The Phoenix
Release Date: 1978-08-12
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.
Rating: 5.6 / 10
Cast
Jun Fubuki
as Oro
TomisaburÅ 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
Crew
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Kon Ichikawa - Director
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Osamu Tezuka - Comic Book
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Shigeo Nagashima - Costume Design
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Michiko Ikeda - Editor
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Chizuko Osada - Editor
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