This originally came from my friend and fellow fan of lesser know giant monsters Dramaranger from a thread over by the Kaijuphile forums and discusses an unknown Chinese fantasy film with a giant ancient hero against a trio of white insect like aliens. I'll let Dramaranger's decenlt done question / article do the talking.
Major thanks from both of us in advance for those who do have information on it.
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Here's a late Holiday present for all you obscure Kaiju fans, and it's a bit of a mystery, too...
While surfing around at the Burnproject.com Ultraman forum, I came across their own humble Obscure Monster thread. I checked it out and found a very nice, under the radar surprise. Someone had posted about a film that had originally been brought up at the Ultramanlah.com forum recently (and as a side note, I highly recommend checking out both above forums for news and fun). The film features three giant sized bug headed Alien Invaders being held off quite brutally by some Chinese god type in full battle armor and carrying a halibard/naginata/big friggin' spear! It's got a very Daimajin vs. the Baltans vibe about it. The original posters were even kind enough to post stills and the movie's poster. To wit:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/ ... uFilm6.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/ ... uFilm5.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/ ... uFilm3.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/ ... uFilm2.gif
The downside is, beyond these few pictures, there's really not much info. Not even a definate movie title or release date. Here's what is known, however, apart from the obvious Ultraman-on-steroids style city destruction:
The film is most likely Chinese, as that is the language on the poster and seems to take place in Hong Kong ("Hong Kong Hilton" can be read-in English!- in the background on one of the buildings) One poster claims the poster reads CHINA YA as a title, but I can't confirm this, not being able to read the language.
Some posters mention the Chinese deity as being an Immortal character called Guan Yu or Guan Gong. He may also possibly be called Tua Pek Gong or Dua Pek Gong. Another poster claimed to remember him appearing from a statue and growing to giant size. Mentions have also been made of a similar Guan Yu tv series, with him playing the Ultraman role, as well. It is unknown if there is any connection between that series and the movie.
So, now it seems, we have the proof of an obscurity, without actually knowing what it is exactly. That's gotta be a first- usually, it's the other way around! As always, anyone who knows anything else about this one or even those who read Chinese and can help in translating, please feel free to post any new information about this unknown here....
One last, little bonus: There also may be more potential unknowns where that came from. Someone in the same original Ultramanlah thread was kind enough to post a picture of what seemed to be newspaper ads for several tokusatsu movies from all over Asia. Of the ones shown, only the movie mentioned above, Hanuman meets the Ultra Brothers, Jumborg Ace Vs. The Giant (mentioned in this thread before) and the classic (Super) Inframan are recognizable. One or two others in that picture aren't so easily pegged. See for yourselves:
http://www.tower3a.com/ut/attach/51587- ... -embed.jpg
