'Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis' (1987) – Akio Jissoji.

Legendary Japanese director, Akio Jissoji's quite literally ground-breaking, brain-boggling 'Teito Monogatari' aka 'Tokyo - The Last Megalopolis' remains a breathtakingly imaginative Japanese Sci-fi fantasy epic. The ancient malevolent spirit of Taira No Masakado, this vile, despotic entity, interred beneath an ever-expanding Tokyo is awakened! Damned for heinous crimes against humanity, its alien slumbering dangerously disturbed by the maniacal meddling of demon psychic, Yasunori Kato (Kyusako Shimada). Kato's unspeakably malign plan to rouse this monstrous being, and desolate Tokyo can only be thwarted by the benign magic of beautiful metaphysical warrior, Tatsumiya Keiko (Mieko Harada). 

Seamlessly blending a dazzling array of special effects, especially dextrous hand puppetry, vivid animatronic illusions, sublime stop-motion animation, and striking, idiosyncratic designs by H.R Giger! The fine cast's dynamic performances add considerable lustre to the story's thrilling, incident-packed vibrancy. Akio Jissoji's bravura, big budget, delightfully imaginative, Bava-esque Sci-fantasy has lost none of its enthralling elemental power to defy all expectations! 'Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis' exhilaratingly transports the viewer into maestro, Akio Jissoji's mythical, surrealistically scintillating, wickedly compelling crypto-history of the eerily fascinating, supernaturally shattered, triumphantly resurrected Tokyo metropolis! A tremendously worthy success on its initial release, the spectacular 'Teito Monogatari' spawned two sequels!

Rabid film fact fans may like to know that visionary director, Akio Jissoji also masterminded the successful resurrection of popular hyper-kinetic superhero 'Ultra Man' in his dynamic 'The Return of Ultraman' TV series (71-74).