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This slowly more widespread 1976 movie The Big Calamity (aka War God) is an event unlike any other from Taiwan. An event that sparks giddiness in even non fans of the men in suits smashing buildings and battling other man in suits-movies. Taiwan was a little Kaiju-engine that could
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Running Times:
00m 00s – Intro/The Big Calamity production background/Taiwan Kaiju through the ages
42m 00s – Chen Hung-min bio/discussion
51m 58s – General Guan Yau background
58m 18s – The Big Calamity review
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4DK’s Monthly Movie Shout Down
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Funky Bollywood: The Wild World of 1970s Indian Action Cinema – Facebook
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The Big Calamity – 4DK review
The Big Calamity – TarsTarkas.net review
Taiwanese Giant Monster films – TarTarkas.net podcast part 1, part 2
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