Daimajin
{{Short description|1966 Japanese film trilogy}}
{{Infobox media franchise
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| title = Daimajin
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| caption = 1984 poster for a screening of the three Daimajin films{{cite web|url=https://www.jposter.net/posters/view.asp?partid=13591|publisher=Jposter|accessdate=February 2, 2021|title=Daimajin Festival (1966)}}
| creator = Daiei Film
| owner = Kadokawa Daiei Studio
| films = Daimajin
Return of Daimajin
Wrath of Daimajin (all 1966)
| tv = Daimajin Kanon (2010)
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{{nihongo|Daimajin|大魔神|Daimajin|{{lit.|Giant Demon God|lead=yes}}}} is a Japanese tokusatsu{{refn|While Daimajin is often regarded as a kaiju by Western sources, it has been cited in Japan as not meeting the requirements to qualify as a kaiju.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jn0VAAAAMAAJ|title=藝能|trans-title=Performing Arts|volume=8|date=1966|page=61|via=Google Books}}|group="note"}} series centering on an eponymous fictitious giant warrior god. It initially consisted of a film trilogy shot simultaneously and released in 1966 with three different directors and predominantly the same crew. The series was produced by Daiei Film and contained similar plot structures involving villages being overthrown by warlords, leading to the villagers attempting to reach out to Daimajin, the great demon god, to save them.{{sfn|Oritz-Moya|2016|p=43}}
History
{{see also|Gamera|Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare|The Great Yokai War: Guardians}}
File:Kadokawa-daiei-studio.JPG at Kadokawa Daiei Studio office, in which the Daimajin Shrine (jp) is situated, and they along with characters from the (indirectly related) GeGeGe no Kitarō series serve as mascots of Chofu.{{cite news |author=Deyaburō |date=2024-12-06 |url=https://news.allabout.co.jp/articles/o/87243/ |title=「調布駅」は、特撮ファンにとってガチの「聖地」だった。『ゲゲゲ』と商業施設にあふれた住みよい街 |publisher= All About News (jp) |access-date=2025-01-30}}]]
Daimajin was originally designed to be the first foe of Gamera, and the concept developed into both Daimajin and Barugon appearing in the 1966 film Gamera vs. Barugon.{{Cite book|chapter= chapterIII 大魔神の章（1966）『大魔神』 |date=1996-07-19 |editor= Junzo Takaki |title=ガメラ画報 大映秘蔵映画五十五年の歩み |publisher=Takeshobo |series =B media books special |page=85 |isbn=4-8124-0166-6}} The filmmakers were also inspired by Jötunn from the Norse mythology, the Giant of the Snows from the 1912 film The Conquest of the Pole,{{cite web |author= |url=https://www.scifijapan.com/kaiju-monsters/shout-factory-tv-presents-gamera-marathon-26-gamera-facts |title=Shout! Factory TV Presents Gamera Marathon + 26 Gamera Facts |website=SciFi Japan |access-date=2025-04-19}} and the golem from the 1936 Czechoslovakian film Le Golem, which was redistributed by Daiei Film in the post-war period.Ishii et al., 1997, 日本特撮・幻想映画全集, p.170, Keibunsha, {{ISBN|4766927060}} Expertise obtained during the production of the 1964 film Flight from Ashiya, in which Noriaki Yuasa and others had also participated in, also contributed in the launch of the franchise.{{cite web |author=|date=2023-11-15|title=大魔神（Daimajin）のネタバレ解説・考察まとめ |url=https://renote.net/articles/10323|website=RENOTE |access-date=2025-01-30}}
