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  • Опубликовано: 14 июл 2020
  • Four boys set out through the Majin's Mountain to rescue their family members from enslavement at the hands of a rival clan.
    Released: December 10, 1966
    Producer: Masaichi Nagata
    Director: Kazuo Mori
    Screenplay: Tetsuro Yoshida
    Music: Akira Ifukube
    Special Effects: Yoshiyuki Kuroda
    Starring:
    Hideki Ninomiya as Tsuruchiki
    Masahide Iizuka as Kinta
    Shinji Hori as Daisaku
    Muneyuki Nagatomo as Sugitatsu
    Toru Abe as Hidanokami Arakawa
    Takashi Nakamura as Sanpei
    Hiroshi Nawa as Daizen Matsunaga
    Tanie Kitabayashi as Old Woman Kane
    Junichiro Yamashita as Shohachi
    Daimajin portrayed by Riki Hashimoto
    #Daimajin #DaimajinStrikesAgain #kaiju
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  • @omniviewer2115
    @omniviewer2115 4 года назад +60

    2:55
    "...and thus can be enjoyed by anyone."
    *Dramatic pause for consuming of rice balls*

  • @Jormyyy
    @Jormyyy 4 года назад +92

    Daimajin series proves that even a "rushed" project can be high quality.

    • @michaelhill1256
      @michaelhill1256 4 года назад +10

      As long as everyone is hardworking, and knows what they want to get done. There are a few other things, but I can’t think of what they are right now.

    • @MrEjidorie
      @MrEjidorie 4 года назад +7

      It`s quite miraculous that three high quality Tokusatu movies were produced in such a short period.

    • @breadordecide
      @breadordecide 3 года назад +2

      Or maybe the way we judge a product should not involve such silly things as time. Great things don’t need to take ten years to make. And vice versa.

  • @scado5679
    @scado5679 4 года назад +41

    The Daimajin trilogy really was quite an ambitious project. Getting all three films out within the same year AND having them all be of such high quality must've been quite a feat, and I find myself respecting Daiei all the more for it. Now if only they carried some of that quality into some of their late-Showa-era Gamera films, because if that had happened I guarantee that Daimajin Strikes Again would not be the only masterpiece worth this kind of praise.
    Since everyone seems to be requesting film reviews in the rest of the comments section, I might as well submit mine: Gorath.

  • @Gappasaurus
    @Gappasaurus 4 года назад +17

    2:35 "I used to be an adventurer like you...”

  • @trsniffy
    @trsniffy 4 года назад +7

    Daiei Film is probably best remembered by Western audiences for the Zatoichi series, 25 period movies released over 11 years (with a two-year break) focusing on a blind yakuza gambler and swordsman during the late Edo era. Those movies were high-quality productions that, at its height, saw 3 movies released a year, all featuring the same actor as the star. Those kinds of episodic films were the studio's wheelhouse, and the Daimajin series is pretty much the same kind of movie, with a 20-odd minute special effects climax.

  • @nope5657
    @nope5657 4 года назад +17

    Godzilla may have my heart...but I think there are many kaiju films better than most of Godzilla's films. This trilogy being some of them.
    The Heisei Gamera being three more.

  • @baragon301
    @baragon301 4 года назад +26

    1966 Daiei: Let's rush out four of our best films in one single year
    Kadokawa Now: Please help us fund our rat movie :'(

  • @matangomango
    @matangomango 4 года назад +14

    I personally preferred Return of Daimajin over this one, but I still enjoyed this one a lot. In my opinion the Daimajin films are some of the best Tokusatsu films out there, especially the original.

  • @MrKaiju-sr8wu
    @MrKaiju-sr8wu 4 года назад +28

    imagine if some sort of animated Gamera series was made, and Daimajin appeared in it getting his own story ark and perhaps even becoming Gameras ally (because he doesn't have any other ally monsters)

    • @catyear75
      @catyear75 4 года назад +5

      I love this idea !

    • @MrEjidorie
      @MrEjidorie 4 года назад +7

      I was a 10 years old Japanese primary school pupil when I watched "Daimajin" at a movie theater in my hometown with my deceased grandmother and a younger brother. Along with "Daimajin", "Gamera Vs Barugon" was also released at the same time. It was one of the most exciting moments in my life.

