The Magic Serpent
The Magic Serpent

怪竜大決戦
Kairyū Daikessen
Dragon Great Battle
Director | Tetsuya Yamanouchi |
Screenplay | Masaru Igami |
Photography | Motoya Washio |
Lighting | Takeo Hasegawa |
Sound | Teruhiko Arakawa |
Art | Shoji Yada |
Music | Toshiaki Tsushima |
Editor | Tadao Kanda |
Production Companies | Toei |
Release Date | December 21, 1966 |
Runtime | 94 minutes |
![]() 怪竜大決戦 Kairyū Daikessen Dragon Great Battle |
Director | Tetsuya Yamanouchi |
Screenplay | Masaru Igami |
Photography | Motoya Washio |
Lighting | Takeo Hasegawa |
Sound | Teruhiko Arakawa |
Art | Shoji Yada |
Music | Toshiaki Tsushima |
Editor | Tadao Kanda |
Production Companies | Toei |
Release Date | December 21, 1966 |
Runtime | 94 minutes |
Yuki Daijo, allied with the sorcerer Orochi, betrays his lord and assumes the throne. The orphaned prince, Ikazuchi, is whisked away by Orochi’s former master, who raises the boy to one day seek revenge against Daijo and defeat his wayward student Orochi. Many years later, Orochi discovers their whereabouts, and sends his minions to kill them. Ikazuchi survives, but his master is slain. Ikazuchi decides to reveal himself publicly and use his own powers of sorcery to stir up trouble against Daijo and Orochi.
Ikazuchi befriends a young girl, Sunate, who is searching for her long lost father. They are both befriended by Morobe, a mysterious traveler who is revealed to be a thief working for Orochi. He kidnaps Sunate and delivers her to Orochi, and reveals that Orochi is actually the girl’s father. Orochi tests Sunate’s loyalty to him by tasking her with slaying Ikazuchi. When she cannot bring herself to perform the evil deed, Morobe releases her; his own daughter was slain as a result of his meddling with Orochi, and he doesn’t wish to repeat his mistake. Together they distract Orochi long enough for Ikazuchi to mount an attack against Daijo’s castle.
Ikazuchi summons a giant frog to destroy the castle and trample Daijo to death. Orochi flies to the castle and transforms into a dragon to battle with Ikazuchi. Sunate also transforms into a giant spider and tips the battle in Ikazuchi’s favor. When their power is spent, Ikazuchi and Orochi return to their human forms and duel. Ikazuchi defeats Orochi, but decides to renounce the throne in order to live a simple life with Sunate.
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Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically
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Top Billed Cast

Ikazuchi

Sunate

Osaki

Master Hiki

Samanosuke Ogata

Daijo

Jihei

Honai

Spider Woman

Zenbei

Morobe

Kureya

Kido

Kansai

Donin

Orochi
Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically

Kushirota
企画 Planning |
岡田茂 Shigeru Okada |
新海竹介 Takeshi Shinkai |
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脚本 Screenplay |
伊上勝 Masaru Igami |
撮影 Photography |
わし尾元也 Motoya Washio |
照明 Lighting |
長谷川武夫 Takeo Hasegawa |
録音 Sound |
荒川輝彦 Akihiko Arakawa |
美術 Art |
矢田精治 Shoji Yada |
音楽 Music |
津島利章 Toshiaki Tsushima |
編集 Editor |
神田忠男 Tadao Kanda |
助監督 Assistant Director |
牧口雄二 Yuji Makiguchi |
記録 Archiving |
矢部はつ子 Hatsuko Yabe |
装置 Apparatus |
米沢勝 Masaru Yonezawa |
装飾 Decoration |
山田久司 Hisashi Yamada |
美粧 Beauty |
堤野正直 Shojiki Tsutsumino |
結髪 Hair Dressing |
橋本明子 Akiko Hashimoto |
衣裳 Costume |
三上剛 Go Mikami |
擬斗 Action |
上野隆三 Ryuzo Ueno |
合成 Synthesis |
松木春吉 Haruyoshi Matsuki |
進行主任 Production Manager |
並河正夫 Masao Naimikawa |
特殊撮影 Special Photography |
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撮影 Photography |
赤塚滋 Shigeru Akatsuka |
国定玖仁男 Toshiki Kunishige |
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照明 Lighting |
金子凱美 Kanemi Kaneko |
助監督 Assistant Director |
俵坂昭康 Akiyasu Tawarazaka |
記録 Archiving |
塚越恵江 Keiji Tsukagoshi |
主題歌 Theme Song |
朝日ソノラマ Asahi Sonorama |
作詞 Lyrics |
伊上勝 Masaru Igami |
作曲 Composition |
津島利章 Toshiaki Tsushima |
出演者 Performers |
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松方弘樹 Hiroki Matsukata |
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小川知子 Tomoko Kagawa |
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鈴村由美 Yumi Suzumura |
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金子信雄 Nobuo Kaneko |
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林真一郎 Shinichiro Hayashi |
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天津敏 Bin Amatsu |
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柿本健二 Kenji Kusumoto |
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小田部通麿 Michimaro Otabe |
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原泉 Izumi Hara |
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国一太郎 Ichitaro Kuni |
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原健策 Kensaku Hara |
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河村満和 Masakazu Kawamura |
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千葉敏郎 Toshio Chiba |
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池田謙治 Kenji Ikeda |
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岡田千代 Chiyo Okada |
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矢部義明 Yoshiaki Yabe |
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岩尾正隆 Masataka Iwao |
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宍戸大全 Daizen Shishido |
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木谷邦臣 Kuniomi Kiya |
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福本清三 Seizo Fujimoto |
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出口静広 Shizuhiro Deguchi |
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小林成行 Nariyuki Kobayashi |
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森本隆 Takashi Morimoto |
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近松克樹 Katsuki Chikamatsu |
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大矢正利 Masatoshi Oya |
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大友柳太朗 Ryutaro Otomo |
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監督 Director |
山内鉄也 Tetsuya Yamanouchi |