Daigoro vs Goliath is 1972

1972 in film

The year 1972 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:*Avanti!, directed by Billy Wilder, starring Jack Lemmon and Juliet MillsB...

 Kaiju

Kaiju

is a Japanese word that means "strange beast," but often translated in English as "monster". Specifically, it is used to refer to a genre of tokusatsu entertainment....

 film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

. The film was produced by Tsuburaya Productions

Tsuburaya Productions

is a Japanese special effects studio founded in 1963 by special effects wizard Eiji Tsuburaya and was run by his family, until October 2007, when the family sold the company to advertising agency TYO Inc. The studio is best known for producing the original Ultraman TV series, as well as the Ultra...

. The film was never released in the US.

Plot

Daigoro is an orphaned monster who is taken to Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, 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 raised there. Daigoro grows too big for people to take care of. Meanwhile, Goliath (a monster who has been sleeping for eons) awakens. Goliath goes to Earth and battles Daigoro. Goliath defeats Daigoro. Daigoro is left to die. Daigoro survives and practices daily for his next battle against Goliath. In their next battle Daigoro defeats Goliath. Goliath is later launched into space.