The Phoenix

Name: The Phoenix
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Action
Released: 1978-08-12
Duration: 137 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Jun Fubuki, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Toshinori Omi, Masao Kusakari, Kaoru Yumi

Original title: 火の鳥

6.1(8)19782h 17mJA

Directed by Kon Ichikawa

Part of the Phoenix Collection

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.