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.
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> Kon Ichikawa (Director)
> Kiyoshi Hasegawa (Director of Photography)
> Osamu Tezuka (Comic Book)
> Shuntaro Tanikawa (Screenplay)