![The Phoenix](https://i3.wp.com/image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/hCRGoBWcm6AGd4XCuqxmr750iaN.jpg)
Plot
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.
Writer | Osamu Tezuka |
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Director | Kon Ichikawa |
Actor | Jun Fubuki, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Toshinori Omi |
Country | Japan |
Production | TOHO |