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The Daimajin (大魔神) (or Majin) is a fictional character that appears in a trilogy of tokusatsu movies produced by the Daiei Motion Picture Company. Daimajin is a giant stone idol in the shape of a samurai in full armor, which is possessed by a powerful spirit. In each film the Daimajin is brought to life to save the people of the local community from oppression. When its work is done the unstoppable stone giant becomes an inert statue again.

Although usually referred to as Daimajin (which is Japanese for "giant demon god"), it had an actual name, Arakatsuma (アラカツマ), as revealed in the first film.

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Daimajin is similar to the golem of Jewish folklore. Like the golem, it is an animated statue which uses its vast strength to aid suffering people. In the first film, Daimajin, like the golem, was difficult to control and there was danger of it turning on the people it was meant to help. It was completely righteous in the last two films, however. The stony appearance of the Daimajin, and its inexorable but clumsy gait are reminiscent of the golem in two German films, Der Golem (English title: The Golem) (1915) and Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (English title: The Golem: How He Came Into the World (1920). It is not known whether either of these films were a direct influence on the Daimajin series.

Other uses

Daimajin is also a basis for the famous super robot Mazinger Z.

Daimajin has no relationship to the similarly named Majin Buu of the anime series Dragonball Z.

Daimajin is the nickname of Kazuhiro Sasaki, a former pitcher for the Seattle Mariners.

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