#Shosaku Sugiyama

[mariocki]

Daimajin (Majin, the Monster of Terror, 1966)

"You realise you started as a drifter, and yet you've been basking in the lord's wealth? How dare you! What do you have against our lord?"

"I have nothing against him - nor do I owe him anything."

#大魔神 #daimajin #japanese cinema #kaiju film #Kimiyoshi Yasuda #Tetsuro Yoshida #miwa takada #Masako Morishita #Yoshihiko Aoyama #Hideki Ninomiya #Jun Fujimaki #Otome Tsukimiya #Ryūtarō Gomi #Ryūzō Shimada #Tatsuo Endō #Saburō Date #Shosaku Sugiyama #Hideo Kuroki #majin the monster of terror #oh this was funnnn. I'm a complete novice on kaiju films but i feel like I'd be more into them if they're all like this #ie. as much if not more emphasis on political infighting and feudal disputes as on the big monster things #i can see how this might frustrste some; our big friend doesn't really turn up until the final ten minutes and whilst #that's a very impressive ten minutes i imagine some viewers felt short changed. not me! i really enjoyed the romantic tale that built up to #the carnage; brave samurai and evil usurpers clashing as the poor village people are down trodden and enslaved. very old fashioned in some #ways and undoubtedly full of folklore and history that I'm none too familiar with but i can honestly say it was a really fun time #plus when Big Man did start to smash... boy did he smash #oh to be a young princess with a handsome protector and a giant rubble demon god to do my bidding #one can dream....