The Phoenix

Name: The Phoenix
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Action
Released: 1978-08-12
Duration: 2 h 17 min
Rating: 6.125
Cast: Jun Fubuki, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Toshinori Omi, Masao Kusakari, Kaoru Yumi

1978

2h 17m

Adventure Animation Action

Director: Kon Ichikawa

Writer: Shuntaro Tanikawa

Overview

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.