Yamata no Orochi no Gyakushu

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Yamata no Orochi no Gyakushu

is a tokusatsu

Tokusatsu

is a Japanese language word that literally means "special effects." It is primarily used to refer to live-action Japanese film and Japanese television drama that generally feature superheroes and make considerable use of special effects....
kaiju

Kaiju

File:Gojira 1954 poster 3.jpgFile:Jujin Yuki Otoko poster.jpg is a Japanese language word that means "strange beast," but often translated in English language as "monster." Specifically, it is used to refer to a genre of tokusatsu entertainment....
fan film

Fan film

A fan film is a film or video inspired by a film, television program, comic book or a similar source, created by fan rather than by the source's copyright holders or creators....
shot on 16mm

16 mm film

16 mm film refers to a popular, economical film gauge of film used for motion pictures and non-theatrical film making. 16 mm refers to the width of the film....
by Daicon Films (now Gainax)

Gainax

is a Japanese anime studio famous for productions such as The Wings of Honneamise, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, Neon Genesis Evangelion , FLCL and Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann which have gone on to critical acclaim and commercial success, as well as for their association with award-winning anime director and studio co-found...
. It was released on December of 1985 and runs at 72 minutes. This was the most heavily promoted of Daicon's fan films. It was so successful that it was released on video by Bandai/Emotion

Bandai

is a Japanese toy making company, as well as the producer of a large number of plastic model kits. It is the world's third largest producer of toys. Some ex-Bandai group companies produce anime and tokusatsu programs....
. This film was also a turning point for the career of special effects director Shinji Higuchi

Shinji Higuchi

is a storyboard artist and is one of the top special effects wizards in Japan, best known for his work on the Heisei Gamera Trilogy. He works on both anime and tokusatsu projects....
.

This film was Daicon's epic parody

Parody

A parody , in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, or author, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation....
of the many classic daikaiju

Kaiju

Biomechanics

Biomechanics is the application of mechanical principles to living organisms. This includes bioengineering, the research and analysis of the mechanics of living organisms and the application of engineering principles to and from biological systems....
-looking version of the mythical eight-headed serpent, the Orochi

Orochi

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is a tokusatsu

Tokusatsu

Kaiju

Fan film

A fan film is a film or video inspired by a film, television program, comic book or a similar source, created by fan rather than by the source's copyright holders or creators....
shot on 16mm

16 mm film

16 mm film refers to a popular, economical film gauge of film used for motion pictures and non-theatrical film making. 16 mm refers to the width of the film....
by Daicon Films (now Gainax)

Gainax

Bandai

Shinji Higuchi

Parody

Kaiju

Biomechanics

Orochi

Yamata no Orochi or Orochi, translated as the Eight-Forked Serpent in English language, is a legendary 8-headed and 8-tailed Japanese dragon that was slain by the Shinto sea-god Susanoo....
. This one was created by aliens, which had invaded Earth in ancient times. 2000 years later, they dispatch the Orochi again to destroy Japan

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
and the rest of the world. Only a team of the Japan Self-Defense Forces

Japan Self-Defense Forces

The , or JSDF, occasionally referred to as JSF, are the Armed forces in Japan that were established after the end of the post-World War II American occupation of Japan....
and a scientist (two other staples in the daikaiju genre), can destroy it.

Cast

Akiko Kirihara - Kakumi Takahashi
Shunsaku Tako - Tatsuto Nagayama
Tank Corps General Yoshikawa - Kenichiro Mera
Captain Mouri - Yasuhiro Takeda
Yasuhiro Takeda

is a Japanese anime director and founding member of Gainax; for most of his career, he was General Manager. He is also a two-time chair of the Nihon SF Taikai ...

Staff

Producer: Takeshi Sawamura
Director: Takami Akai
Takami Akai

is an illustrator, Video game creator, character designer and animator born on November 21, 1961 in Yonago, Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. He was a board member of Gainax, and runs his own company titled NineLives....
Director of Special Effects: Shinji Higuchi
Shinji Higuchi

is a storyboard artist and is one of the top special effects wizards in Japan, best known for his work on the Heisei Gamera Trilogy. He works on both anime and tokusatsu projects....
Writers: Takami Akai
Takami Akai

is an illustrator, Video game creator, character designer and animator born on November 21, 1961 in Yonago, Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. He was a board member of Gainax, and runs his own company titled NineLives....
, Aiko Ito