Kadokawa Pictures have announced the Japanese DVD release of 'Daimajin' for the 23rd July, 2010. Equal parts samurai drama and 'Godzilla', Daiei Studio's fondly-remembered film series transports the metropolitan mayhem of the daikaiju eiga ("giant monster movie") to sixteenth-century Japan.
Synopsis
During Japan's Warring States period, the kindly Lord Hanabusa is overthrown by the wicked Samanosuke, a tyrant who enslaves his subjects to build an immense fortress from which he will conquer the neighboring domains. A faithful samurai and a Shinto priestess hide Hanabusa's children Tadafumi and Kozasa in a mountain shrine to Majin, a giant stone statue worshipped by the local peasants as a god. Once the children come of age, Tadafumi and his friends plot to depose Samanosuke. As the struggle for control of the Hanabusa lands comes to a head, Samanosuke's evil ways anger Majin. The stone giant stirs to life, and only Kozasa has the power to check its rampage of destruction.
Artwork and trailer are below, and you can preorder the DVD now from YesAsia.com.
