surrounded by two peaceful villages, Chigusa and Nagoshi. In a distant third village ruled by an evil lord, the citizens flee to Chigusa to take refuge. One day, the evil lord decides to take over the two villages and attempts to do so at an annual festival. After being pursued by the evil lord's army, the people of Chigusa and Nagoshi find themselves on the island with the Daimajin statue. The evil lord has his men shatter the statue with a large amount of gunpowder. Daimajin's shattered remains end up at the bottom of the lake. Daimajin awakens to inflict chaos to all around it, including the landscape and the evil lord. Return of Daimajin was never released theatrically in the United States, but was released to television by AIP-TV in 1967. Daimajin Strikes Again In Japan, Daimajin is found at the top of a mountain. Fathers in a village have been captured by an evil lord and forced to work in labor camps. Four of their sons decide to go rescue them, even if it means crossing the mountain where Daimajin is. The four sons pay their respects to the statue when they pass it so that they do not incur its wrath. The evil lord eventually angers the statue, who comes to life and destroys all those who have not been paying respect to it. The children and their fathers are spared, while the work camp is destroyed. Daimajin Strikes Again was never released theatrically in the United States, but received the international English title of The Return of Majin. Recurring cast and characters This table only includes characters which have appeared in more than one film. A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's presence in the film has not yet been announced. Crew Home media References Citations Sources External links 1966 films Daiei Film tokusatsu films Kadokawa Dwango franchises Kaiju Fantasy film series Fictional samurai Fictional golems Fictional demons and devils ADV Films Japanese film series Trilogies 1960s Japanese films