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JAPAN · 1978

The Phoenix

Kon Ichikawa
Japanese Golden Age disfigured face world war ii auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp concentration camp survivor singing
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Synopsis

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.

Year1978
CountryJapan
DirectorKon Ichikawa
MovementJapanese Golden Age
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