    • @TheWaffleman54
      @TheWaffleman54 3 года назад +1

      Y'know I'm quite surprised that Daiei didn't follow the example of the Godzilla films by including previous monsters in their current films. I would have loved to have seen Gamera team up with the Daimajin.

    • @MinecraftWorld1954
      @MinecraftWorld1954 Год назад +2

      Well good news, the Gamera Animated thing is happening. Whether or not Daimajin is gonna show up is unknown though

  • @stanley5745
    @stanley5745 4 года назад +8

    I've been loving the more obscure reviews you've been doing recently, I'm always curious what the next one will be

  • @andrewpragasam
    @andrewpragasam 4 года назад +10

    Apparently prior to his death Ishiro Honda was planning to direct a Daimajin reboot.

    • @smithwesson1896
      @smithwesson1896 3 года назад +5

      He should have gotten Akira Kurosawa to team up with him

  • @smithwesson1896
    @smithwesson1896 3 года назад +3

    Imagine what Akira Kurosawa's Godzilla movie would have been like?

  • @catyear75
    @catyear75 4 года назад +9

    This was a great trilogy , and I’m actually glad they left it as such. Sometimes a whole franchise is ruined by trying to carry it too far. This series of reviews was excellent as well! I’ll be doing a “Daimajin” movie marathon at home this fall ...!

    • @ArcaneAzmadi
      @ArcaneAzmadi 4 года назад +3

      Yeah, it would have been bad if they've continued milking it without cease, but I still think a modern reboot would be cool.

    • @catyear75
      @catyear75 4 года назад +1

      ArcaneAzmadi- Yes, I would also be interested in a modern day Reboot!

    • @TheHorns1996
      @TheHorns1996 3 года назад

      I think Daimajin needs to battle another god.

  • @EmonWBKstudios
    @EmonWBKstudios 4 года назад +12

    Alternate title, Daimajin strikes Again, Agian.
    and
    Daimajin strikes: Yet again.

    • @bobbenson6825
      @bobbenson6825 4 года назад +2

      Third time? Daimajin Strikes Out (it never appeared again after all)

    • @aducharme01
      @aducharme01 4 года назад +1

      Daimajin: Never Stop Striking

  • @gavinlucas9761
    @gavinlucas9761 4 года назад +5

    I litterly just finished watching this movie yesterday and it is my favorite out of the 3.

  • @gamera2351
    @gamera2351 4 года назад +5

    Loved the Dimajin trilogy review. Thank you.
    I'll give my usual suggestion for future video now ;)
    Gorgo and Gappa. Follow those 2 reviews with a video comparing them since they are practically the same plot.

  • @ReplacedKnight
    @ReplacedKnight 4 года назад +3

    Really enjoyed your Daimajin trilogy reviews @upfromthedepths Thank you :)

  • @sanjidparvez
    @sanjidparvez 4 года назад +8

    Agree with you, a better sequel than The Return. Loved the children adventure spin on it with some surprisingly bleak moments. Moreover, Daimajin uses his sword this time!
    Wonder why they haven’t rebooted the series yet? I think Daimajin got potential for a present day interpretation in multiple angles...with political allegory, socioeconomic class system or urbanization themes or they can simply put it in Gamera universe, battling Mechas!
    There was a TV show though but with a different approach.

    • @blakeadamson1576
      @blakeadamson1576 4 года назад +4

      What if they set Daimajin in a post-apocalyptic world?

    • @TheWaffleman54
      @TheWaffleman54 3 года назад +2

      See that would be an great idea to have a new series of films which are incorporated in the Gamera universe, it would make an interesting parallel to the Godzilla franchise because it's proven that magic and science can exist within the same universe. Same case for Gamera and Daimajin.

  • @edgarr8339
    @edgarr8339 4 года назад +1

    Daimajin awakens ......Daimajin Stikes back......Return of the Daimajin!

  • @Dzilla64
    @Dzilla64 4 года назад

    Indeed.

  • @JohnReiher
    @JohnReiher 4 года назад +2

    Perhaps Daimajin should get the Heisei Gamera treatment and three new period movies that interconnect?

