The Magic Serpent (1966)

19661h 26mdir. Tetsuya YamanouchiJapaneseJapanpost-apocalyptic filmninja film

Note: this print runs 86 minutes against a recorded 94 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Hiroki Matsukata, Ryūtarō Ōtomo

Directed by Tetsuya Yamanouchi

The Magic Serpent still

The Magic Serpent (怪竜大決戦, Kairyū daikessen; lit. 'Great Dragon Battle') is a 1966 tokusatsu fantasy film directed by Tetsuya Yamanochi, with special effects by Shigeru Akatsuka and Kunio Kunisada. Produced and distributed by Toei Company, it loosely adapts the story of Jiraiya. In the film, a young prince returns to reclaim his father's throne from the tyrannical despot and dragon-summoning samurai that usurped him.

Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.

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