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The Phoenix (1978)

The Phoenix (1978)

Action Adventure Animation
Release Date: 1978, August 12
Directors: Kon Ichikawa
Countries: Japan
Production: TOHO, Hi no Tori Productions, Tezuka Productions
Cast: Takeshi Katō, Tatsuya Nakadai, Jun Fubuki, Tohru Emori, Toshinori Omi, Hideji Ōtaki, Masao Kusakari, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Ken Tanaka, Mitsuko Kusabue, Junzaburō Ban, Reiko Ōhara

Overview:

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.