The Phoenix

1978 ""

The Phoenix

6 | 2h17m | en | Adventure

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.

6 | 2h17m | en | Adventure , Animation , Action

Synopsis

Cast

Jun Fubuki , Tomisaburō Wakayama , Toshinori Omi

Director

Shigeo Nagashima

Producted By

TOHO , Tezuka Productions

Cast

Jun Fubuki

as Oro

[2022] Neighbor Chikara [2022] Fullmetal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar [2021] Sensei, Would You Sit Beside Me? [2021] Arc [2020] Your Eyes Tell [2020] The Asadas! [2019] Matinee [2018] Half Blue Sky [2013] The Farthest Galaxy

Tomisaburō Wakayama

as Sarutahaiko, General of the Yamatai

[1989] Black Rain [1980] Shogun Assassin [1979] Oh, My Son! [1978] The Bad News Bears Go to Japan [1977] A Scream from Nowhere [1975] Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees [1974] Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades [1973] Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of Demons [1972] The Pledge

Toshinori Omi

as Nagi

[2022] Wedding High [2022] Tonbi [2022] Disliked Inspector Otonashi Ichiroku [2021] 5-Meter Radius [2020] Labyrinth of Cinema [2019] 37 Seconds [2019] The Peers [2006] God Does Not Play Dice [1998] Suicide Bus