The Phoenix (1978)

Release Date: 1978-08-12
Runtime: 2h 17min
Production Company: TOHO
Production Country: Japan
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Writer: <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.cinebymovies.com/actor/1041700/shuntaro-tanikawa"> Shuntaro Tanikawa

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.