Daimajin – Frankensteins Monster kehrt zurück (1966)

Daimajin – Frankensteins Monster kehrt zurück: Directed by Kenji Misumi. With Kôjirô Hongô, Shiho Fujimura, Tarô Marui, Takashi Kanda. Giant statue exacts revenge upon those who conquer its worshippers.

“This is the second installment of the Daimajin trilogy although the three stories are not connected.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDaimajin is a talismanic 50 ft stone statue embodied with the spirit of local god. It normally sits idle with a peaceful face, but when the people are oppressed, it wakes up and changes to fierce expression to protect the innocent.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe settings is in samurai era Japan. Country of Chigusa is invaded by the neighboring warlord of Mikoshiba. What the warlord of Mikoshiba doesnu0026#39;t know is that Chigusa is protected by Daimajin. He wreaks havoc on the people of Chigusa until – you guessed it – he pisses off the Daimajin !u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eEven seen as samurai movie, this movie has one of the best cinematography showing Daieiu0026#39;s experience in making samurai movies. Special effects are one of the best for u0026#39;60s Japanese movie as well. Kojiro Hongo who was the star of u0026#39;60s and u0026#39;90s Gamera series also stars in this movie. Supporting casts are good too, and they deliver superb performance.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie is an interesting mixture of samurai and giant monster movie, but it works.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe recent TV mini-series u0026quot;Daimajin Kanonu0026quot; is a direct homage to this series and features the Daimajin in modern settings.”