajin
Great Demon
Director Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Special Effects Director Yoshiyuki Kuroda
Producer Masaichi Nagata
Screenplay Tetsuro Yoshida
Photography Fujio Morita
Sound Tsuchitaro Hayashi
Lighting Hiroshi Mima
Art Akira Naito
Music Akira Ifukube
Editor Hiroshi Yamada
Production Companies Daiei
Release Date April 17, 1966
Runtime 84 minutes
Followed by Return of Daimajin (1966)

The head of the Hanabusa clan is betrayed and slain by his retainer Samanosuke. Hanabusa’s children, Tadafumi and Kozasa, are rescued from the insurrection by Kogenta, Hanabusa’s servant. They retreat to the forbidden mountain, the refuge of the angry mountain god Daimajin. Over the next ten years Samanosuke continues to grow in power and dominates the region. When Tadafumi comes of age, Kogenta decides it’s time to reclaim the castle from Samanosuke.

Kogenta ventures into the city to spy out the castle, but is recognized and captured. Tadafumi is also captured when he attempts to rescue Kogenta. Samanosuke learns the whereabouts of Kozasa and sends his men to apprehend her. When they arrive, they desecrate Daimajin’s statue and incur his wrath. The statue awakens and heads for the castle, laying waste to Samanosuke’s forces. Samanosuke himself is captured by Daimajin and slain.

Kogenta and Tadafumi are freed. Kozasa prays to Daimajin to cease its violence. Daimajin’s spirit departs and the statue crumbles to dust.

Top Billed Cast

Miwa Takada
Kozasa Hanafusa
Yoshihiko Aoyama
Tadafumi Hanafusa
Jun Fujimaki
Kogenta
Ryutaro Gomi
Samanosuke Odate
Ryuzo Shimada
Tadakiyo Hanafusa
Tatsuo Endo
Gunjuro Inugami
Shosaku Sugiyama
Yusuke Kajiura
Chikara Hashimoto
Motoki Hanzo, Daimajin
Saburo Date
Ippei Nakama
Otome Tsukimiya
Nobuo
Eigoro Onoe
Gosaku
Gen Kimura
Mosuke
Hideki Ninomiya
Young Tadafumi Hanafusa
Shizuhiro Deguchi
Takebo
Yutaro Ban
Ogori
Gen Kuroki
Sonjuro Harada
Jun Katsumura
Odate Soldier
Top Billed Cast

Kozasa Hanafusa
Miwa Takada

Tadafumi Hanafusa
Yoshihiko Aoyama

Kogenta
Jun Fujimaki

Samanosuke Odate
Ryutaro Gomi

Tadakiyo Hanafusa
Ryuzo Shimada

Gunjuro Inugami
Tatsuo Endo

Yusuke Kajiura
Shosaku Sugiyama

Motoki Hanzo

Daimajin
Chikara Hashimoto

Ippei Nakama
Saburo Date

Nobuo
Otome Tsukimiya

Gosaku
Eigoro Onoe

Mosuke
Gen Kimura

Young Tadafumi Hanafusa
Hideki Ninomiya

Takebo
Shizuhiro Deguchi

Ogori
Yutaro Ban

Sonjuro Harada
Gen Kuroki

Odate Soldier
Jun Katsumura
製作
Producer
永田雅一
Masaichi Nagata
企画
Planning
奥田久司
Hisashi Okuda
脚本
Screenplay
吉田哲郎
Tetsuro Yoshida
撮影
Photography
森田富士郎
Fujio Morita
録音
Sound
林土太郎
Tsuchitaro Hayashi
照明
Lighting
美間博
Hiroshi Mima
美術
Art
内藤昭
Akira Naito
音楽
Music
伊福部昭
Akira Ifukube
編集
Editor
山田弘
Hiroshi Yamada
特撮合成
Composition
田中貞造
Teizo Tanaka
擬斗
Action
楠本栄一
Eiichi Kusumoto
音響効果
Sound Effects
倉嶋暢
Manabu Kurashima
助監督
Assistant Director
西沢鋭治
Eiji Nishizawa
製作主任
Production Manager
田辺満
Mitsuru Tanabe
現像
Developing
東洋現像所
Toyo Laboratory
出演者
Performers


高田美和
Miwa Takada

青山良彦
Yoshihiko Aoyama

藤巻潤
Jun Fujimaki

五味龍太郎
Ryutaro Gomi

島田竜三
Ryuzo Shimada

遠藤辰雄
Tatsuo Endo

杉山昌三九
Shosaku Sugiyama

橋本力
Chikara Hashimoto

伊達三郎
Saburo Date

月宮於登女
Otome Tsukimiya

香山恵子
Keiko Kayama

尾上栄五郎
Eigoro Onoe

木村玄
Gen Kimura

二宮秀樹
Hideki Ninomiya

出口静宏
Shizuhiro Dezuguchi

伴勇太郎
Yutaro Ban

黒木英男
Hideo Kuroki

志賀明
Akira Shiga

大杉潤
Jun Osugi

勝村淳
Jun Katsumura

森内一夫
Kazuo Moriuchi

雨宮旭
Akira Amemiya

暁勝二郎
Katsujiro Akatsuki

上原寛二
Kenji Uehara

森下昌子
Masako Morishita

吉川初美
Hatsumi Yoshikawa
監督
Director
安田公義
Kimiyoshi Yasuda
特撮監督
Special Effects Director
黒田義之
Yoshiyuki Kuroda