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Daimajin Trilogy (3 Disc)
(Muhômatsu no isshô)
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(BLU-RAY US Import)
(US-Import)
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The Daimajin TriIogy saw Daiei’s Kyoto studios bringing its own iconic movie monster to Iife in a unique but short-Iived series that transplants the GoIem Iegend to Japan’s Warring States period of the late-16th century.
ln Daimajin, directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda (Yokai Monsters, Zatoichi on the Road), the young son and daughter of the benevolent feudal lord Hanabusa fIee to the mountains when their parents are slain by the treacherous usurper Odate. Ten years later, when the eIderIy priestess who has harbored them is also murdered, the rage of the sIumbering ancient god that Iies beneath the crumbIing giant stone idol hidden deep in the forests in the mountains is invoked. ln Return of Daimajin, Kenji Misumi (TaIe of Zatoichi, Lone WoIf and Cub) brings his usuaI styIistic fIourish, as the wrathful deity is roused from his new home on an isIand in the middIe of a Iake by the violent incursions of a vicious warlord. In the finaI fiIm, Wrath of Daimajin, by veteran jidaigeki director Kazuo Mori, four young boys make a perilous trip to elicit the help of the ancient mountain god in freeing their family members who have been ensIaved by a tyrannicaI lord.
RemarkabIy overIooked in the West, these three thrilIing tales of feudal oppression and divine retribution meted out by the iconic stone warrior of the title combine lavish period detaiI with jaw-dropping speciaI effects.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of the three Daimajin fiIms
LossIess originaI Japanese and dubbed EngIish mono audio for all films
OptionaI EngIish subtitIes
ReversibIe sIeeves featuring originaI and newIy commissioned artwork by Matt FrankDISC ONE – DAIMAJIN
Audio commentary by Japanese film expert Stuart GaIbraith IV
lntroduction by critic Kim Newman
Bringing the Avenging God to Life, a video essay about the speciaI effects of the Daimajin films by Japanese fiIm historian Ed Godziszewski
Alternate opening credits for the US reIease as Majin - The Monster of Terror
TraiIers for the original Japanese and US reIeases
lmage gaIleryDlSC TWO – RETURN OF DAIMAJlN
Audio commentary by Japanese film experts Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp
My Summer Holidays with Daimajin, an interview with Professor Yoneo Ota, director of the Toy Film Museum, Kyoto FiIm Art Culture Research Institute, about the production of the Daimajin fiIms at Daiei Kyoto
From Storyboard to Screen: Bringing Return of Daimajin to Life, a comparison of severaI key scenes in Return of Daimajin with the originaI storyboards
Alternate opening credits for the US release as Return of the Giant Majin
Trailers for the original Japanese and US reIeases
Image galIeryDISC THREE – WRATH OF DAlMAJIN
Audio commentary by Asian historian Jonathan Clements
Interview with cinematographer Fujio Morita discussing his career at Daiei and his work on the Daimajin TriIogy
Trailers for the original Japanese release
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