The Phoenix

The Phoenix (1978)


  • Genre: Adventure, Animation, Action
  • Release Date: 1978-08-12
  • User Rating: 5.6/10 from 8 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 17min
  • Language: 日本語
  • Production Company: TOHO
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Director: Kon Ichikawa
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Summary

This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapolation of the value of life. The Yamatai, represented by Prince Susano-O and elderly advisor Sumuke, hire Yumihiko of Matsuro to hunt the phoenix so that Queen Himiko, sister of Susano-O can have eteranal life.

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  • Jun Fubuki

    as Oro

  • Tomisaburō Wakayama

    as Sarutahaiko, General of the Yamatai

  • Toshinori Omi

    as Nagi

  • Masao Kusakari

    as Yumihiko of Matsuro

  • Kaoru Yumi

    as Uzume, a dancer from Matsuro

  • Ken Tanaka

    as Takeru

  • Reiko Ōhara

    as Hinaku

  • Tohru Emori

    as Susanoo

  • Ryūzō Hayashi

    as Guzuri

  • Mieko Takamine

    as Queen Himiko of Yamatai

  • Tatsuya Nakadai

    as Jingi the Conqueror, leader of the Takamagahara

  • Mitsuko Kusabue

    as Iyo

  • Takeshi Katō

    as Kamamushi

  • Junzaburō Ban

    as Exorcist

  • Hideji Ōtaki

    as Sukune
Directing Kon Ichikawa Director
Writing Osamu Tezuka Comic Book
Editing Chizuko Osada Editor
Editing Michiko Ikeda Editor
Costume & Make-Up Shigeo Nagashima Costume Design
Sound Jun Fukamachi Music
Sound Michel Legrand Music
Crew Kiyoshi Hasegawa Cinematography
Visual Effects Osamu Tezuka Animation
Crew Teruyoshi Nakano Special Effects
Costume & Make-Up Shigeo Tamura Hairstylist
Writing Shuntaro Tanikawa Screenplay

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