    • @TheWaffleman54
      @TheWaffleman54 3 года назад

      That would be fantastic and Jidaigeki is still fairly popular these days (think of the Samurai movies that are being made even now), so Daimajin could certainly be resurrected. It would be cool though if Daiei's creations had their own cinematic universe featuring their monsters, so like if you had a Gamera movie you could set the next one up for Daimajin.

  • @ArcaneAzmadi
    @ArcaneAzmadi 4 года назад +3

    I am kind of surprised this has never gotten a modern reboot, like when Takeshi Kitano did his reboot of Zatoichi. It could be so awesome.

  • @maxinpains6937
    @maxinpains6937 4 года назад

    When I was really young I saw this movie.. it's still one of the best movie in my mind.

  • @mrmysterious8124
    @mrmysterious8124 4 года назад +6

    Can you look at Gorgo🌊🐉

    • @Jormyyy
      @Jormyyy 4 года назад +2

      Gorgo is a great choice. I'd love to see that next.

  • @zachreviews7867
    @zachreviews7867 4 года назад +6

    I'd love to see either cloverfield or a bunch of ray harryhausen monsters. Maybe the Sinbad series for ray.

  • @mrmysterious8124
    @mrmysterious8124 4 года назад +16

    Can you look at It Came From Beneath The Sea🐙

    • @AdrianParkinsonFilms
      @AdrianParkinsonFilms 4 года назад +12

      A series on the Harryhausen monster movies would be very welcome. Especially as they helped inspire things like Godzilla.

    • @thekungfukid1990
      @thekungfukid1990 4 года назад +4

      @@AdrianParkinsonFilms I'd be down for that

    • @mandalorianhunter1
      @mandalorianhunter1 4 года назад +3

      @@thekungfukid1990 hell I have been waiting on "The Beast from 20,000 phantoms".

  • @doom7ish
    @doom7ish 4 года назад

    Strikes Again. Sweet.

  • @OMAHA16
    @OMAHA16 4 года назад +1

    Great Review.

  • @ek9509
    @ek9509 2 года назад +1

    4 stars = Good.

  • @geonerd
    @geonerd 4 года назад

    He's BAAAAACK!!!

  • @Blackferret66
    @Blackferret66 4 года назад +4

    I found the movie to be somewhat odd in that this is obviously a more child-oriented movie, but, at the same time, has a child's tragic death in it.

  • @paulbacchus1015
    @paulbacchus1015 4 года назад +1

    These Diainmajin movies look
    dead cool and very well made,
    I will check them out on dvd.
    Paul Bacchus esq

  • @mrmysterious8124
    @mrmysterious8124 4 года назад +4

    Can you look at The Giant Behemoth⚡🐉

  • @JOONBUGFILMS
    @JOONBUGFILMS 2 года назад

    We should’ve got Gamara vs Daimajin Back in the day or maybe if some company picks up the studio rights to both of them in Hollywood

  • @serioussam4726
    @serioussam4726 4 года назад +2

    Wow look at how many subs you have gained!!!

    • @scado5679
      @scado5679 4 года назад +1

      He's drawing in loads of new people, with not only the Monsterverse causing people to find his Godzilla reviews but also fans of other series finding his channel through the recent expanse of films he's been covering, with a prime example being fans of the Daimajin trilogy. It's definitely a welcome change.

  • @varanid9
    @varanid9 4 года назад

    Interesting; I saw these films on TV back in the '70s as a kid, and, my rating of them was exactly like yours. The first was the best, the third was a true sequel, and the middle one was just a retread, although with a great rampage at the end.

  • @RandomVideos66
    @RandomVideos66 4 года назад +3

    I reckon that there should be another one where Daimajin fights an evil version of himself.

    • @scado5679
      @scado5679 4 года назад

      Mecha-Daimajin? Sorry to burst your bubble, but I don't think that's exactly what they were going for with this trilogy.

    • @RandomVideos66
      @RandomVideos66 4 года назад +5

      @@scado5679 I meant that the enemy that is attacking the people that Daimajin protects have their own Daimajin. Which they are using as an ultimate weapon.