Daimon the vampire, the recurring character which made its debut in Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare, was heavily inspired by the former professional baseball player Chikara Hashimoto acts of Daimajin, and Hashimoto was also appointed for the role of Daimon.{{refn|Hashimoto had also participated in various Daiei Film productions including Gamera vs. Viras and The Whale God.|group="note"}}Takeshobo, ガメラ画報 大映秘蔵映画五十五年の歩み, 1996, P.99
After the original film trilogy in 1966, the series was revived in 2010 as a television drama titled Daimajin Kanon, broadcast on TV Tokyo.{{sfn|Oritz-Moya|2016|p=44}} The Daimajin character also made a cameo appearance in the 2021 film The Great Yokai War: Guardians.{{Cite web|title=「大魔神」55年の歳月を経てスクリーンに復活！ 三池崇史監督「妖怪大戦争 ガーディアンズ」本予告完成 |url=https://eiga.com/news/20210608/3/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=Eiga.com (jp)}}
Since the bankruptcy of Daiei Film, all of its representative tokusatsu franchises (Gamera and Daimajin and Yokai Monsters) have faced repeated inactivity in productions. There existed several revival attempts of Daimajin and Yokai Monsters along with the Gamera franchise, the most popular of the three, by Daiei Film's successors (Tokuma Shoten and Kadokawa Corporation).Movie Walker Press, 2021, [https://moviewalker.jp/news/article/1016329/ 金子修介監督、平成ガメラ三部作を語る！令和ガメラにも「やる気十分」]ZAKZAK, November 13, 2002, [https://web.archive.org/web/20021114151942/http://www.zakzak.co.jp/top/t-2002_11/2t2002111304.html 角川大映、「ゴジラvsガメラ」製作へ - 「大魔神」のリメーク版も], FUJI Evening News For example, Heisei Gamera trilogy initially started as an attempt to revive Daimajin, and the company later launched another Daimajin project along with the Heisei Gamera trilogy. This was supposed to feature Steven Seagal, the father of Ayako Fujitani who played the human protagonist of the Gamera trilogy, and the plot written by Yasutaka Tsutsui and Katsuhiro Otomo was later published as a novelization.Kengo Nakamura, 1999, From Princess Mononoke to My Neighbors the Yamadas, pp.38-41, Tokuma ShotenShinichiro Inoue (jp), 2010, Daiei Tokusatsu Film Encyclopedia: Daikaiju Fantasy Battle Gameva vs Daimajin, "Wrath of Daimajin", p.8, Newtype, Kadokawa Shoten There had been additional revival attempts, such as one by Ishiro Honda in 1980sSteve Ryfle, Ed Godziszewski, 2017, Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa, p.285, Wesleyan University Press an alleged 1990s project by Orange Sky Golden Harvest with starring Kevin Costner,Steven Sloss, 2023, [https://www.arrowfilms.com/blog/features/idol-threat-daimajins-colossal-cultural-footprint/ Idol Threat: Daimajin's Colossal Cultural Footprint], Arrow Films and Kadokawa, after acquiring the copyrights of Daiei properties from Tokuma Shoten, announced a Daimajin project along with Godzilla vs. Gamera crossover in 2002, which followed Yasuyoshi Tokuma (jp)'s attempts to produce a crossover between the two kaiju prior to his death in 2000,Kenichiro Terasawa (Masumi Kaneda), July 15, 2024, [https://x.com/KanedaMasumi/status/1812547641424937247 徳間康快社長が平成ガメラ第1作発表会で突然「ゴジラ対ガメラも考えている」といったのは漫画の後書きに関連。], Twitter (X)Tatsuji Nagano, May 2, 2023, [https://magmix.jp/post/153699/2 夢の対決「ゴジラvsガメラ」は実現するか? BS12で、『ゴジラ』『ガメラ』一挙放映], MAG MIX (jp) however Toho eventually turned down the proposals and Gamera the Brave was instead produced.{{cite web|author=Keith Aiken, Oki Miyano, Ed Godziszewski, Daisuke Ishizuka |url=https://www.scifijapan.com/kaiju-monsters/gamera-the-brave |title=Gamera The Brave |website=SciFi Japan |access-date=2024-12-09}}
