The Phoenix | 火の鳥
The Phoenix火の鳥
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.
Cast
Jun Fubuki
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Toshinori Omi
Masao Kusakari
Kaoru Yumi
Ken Tanaka
Reiko Ōhara
Tohru Emori
Ryūzō Hayashi
Mieko Takamine
Tatsuya Nakadai
Mitsuko Kusabue
Takeshi Katō
Junzaburō Ban
Hideji Ōtaki
Crew
Kon Ichikawa
Kiyoshi Hasegawa
Osamu Tezuka
Michel Legrand
Jun Fukamachi
Teruyoshi Nakano
Shuntaro Tanikawa