    • @setonacademyyena4893
      @setonacademyyena4893 Год назад +1

      @@RandomVideos66 Yep, it would be awesome as this will finally provide some hard and challenge time for Daimajin after seeing that he defeated and killed the previous warlords without any of hard challenges or struggles for him at all. Also, this is how it would work:
      Another evil warlord and his soldiers take over another innocent village and turned the innocent village to a labor camp as well punishing the village often without any good reasons, however. Several villagers managed to escape their way out of here and then decided to call Daimajin for help, but they didn't know that this evil warlord actually acknowledged Daimajin as well the warlord also has his own "evil" Daimajin which was also his ultimate weapon as well which he would unleashes it had if Daimajin came to the evil warlord's 'labor camp' village. Not only that, the warlord also kept his own "evil" Daimajin as a huge secret that nobody knows but him and his soldiers.

  • @Godooable
    @Godooable 4 года назад

    You're reviewing so many Kaiju movies it would help me if you could do a top 5 or so for movies to watch.
    Best/most impacted films on the genre

  • @billday6744
    @billday6744 Год назад

    Thanks for the post I havent seen this movie since 1972 it was a Friday night monster channel here in Ohio i didnt know there was more than one .

  • @supershituttp7425
    @supershituttp7425 Год назад

    The best thing about this movie is that Daimajin ACTUALLY uses his god damn sword(don’t ask why it took him 3 movies to actually use it)

  • @fats3342
    @fats3342 4 года назад

    I like this one more than 2 simply because they use cannons in the fight.

  • @user-iq9tf4qf6c
    @user-iq9tf4qf6c 4 года назад

    大魔神逆襲ですね!子供達が健気で可愛いかったですねぇ!

  • @toby070
    @toby070 4 года назад

    0:00 aww no! Who made Mr-Grumpy-Statue mad now?

  • @DigitalBath742
    @DigitalBath742 4 года назад

    Watching Gorgo on Amazon prime. A British version of Godzilla. I'm loving it. You should review this next.

  • @user-hb4yx6je3m
    @user-hb4yx6je3m 4 года назад

    大魔神🤠‼️日本の特撮名作ぢゃぁ〜

  • @kaiju115
    @kaiju115 4 года назад +2

    I like the first movie a tad more than this one, but the way I see it, 2nd place ain’t bad.

  • @user-qk7dq7wp6u
    @user-qk7dq7wp6u 4 года назад

    英語で有り難うございました。大魔人でも、出てこないかなあ❗

  • @KKAkuoku
    @KKAkuoku 4 года назад +4

    If you watch this on the Mill Creek Blu-Ray, FOR GODZILLA’S SAKE, AVOID THE DUB!

    • @channelwithout
      @channelwithout 3 года назад

      What's up with it, if you don't mind me asking? I watched the dubs for the first two and they were really well done for their time imo.

  • @defpixel
    @defpixel 4 года назад

    Would you review "Yongary" in the near future?

  • @gojirafan5437
    @gojirafan5437 4 года назад

    You should review Rampage (2018)

  • @Hewylewis
    @Hewylewis 4 года назад +1

    Have you reviewed Latitude Zero yet?

  • @Gappasaurus
    @Gappasaurus 4 года назад

    5:37 Thought for sure you were gonna mention 2010’s Daimajin Kanon here 🤔

  • @BiohazardCrow
    @BiohazardCrow 3 года назад

    What if the Daimajin is actually an alien stranded in Earth just waiting for help?. And in the meantime he develops a fond of humans but he is just lonely.

  • @kishaurlanda571
    @kishaurlanda571 4 года назад

    Daiei should make Gamera Daimajin Crossover they could great ally fighting the gyaos...

  • @danthsmith
    @danthsmith 4 года назад +1

    Shame it never got a reboot like Gamera

  • @SaurianStudios1207
    @SaurianStudios1207 4 года назад +1

    One question, is the Daimajin Trilogy free on RUclips?

    • @sanjidparvez
      @sanjidparvez 4 года назад +2

      Yes. They are available on RUclips, under this titles:
      Majin, the Monster of Terror (with hard coded English subtitle),
      Return of Giant Majin (with English dub), and
      Daimajin 3: Majin Strikes Again (with hard coded English subtitle)

  • @MrShoe321
    @MrShoe321 7 месяцев назад

    Seems like a Japanese version of Stand By Me

  • @CalvinWitthoft
    @CalvinWitthoft Год назад

    Hey do you think you could cover the Daimajin Kanon 2010 series, I can’t find any videos related to it

  • @mrmysterious8124
    @mrmysterious8124 4 года назад +3

    I am the first one on here can you look at the Cartoon Network original movie Firebreather it has Giant monsters in it👹🔥🐉

    • @Jormyyy
      @Jormyyy 4 года назад

      I used to love that movie as a kid! It probably hasn't aged well, but it was fun.