Among the three franchises, only the Daimajin has not received any new film productions as of 2024 (except for Daimajin Kanon and The Great Yokai War: Guardians). Takashi Miike, who has directed The Great Yokai War and The Great Yokai War: Guardians, had also attempted to revive Daimajin in the late 2000s along with the 2006 film Gamera the Brave, which was allegedly cancelled due to the box office result of the 2006 Gamera film and was eventually redeveloped into Daimajin Kanon.Eiga Hihō (jp), April, 2007, 実写限定!巨大ロボット映画ベスト30!-「トランスフォーマー」襲来間近!「ガンヘッド」もやってくるぞ!, Yosensha (jp){{cite web |author=Ed Godziszewski |url=https://www.scifijapan.com/kaiju-monsters/daieis-idol-of-terror-daimajin-the-avenging-god |title=Daiei's Idol of Terror: DAIMAJIN, THE AVENGING GOD |website= SciFi Japan |access-date=2014-12-18}}{{cite web|author=Keith Aiken |url=https://www.scifijapan.com/kaiju-monsters/nezura-1964-exclusive-first-look-at-concept-art-for-new-kaiju-movie|title=NEZURA 1964 -- Exclusive First Look At Concept Art For New Kaiju Movie!|website=SciFi Japan |access-date=2024-12-09}} Miike described the difficulty to revive the Daimajin franchise based on budgetary problems; Daimajin (as a character) is physically much smaller than traditional kaiju and Ultraman and directly interacts with humans. This results in necessity of increase in Daimajin's size to act among modern buildings, and expensive (large-scaled, life-sized, and detailed) models and props for filming.{{cite web |author=Hyouri Takahashi |date=2021-08-21 |url= https://www.banger.jp/movie/62211/ |title=三池崇史監督が語る「大魔神」復活の意外な真実とは!?『妖怪大戦争 ガーディアンズ』に込めたメッセージと子供たちへの眼差し |website=banger.jp.|access-date=2024-12-18}}
A rather predictable storyline of the franchise had also triggered the cancellation of the reboot attempt as a television series called Majin Ikaruga in 1960s by Noriaki Yuasa and Mamoru Sasaki and Yoji Hashimoto (jp) along with the budgetary requirement; Yuasa and Sasaki {{refn|Yuasa and Sasaki had previously co-worked for various television dramas such as Princess Comet and Okusama wa 18-sai.|group="note"}} were also originally appointed for Daimajin Kanon.Shunichi Karasawa (jp), April 14, 2006, Gamera Genesis: Movie Director Noriaki Yuasa, p.216-217, Enterbrain
Producing three Daimajin films within the same year presumably accelerated financial difficulties of Daiei Film and resulted in the cancellation of subsequent Daimajin productions.Fuminobi Hata, December 12, 2022, [https://jp.ign.com/gamera-rebirth/64425/feature/netflix 俺はお前を待っていた！Netflixで復活の大怪獣ガメラ、その歩みと新作への期待], IGN Japan
Daimajin along with Gamera and Daimon and Sadako Yamamura and characters from the GeGeGe no Kitarō series{{refn|There have been occasions for models and suits of these characters to be exhibited alongside.{{cite web|author=Shōzaburō Nakamura |author-link=:ja:中村正三郎 (プログラマ) |date=2012-05-26|url=https://iiyu.asablo.jp/blog/2012/05/26/6457370 |title=ゲゲゲの鬼太郎の調布ぬくもりステーションに、ガメラ、大魔神、貞子3Dが出現|work=Shōzaburō Nakamura's Hot Corner|access-date=2024-12-18}}|group="note"}} and multiple other characters from various franchises made cameo appearances in the novel series USO MAKOTO Yōkai Hyaku Monogatari by Natsuhiko Kyogoku.Natsuhiko Kyogoku, 2018, USO MAKOTO Yōkai Hyaku Monogatari, "Kyu", 373-375, p.392, Kadokawa Additionally, Daimajin made an appearance in the 2015 novel Daimajin Denki.Hirofumi Tanaka (jp), Jin Kurose, September 25, 2015, Daimajin Denki, Soudosha (jp)
Daimajin has appeared in several television advertisements such as ones by Toyota, Suntory, and Acecook (jp).
In 1988, Masahiko Katto produced a independent film titled The Resurrection of Daimajin.
