Adventure ·Animation ·Action · Japan · 1978 · 2h 17m

The Phoenix

火の鳥

Director

Cast

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

Crew

Kiyoshi Hasegawa — Director of Photography Michiko Ikeda — Editor Chizuko Osada — Editor Jun Fukamachi — Original Music Composer Michel Legrand — Original Music Composer Shuntaro Tanikawa — Screenplay

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

Kon Ichikawa Director Kiyoshi Hasegawa Director of Photography Michiko Ikeda Editor Chizuko Osada Editor Jun Fukamachi Original Music Composer Michel Legrand Original Music Composer Shuntaro Tanikawa Screenplay Shigeo Nagashima Costume Design

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