The Daimajin Trilogy is an odd little side step in the world of giant monster movies. All three were released the same year and all three have pretty similar plots. Daimajin is a giant statue possessed by a spirit owlet's say... justice. He is usually called into action by the members of the deposed family or a religious figure, though not always and once his wrath is set in motion, he will not stop until peace has returned to the region.
In the first film he is called to rid the people an evil warlord who sends his men to destroy the statue, but when they hammer a giant spike into its forehead, it bleeds, comes to life and returns the spike to the terrible warlord by impaling him with it. Revenge was not enough it seems and the monster continues destroying everything in site until the hero, a woman named Kozasa, cries on it's feet - causing the spirit to leave the statues which crumbles into rubble.
The second film is much the same, but Daimajin nows live sin the middle of a lake. Another evil warlord, who takes no chances this time and blows the statue to bits, has taken over the peaceful land. Despite this, the spirit is summoned and rids the kingdom of the warlords forces and the warlord himself.
In the third outing, the statue is now on top on a mountain instead of the side of one. This time the common people call on his aid and he once again destroys the evil warlord and anyone associated with him. He also becomes a sort of "friend of the children" AKA Gamera the giant turtle series which was also done by Daiei Film.
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Never saw any of these though I've been aware of them. Don't think they ever showed up on the Creature Double Feature. How did you see them? Seems like something that's inherently Japanese and likely has some kind of very long term context. They worth watching?
I saw them at the Everett movie house when i was a kid. They had double features Saturdays for kids that were mostly monster movies and flash gordon serials. I have to say.. they are not really worth watching in my opinion except for curiosity. I do have a friend who loves them fro some reason but three films in one year with the same basic plot, not exactly high end film making!
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