Daimajin
Certified Crap. CrapScore 45, rated by 1 admin.
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A brutal warlord eventually discovers the practical disadvantage of angering a giant stone guardian. Most of this fantasy plays as serious period drama, making the final monster intervention especially satisfying. Save it for a crowd willing to wait for the statue to make its point.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 3.5/10
- Plot
- 6/10
- Effects
- 1.5/10
- Dialogue
- 4/10
- Rewatchability
- 7.5/10
“The local monument has finished being patient.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 45
Synopsis and movie facts
A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.
- Released
- 1966
- Directed by
- Kimiyoshi Yasuda
- Running time
- 84 min
- Original title
- 大魔神
Starring
- Miwa Takada as Kozasa Hanabusa
- Yoshihiko Aoyama as Tadafumi Hanabusa
- Jun Fujimaki as Kogenta
- Ryūtarō Gomi as Samanosuke
- Ryūzō Shimada as Tadakiyo Hanabusa
- Tatsuo Endō as Gunjuro
- Saburo Date as Ippei Cyjûma
- Shizuhiro Izoguchi as Take-bô - The Boy
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
TMDB identity and credits retrieved on 2026-11-10: Daimajin (1966), directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda. The importer rechecks identity, poster, synopsis, release date, runtime, genres and cast against live metadata.
- Review · badmovies.org
The review describes a cruel regime and the stone guardian's destructive intervention; the pleasure is the delayed monster spectacle rather than accidental incompetence. Full review text retained from earlier catalogue research and consulted again on 2026-11-10; no claim of a fresh page download.
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