    • @FriendlyNeighborhoodGeek99
      @FriendlyNeighborhoodGeek99 4 года назад +2

      I totally agree, it's so underrated 👍🏾

    • @MetronFilms97
      @MetronFilms97 4 года назад +2

      He doesnt review animated movies! And if he does he problably wont do this one!!!

    • @clipsclipsandmoreclips3384
      @clipsclipsandmoreclips3384 4 года назад +3

      KaijufanAllen073 He reviewed three animated Godzilla movies.

    • @MetronFilms97
      @MetronFilms97 4 года назад

      @@clipsclipsandmoreclips3384 I still dont think he gonna review this movie

  • @BubbaOtter
    @BubbaOtter 4 года назад +1

    Can you review The Last Dinosaur?

  • @BigBravesFan1331
    @BigBravesFan1331 4 года назад +1

    Why didn’t I get the notification?

  • @killindylan17
    @killindylan17 4 года назад

    Can you also review Evangelion, the series and the movies? I need some help processing it lol

  • @axiorsomethin130
    @axiorsomethin130 4 года назад

    Please review gappa the triphibian monster

  • @BigD1987
    @BigD1987 4 года назад

    Is Daimajin Kanon on the docket?

  • @redbon8918
    @redbon8918 4 года назад

    Hey do yongory horror from the deep

  • @kathyyoung4757
    @kathyyoung4757 4 года назад

    Igor can I see this movie in all 3 parts

  • @Godzilla00X
    @Godzilla00X 4 года назад +1

    Did Daiei ever give a reason Daimajin never had more films made?

    • @UpFromTheDepths88
      @UpFromTheDepths88  4 года назад +3

      They were going to make another film in the 2000s, but when Gamera the Brave underperformed they scrapped it.

    • @scado5679
      @scado5679 4 года назад +1

      @@UpFromTheDepths88 that really sucks, imagine Daimajin with the same sort of special effects work as GTB had. It would've been legendary.

    • @Gappasaurus
      @Gappasaurus 4 года назад +2

      There was the 2010 TV series Daimajin Kanon, but... meh 😐 The modern day setting took away a large chunk of the originals’ charm, IMHO 🤔

  • @killindylan17
    @killindylan17 4 года назад

    When you have time you should watch and review the original Ultraman series!!

    • @killindylan17
      @killindylan17 4 года назад

      Not the most high quality kaiju special effects, but it’s undoubtedly one of the most influential series in Japanese tokusatsu, and in my opinion Ultraman is one of the greats alongside Kong, Godzilla, Mothra, and Gamera.

    • @scado5679
      @scado5679 4 года назад +1

      I fully agree. Although it's not exactly a movie series like the ones usually reviewed on this channel, Ultraman is at its core a show about a giant humanoid fighting giant monsters, which isn't too far off the mark for this channel.
      Plus I'm finding myself obsessed with Ultraman at the moment.

    • @Gappasaurus
      @Gappasaurus 4 года назад

      That would be pretty cool, but I think Ultra-Q would be even better, since it more closely resembled a traditional kaiju film 😁

  • @greed616
    @greed616 4 года назад

    2:41 My boi tasting da feat
    Sorry, I'll stop

  • @leavingisbadliving3553
    @leavingisbadliving3553 4 года назад

    Damajin series is The Last Samurai of kaiju movies.

  • @kevinnorwood8782
    @kevinnorwood8782 4 года назад

    So all four of the children are boys? I always thought Daisaku (sorry if I got the spelling wrong) was a girl....

  • @ShinGoji1987Official
    @ShinGoji1987Official 4 года назад +2

    Definitely my least favorite but still a pretty good entry in the trilogy!

  • @FriendlyNeighborhoodGeek99
    @FriendlyNeighborhoodGeek99 4 года назад

    Second 💓