Films
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| style="background: #A9D0F5" | Official English title
! style="background: #A9D0F5" | Japanese title ! style="background: #A9D0F5" | Japanese release date ! style="background: #A9D0F5" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |
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| Daimajin
| {{nihongo|Giant Demon God|大魔神}} | 17 April 1966 |
| Return of Daimajin
| {{nihongo|Wrath of the Giant Demon God|大魔神怒る|Daimajin Ikaru}} | 13 August 1966 |{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=334}}{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=335}} |
| Wrath of Daimajin
| {{nihongo|The Giant Demon God's Counterattack|大魔神逆襲|Daimajin Gyakushū}} | 10 December 1966 | {{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=277}}{{cite AV media|title=Daimajin|publisher=Mill Creek Entertainment|year=2012|ASIN=B008L0YMSW|page=Back cover}} |
| The Great Yokai War: Guardians
| {{Nihongo|The Great Yokai War: Guardians|妖怪大戦争 ガーディアンズ|Yōkai Daisensō Gādianzu}} | 13 August 2021 |
=''Daimajin''=
{{Main|Daimajin (film)}}
In Japan, a household of peasants cower during a series of earth tremors that are interpreted as the escape attempts of Daimajin, a spirit trapped within the mountain. These events are observed by Lord Hanabasa, and his chamberlain, Samanosuke, who are attempting to seize power in the area. As the villagers pray at a shrine, Samanosuke and his henchmen slaughter Hanabasa's family, with only his son and daughter escaping, who are assisted by the samurai Kogenta. Back at the shrine, Samanosuke's men begin to take over and forbid gatherings at the shrine. After failing to warn Samanosuke about his actions, the priestess Shinobu returns home, finding Kogenta and the two children. Shinobu takes them up the side of the mountain into forbidden territory, where the stone idol which is Daimajin stands, half-buried in the side of the mountain. The children grow to adulthood with the son, Tadafumi (Yoshihiko Aoyama) reaching his 18th birthday. Meanwhile, Samanosuke has enslaved the village. After several attempts to return peace and freedom to the village, Samanosuke's men travel up the mountain to smash Daimajin. Damaijin is asked by the daughter, Kozasa (Miwa Takada) to save her brother, with the idol removing a mask to reveal Daimajin's real face, leading it to rise from the mountain and exact its wrath on Samanosuke and his fortress. Daimajin's wrath begins to grow to attacking everything in sight, only stopping when Kozasa's tears land on Daimajin's feet.
The film was released in the United States by Daiei International with subtitles in an English-dubbed version by Bernard Lewis.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=277}} The film has been released under many English alternative titles, such as The Devil Got Angry, The Vengeance of the Monster, and Majin, the Monster of Terror.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=277}}
=''Return of Daimajin''=
In Japan, Daimajin is found on an island in the middle of a lake which is surrounded by two peaceful villages, Chigusa and Nagoshi. In a distant third village ruled by an evil lord, the citizens flee to Chigusa to take refuge. One day, the evil lord decides to take over the two villages and attempts to do so at an annual festival. After being pursued by the evil lord's army, the people of Chigusa and Nagoshi find themselves on the island with the Daimajin statue. The evil lord has his men shatter the statue with a large amount of gunpowder, and the pieces are thrown into the lake. Nevertheless, Daimajin awakens and attacks the lord and his men, destroying them, before being calmed once again.
Return of Daimajin was never released theatrically in the United States, but was released to television by AIP-TV in 1967.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=335}} It also has been released under the alternate title Return of the Giant Majin
=''Wrath of Daimajin''=
In Japan, Daimajin is found at the top of a mountain. Fathers in a village have been captured by an evil lord and forced to work in labor camps. Four of their sons decide to go rescue them, even if it means crossing the mountain where Daimajin is. The four sons pay their respects to the statue when they pass it so that they do not incur its wrath. The evil lord eventually angers the statue, who comes to life and destroys all those who have not been paying respect to it. The children and their fathers are spared, while the work camp is destroyed.
