Original Title: 大魔神
Status
Released
Release
1966
Runtime
1h 24m
A giant stone statue comes to life to protect the residents of a small town against the depradations of an evil warlord.
25 Cast Members
Miwa Takada
Kozasa Hanabusa
Yoshihiko Aoyama
Tadafumi Hanabusa
Jun Fujimaki
Kogenta
Ryūtarō Gomi
Samanosuke
Ryūzō Shimada
Tadakiyo Hanabusa
Tatsuo Endō
Gunjuro
Saburo Date
Ippei Cyjûma
Shizuhiro Izoguchi
Take-bô - The Boy
Hideki Ninomiya
Tadafumi as a boy
Chikara Hashimoto
Otome Tsukimiya
Shinobu - The Shrine Maiden
Keiko Kayama
Haruno
Eigorō Onoe
Gosaku
Gen Kimura
Mosuke - Take-bô's Dad
Hideo Kuroki
Magojûrô
Yutaro Ban
Shōsaku Sugiyama
Akira Shiga
Jun Ōsugi
Jun Katsumura
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