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The Magic Serpent (1966)

Directed by Tetsuya Yamauchi

Fantasy | Action | Adventure

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Overview

In ancient Japan, a good lord is killed and his throne is taken by the trecherous Yuki Daijo and his wizard friend Oroki-maru. The young prince Ikazuki-maru is rescued from the jaws of death by a magic bird sent by a wizard. Ten years later, Ikazuki-maru embarks on an adventure to avenge his parents and the wizard’s death with his magic powers he learned from the wizard. He kills Yuki Daijo but then must battle Oroki-maru in a battle to the death.

Length 94 minutes

Actors

Hiroki Matsukata | Tomoko Ogawa | Ryutaro Otomo | Bin Amatsu | Nobuo Kaneko | Sen Hara | Kensaku Hara | Masataka Iwao | SeizĂ´ Fukumoto | Akira Shioji | Yumi Suzuki | Shin'ichirĂ´ Hayashi

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
05/16/2022TVBroadcastTV5 stars
07/26/2017TVDVDOwned6 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Such a bizarre movie. Features maybe 10 minutes of actual monster action yet 80 minutes of wild fantasy action including ninja. I picked this up at G-Fest and the DVD is a rip from the Laserdisc. Has the trailer upfront and an extended trailer at the end… both in Japanese yet the feature film is the American release dubbed in English. The dub also has monster sounds lifted from Showa Godzilla movies. Funny to hear especially in a Toei film.

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