Wrath of Daimajin was never released theatrically in the United States, but received the international English title of Majin Strikes Again.
=''The Great Yokai War: Guardians''=
{{main|The Great Yokai War: Guardians}}
Daimajin appears as a notable character in the 2021 film The Great Yokai War: Guardians, which is a sequel to The Great Yokai War and part of the Yokai Monsters series.
Television Drama
{{Main|Daimajin Kanon}}
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| {{nihongo|Daimajin Kanon|大魔神カノン}}
| 2 April 2010 | Shuntaro Ono (jp), December 28, 2018, Geistesgeschichte of Gamera: From Showa to Heisei, pp.178-179, pp.192-193, pp.207-208, Takanashi Shobō (jp) |
The 2010 drama Daimajin Kanon is the sole television series of the franchise. Originally, Noriaki Yuasa from the Gamera franchise was appointed for the director along with Mamoru Sasaki as the writer and additional film crews from Toei's Kamen Rider franchise.
Recurring cast and characters
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- This table only includes characters which have appeared in more than one film.
- A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's presence in the film has not yet been announced.
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| width="25%" rowspan="2" | Character
! colspan="3" | Film |
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| width="25%" | Daimajin (1966) ! width="25%" | Return of Daimajin ! width="25%" | Wrath of Daimajin |
| Daimajin
| colspan="3" | Riki Hoshimoto {{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=277}}{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=334}}{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=335}} |
Crew
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| width="20%" rowspan="2" | Occupation
! colspan="3" | Film |
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| width="20%" | Daimajin (1966) ! width="20%" | Return of Daimajin ! width="20%" | Wrath of Daimajin |
| Director |
| Producer(s)
| colspan="3" | Masaichi Nagata |
| Screenplay
| colspan="3" | Tetsuro Yoshida |
| Composer(s)
| colspan="3" |Akira Ifukube |
| Director of photography
| colspan="3" |Fujio Morita |
| Editor(s)
| colspan="3" |Hiroshi Yamada |
| {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
| {{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=277}} | {{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=334}}{{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=335}} | {{sfn|Galbraith IV|1996|p=277}} |
Home media
Legacy
{{see also|Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare}}
Successes of Gamera and Daimajin franchises contributed in subtle improvements of financial situation of Daiei Film (while rushed productions of Daimajin films worsened the strength of the company), and resulted in the launching of the Yokai Monsters including the creation of Daimon the vampire. Kazunori Ito had presumably inserted references to Wrath of Daimajin within his Heisei Gamera trilogy; snowscapes in Gamera 2: Attack of Legion, and taboo breaking of a mountain village and its hazardous consequences in Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris.
The aforementioned GeGeGe no Kitarō series and the Akuma-kun series by Shigeru Mizuki introduced Daimajin-based characters on occasions{{refn|Daimajin with altered design and settings both in the 1966 live-action drama (jp) and the episode 39 of the 1989 anime adaptation of the Akumakun, and the clay warriors appeared in the episode 73 of the 1985 anime adaptation of the GeGeGe no Kitarō.March 24, 1990, All Kaiju Kaijin (jp), pp.92–93, Keibunsha (jp)|group="note"}} where Mizuki had associated with Daiei Film for the Yokai Monsters (which includes The Great Yokai War: Guardians). Kyogoku Natsuhiko also made Gamera and Daimajin and GeGeGe no Kitarō characters and Sadako Yamamura and Inuyasha and Sesshomaru (jp){{refn|Gamera and Gyaos and Daimajin made cameo appearances in the Urusei Yatsura franchise,[https://dijeh.tumblr.com/post/189846127788/gyaos-and-gamera-in-urusei-yatsura-episodes/amp Gyaos and Gamera in Urusei Yatsura, episodes 186/209 and 191/214.][https://www.tohokingdom.com/articles/art_sighting_tv_visual.htm Toho Sightings (TV) - Visual]Tom Wilmot, September 3, 2021, [https://blog.alltheanime.com/daimajin/ Daimajin], All the Anime where Shusuke Kaneko and Kazunori Ito reused their ideas from Urusei Yatsura episodes for their Heisei Gamera trilogy; Kaneko participated in the anime due to an invitation from Mamoru Oshii, and Oshii was originally supposed to join the production of Gamera 2: Attack of Legion. Several references to Gamera has also been introduced in the Inuyasha franchise.{{cite web|title=Gamera|url=http://www.furinkan.com/iycompanion/misc/references/gamera.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071221095201/http://www.furinkan.com/iycompanion/misc/references/gamera.html|archive-date=2007-12-21|website=|access-date=2025-01-26}}|group="note"}} co-appeared in the USO MAKOTO Yōkai Hyaku Monogatari series.
