Return of Daimajin (大魔神怒る)

Daiei Motion Picture Co., Ltd.

Return of Daimajin

Producer: Masaichi Nagata

Development: Kimiyoshi Yasuda Screenplay: Tetsuro Yoshida

Cinematography: Fujio Morita, Shozo Tanaka

Sound: Masao Osumi Lights: Hiroshi Mima, Kenji Furuya Art: Akira Naito, Shigeru Kato Music: Akira Ifukube

Sound Effects: Toru Kurashima Assistant Dir: Eiji Nishizawa Prod. Mgr: Takashi Imamura Post Production: Toyo Genzojo

Cast

Kojiro Hongo Shiho Fujimura

Taro Marui, Jutaro Hojoh, Koichi Uenoyama, Asao Uchida, Chikara Hashimoto, Takashi Kanda

Sei Hiraizumi, Koji Fujiyama, Koichi Mizuhara, Gen Takasugi, Hyosuke Kanbe, Yusaku Terashima, Kimiko Tachibana

Yuji Hamada, Hideo Kuroki, Kohbu Matsuda, Yoshitaka Ito, Tadashi Iwata, Yutaro Ban, Kiyokazu Kagatsume, Kayo Mikimoto, Keiko Koyanagi

Director: Kenji Misumi Spec. Effects Director: Yoshiyuki Kuroda

How dare you flee from Lord Danjo Mikoshiba's land!

Come back right away!

Understand now? You leave and you're next.

You want to live? Then return now!

Let's run. Now's our chance.

But...

if we return to Mikoshiba, we'll have bare farmland

and we'll be enslaved. It won't be a life.

Buck up.

That bell.

It's Yagumo Lake! That's God's island.

We made it to Chigusa!

Oh, honey!

We finally made it.

Let's go.

So there's Chigusa, the lake, and then Nagoshi.

The Nagoshi clan is an offshoot of the Chigusa clan.

Using the lake's bounty, both nations have prospered.

But we are barren, mountainous, and very poor.

Even if we wanted to stop the migration of villagers to Chigusa

the mountains make that extremely hard.

Genba.

I hear that there will be a festival in Chigusa

in honor of their lord.

- Do you know about it? - Yes.

I hear the Nagoshi clan are invited and will be there tomorrow.

That's exactly when we'll take over Yagumo Lake.

Well then.

We can't sit idly by forever.

We now conclude our festivities.

We sincerely thank our friends, the Nagoshi clan, for coming.

Yes, yes.

We pray for you my lord for continued peace and wealth.

Let's pray for continued good luck. Everything was wonderful.

Lord Hyoe.

Stay for a while.

Oh, I can't do that.

We must discuss our lord marrying Miss Sayuri this fall.

Is taking care of the Mikoshiba refugees quite tiring, Juro?

Let me know how we can help.

We're doing the best we can.

The refugees happily work hard in the valleys.

There's no need to worry.

- What is it? - Sir.

Tell the lord.

- Yes. - Yes.

We are refugees that are working in the Ichino valley.

We can't live off of you forever.

We discussed how to repay you

and each of us pitched in one bowl of rice.

It finally amounted to that.

- Each refugee gave one bowl of rice? - Yes.

I know it's not a lot. But would the palace--

Accept it?

Offering

Much obliged. We gladly accept.

Oh, thank you! We'll carry it to the palace right away.

Thank goodness we were born in Chigusa and not in Mikoshiba.

Yes. I hope we're happy forever.

Oomph!

- Ooph. - Here.

- Let's go pray to our god. - Yes.

Welcome back.

Oh, it's you, Ryuta.

Yes. Hi, my brother!

You're here, again?

Oh no! Our god is angry.

Is this what the legend says, Shige?

Yes. This occurs only before something bad happens.

What!?

It's been said when God's face turns red

The Nagoshi valley will perish.

I don't believe this.

So something horrible is going to happen?

- Father, we must warn everyone and pray. - Yes.

My lord!

Intruder! Beware!

And who are you?

- We're from Mikoshiba. - What!?

The Mikoshiba army is within castle walls!

- My lord! My lord! - How far are they?

- They'll be here momentarily. - My lord, you must get out.

- Come fight, Juro Chigusa! - Fight! Fight!

You are!?

My lord!

Not this gate?

- We'll get out through the Izumi gate. - Yes!

Hurry, my lord!

My lord!

We'll take care of the rest, Gokaro.

- Go to Izumi gate. - Yes!

- Hurry and guide our lord! - Hurry!

- Here! - Come.

Hurry!

We pray to you to protect our land

and people from all evil.

Please ward off all evil spirits and grant us peace and fortune.

My lord!

My lord!

Chigusa castle has been attacked and taken over!

Chigusa castle?

My lord!

The Mikoshiba army has taken over your castle, sir.

- You mean, Danjo Mikoshiba? - Yes.

- Where are our ships? - We don't know.

But their flags are up so--

Father.

That's why

God's face turned red.

Everyone!

This will probably happen to Nagoshi as well.

- Let's get ready to protect ourselves. - Yes, sir!

Katsushi. Go get details about what's happening in Chigusa.

Yes.

- How are things? - Well

- We still don't know. - That's no good.

It'll be dawn soon. We can't rest until we find Juro and kill him.

There's only one place he probably went.

- We're continuing onto Nagoshi! Go! - Yes!

- How was it? - Father.

Juro is gone and Mikoshiba took over Chigusa castle.

I see.

Wait, wait! Calm down!

Lord Danjo, let's talk peacefully.

And why are you here?

- Hand over Chigusa's young lord. - Lord Juro?

- He must be here. - Here?

- Why would Juro be here? - The young lord is not here!

He has nowhere else to turn but to kin!

Give him up peacefully, Hyoe.

Otherwise we'll take over Nagoshi just as we did Chigusa!

Settle down! Down!

Juro is not here.

Do you all want to die?

He's not here!

- Who cares. Go look! - Yes!

Halt!

- So you did hide him! - Go!

Whether Juro is here or not, I will not allow you to enter my castle!

Lord Danjo.

Even if Juro was here

as long as I am alive

I will never take orders from you. Now leave!

What?

You'll see God's wrath if you bring harm to this land.

God's wrath?

- Is that a threat? - No, it's not.

The god that protects us is on Yagumo island.

He will get angry if you cause harm to the land.

Silly things like that don't happen.

Yes, they do.

God most certainly will get mad.

Hmmm. That's interesting.

I will take God's anger head on!

What?

- Take over the castle, Genba. - Stop!

Wait!

- Father! - My lord! My lord!

Why, you!

- Everyone wait! - Oh, father.

- Fighting won't resolve this. Calm down! - But, father!

- How dare he! - No.

Nagoshi will only suffer if we fight.

Don't let revenge get in the way.

- But father! - Absolutely not!

Think carefully.

We would be stooping to his level if we fight.

Hang back for the sake of God and the people of Nagoshi.

- That is our responsibility. Okay? - Father!

The lake god is with us.

God will...

God will most certainly punish!

Hold back and don't fight. Do you hear me? Do you?

- Father! - My lord! My lord!

- Brother. - Don't, Ryuta.

Now do you get it? You're done.

Tie them up!

Wait! What are you going to do with my brother?

He's our hostage. Bring Juro to us and he can return.

- Juro? - Right.

Listen up, people of Nagoshi!

Katsushige will die if you help the Chigusa clan.

Don't forget that!

If you want to help your brother, bring me Juro.

As of today, I, Danjo will take over.

I will leave Onikojima to live in your castle.

- Let's go! - Yes!