The Phoenix
火の鳥
The Phoenix On Soap2Day. 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.
- Genre: Adventure, Animation, Action
- Country: Japan
- Director: Kon Ichikawa
- 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,