The Giant Majin Collection
by Kenji Misumi, Kimiyoshi Yasuda
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Actor: Jun Fujimaki, Miwa Takada, Tatsuo Endô, Yoshihiko Aoyama, Yutaro GomiDirector: Kenji Misumi, Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Brand: Image Entertainment
Cinematographer: Fujio Morita
Editor: Hiroshi Yamada
Producer: Masaichi Nagata
Writer: Tetsurô Yoshida
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 1.0; Japanese (Original Language); English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 180 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-01-09
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Image Entertainment
Movie Reviews of The Giant Majin Collection
Movie Review: unsubtitled/unletterboxed from 16mm. Just like I remember them!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I just orered this DvD and cannot wait t get it. If Its as good as Retromedias Gamera film discs than I will have no complaints at all. All I ask of any video release of Japanese monster films is that they be as good as the ones I
saw on WDCA channel 20 in Washington DC from 1975-1985, when they ran the series Creature Feature, Sci FI Theatre and Saturday Creature Features. Yes its great to have the widescreen version with the japanese language
track. But I will never appreciate it as much as the versions I grew up with.
As for the Majin movies themselves: These are the first two films. Majin The Monster of Terror (aka D)Dimajin or Giant Majin 1966) and Return of the Giant Majin (DaiMajin ikaru or Giant Majin Becomes Enraged aka Wrath of Daimajin 1966)
These versions were dubbed and sold directly to TV by American International in 1968.
The first film had played in selected US theatres in '66 under the simple title Majin in a dubbed and subtitled version. It is uncertain why AIP never picked up the third film fr US TV.(it is entirely possible that Daiei never offered thefilm.) And since 16mm film was the standard format for UHF stations, thats how these are presented.
The third movie is called DaiMajin's Counterattack or Return of Daimajin (This second title has caused confusion in recent years sinc it is similar to AIPs title for the second film) It remained unreleased in the US
until its VHS release in the late 1990s.
If you want the third film, or widescreen, or japanese language you will want the version from ADVFILMS.
If you want to see the ones you grew up with, buy this version from Retromedia and thank Fred Olan Ray.
If the film does contain leader as the other reviews claim, Im sure it is because Fred is just trying to preserve
a feel of nostalgia. I dont mind that at all. I have come to the conclusion that people who like to make fun of these films always will, no matter how they look.
I once had a customer( I work in a video store) tell me she thought the Tri star Godzilla was fantastic and all the old ones were just a guy is a rubber suit with a visible zipper. She knew I was a fan of the "old" one
and basically was just saying that to be mean. I could have called her something terrible starting with "B" or
"C" or even "N" (it was only a temp job, who cared about getting fired). But I didnt, because I knew that basically Im cool and she isn't. She losses out, I dont. She only gets to enjoy one monster movie. I get to enjoy hundreds. She hurt my feelings , if only a little, but I decided to be the bigger man and not be mean to someone over a simple matter of taste. You cannot make the whole world happy.
But today, I am happy with both Majin video sets. Buy Retromedia's an ADV and you will literaly have every version available (I dont think there IS an english dubbed International version of Return of DaiMajin, Hopefully Im wrong). Doing this with Godzilla or even Gamera is a much harder task.
Just one note to the parents. Remember thar Majin is much more violent than his brother Gamera or Godzilla.
Majin is also a pretty scary looking character and all three films are pretty much aimed at adults, so younger kids might be a bit disturbed by him. Hes a far cry from Minya.
PS. THANKS FRED!!!
Summary of The Giant Majin Collection
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