---
title: 'Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Takao Okawara'
released: '1994-07-09'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/orochi-the-eight-headed-dragon-1994'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111783/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994)

1994 · 105 min · Fantasy · Japan

Original title: ヤマトタケル

## Synopsis

Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon  is a 1994 Japanese epic kaiju fantasy film directed by Takao Okawara and produced by Shogo Tomiyama, with a screenplay by Wataru Mimura. Distributed by Toho and produced under their subsidiary Toho Pictures, the film is based on Japanese mythology, specifically the birth of Shinto. It stars Masahiro Takashima, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Akaji Maro, Yūki Meguro and Saburo Shinoda.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Takao Okawara](https://cinepixo.com/people/takao-okawara)
- **Screenplay:** [Wataru Mimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/wataru-mimura)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Yoko Kanno](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoko-kanno)
- **Producer:** [Shōgo Tomiyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/shogo-tomiyama)
- **Director of Photography:** [Yoshinori Sekiguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshinori-sekiguchi)
- **Editor:** [Nobuo Ogawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/nobuo-ogawa)

## Cast

- [Keaki Mori](https://cinepixo.com/people/keaki-mori)
- [Hiroshi Fujioka](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroshi-fujioka)
- [Yasuko Sawaguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasuko-sawaguchi)
- [Nobuko Miyamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/nobuko-miyamoto)
- [Saburō Shinoda](https://cinepixo.com/people/saburo-shinoda)
- [Masahiro Takashima](https://cinepixo.com/people/masahiro-takashima)
- [Akaji Maro](https://cinepixo.com/people/akaji-maro)
- [Hiroshi Abe](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroshi-abe)
- [Yūki Meguro](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuki-meguro)

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