Daimajin potentially influenced other productions such as the 1967 British horror film It!, the 1984 novel series God Mazinger, the 1985 North Korean kaiju film Pulgasari influenced by the Godzilla franchise, and the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves by aforementioned Kevin Costner. Parody characters based on Daimajin were featured in various other productions such as Urusei Yatsura, a popular variety show WHAT A FANTASTIC NIGHT (jp),[http://www8.ncv.ne.jp/~qvarie/var/ntv/konyaha.html 今夜は最高!] video games such as Genpei Tōma Den,[https://dds.konami.com/games/manual/pcemini/jp_Genpei.pdf 源平討魔伝] Ginga Ninkyouden (jp), Gekibo: Gekisha Boy series, and Magic Sword: Heroic Fantasy.[http://yadayo.g3.xrea.com/eiga/ta.html 映画 た]
Former professional baseball player Kazuhiro Sasaki was nicknamed after the Daimajin, and Sasaki has participated in collaborations and advertisements with the franchise.[https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/74663/full/ 「ホントに大きい!」『大魔神カノン』主演女優・里久鳴祐果、リアル大魔神・佐々木主浩のデカさに口あんぐり][https://www.sankyo-fever.jp/history/mp/962.pdf CR大魔神][https://www.ebay.com/itm/325512941767 ダイマンCR 佐々木和弘 野球フィギュア 日本大栄海寿ソフビ]
The term "Daimajin" has been increasingly used in popular cultures and other topics such as Dragon Quest,[https://9db.jp/dqwalk/data/9377 だいまじんのこころSの性能と必要個数] High School! Kimengumi,Jin Daima (jp) Martian Successor Nadesico,MAHQ, April 24, 2022, [https://www.mahq.net/daimajin/ Daimajin] and production varieties.[https://www.shimizuya-tanenae.com/item/VS001060830/ 【大玉スイカ種子】 天理交配（大和農園）「大魔神（だいまじん）」★新タネは種子切り替えの12月以降のお届を予定][https://www.e-sazan.com/item/22215/ 壱岐本格麦焼酎「大魔神」25°720ml] Former professional boat racer Masato Aki (jp) was also nicknamed as {{nihongo|"Seto no Daimajin"|瀬戸の大魔神|{{lit.|Daimajin of the strait|lead=yes}}}} and a competition race was named after him.[https://www.boatrace.jp/owpc/pc/race/raceindex?jcd=15&hd=20240506 安岐真人杯争奪 瀬戸の大魔神大賞] Several comedian groups such as the Daimajin (jp) also bear the term in their stage names.[https://www.tp-e.jp/comedian/ooshirodaimajin/ オオシロ大魔神]
In response to the repeated vandalisms targeting national treasures and important cultural properties of Nara Prefecture in 2010s (jp), the prefecture and its school committee (jp) and prefectural police (jp) designated Daimajin as the mascot character for crime prevention posters.Nara Prefecture, [https://www.pref.nara.jp/item/139758.htm 文化財防犯ポスターの作成・配付について]
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|qid=Q1165338|title=Daimajin}}
- {{IMDb title|qid=Q2577732|title=The Return of Daimajin}}
- {{IMDb title|qid=Q23706919|title=Daimajin Strikes Again}}
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Category:Daiei Film tokusatsu films