Fantasy ·Action ·Drama · Japan · 1959 · 3h 2m

The Three Treasures

日本誕生

Director

Cast

Toshirō Mifune as Prince Yamato Takeru Takashi Shimura as Elder Kumaso Setsuko Hara as Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess Kinuyo Tanaka as Princess Yamato Yōko Tsukasa as Princess Oto Tachibana Kyōko Kagawa as Princess Miyazu

Crew

Akira Ifukube — Original Music Composer Ryuzo Kikushima — Writer Toshio Yasumi — Writer Sanezumi Fujimoto — Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka — Producer Hiroshi Ueda — Production Design

Tagline

The Birth of Japan!

Synopsis

The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Emperor's vassal, prefers Ouso's stepbrother, and conspires to have Ouso die on a dangerous mission he has contrived. But Ouso prevails in the mission and returns to his father's castle under a new name, Prince Yamato Takeru. Otomo plots to have the Prince sent into even greater danger, but Otomo is unaware that the gods have favored the Prince and the outcome is far from what any of them expected.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Hiroshi Inagaki Director Akira Ifukube Original Music Composer Ryuzo Kikushima Writer Toshio Yasumi Writer Sanezumi Fujimoto Producer Tomoyuki Tanaka Producer Hiroshi Ueda Production Design Kisaku Ito Production Design

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