The Phoenix(火の鳥)

Name: The Phoenix
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Action

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Japan · 1978
2h 17m
Director Kon Ichikawa
Starring Jun Fubuki, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Toshinori Omi, Masao Kusakari
Genre Adventure, Animation, Action

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.

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