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.
Kon Ichikawa | Director |
Osamu Tezuka | Comic Book |
Chizuko Osada | Editor |
Michiko Ikeda | Editor |
Shigeo Nagashima | Costume Design |
Jun Fukamachi | Music |
Michel Legrand | Music |
Kiyoshi Hasegawa | Cinematography |
Osamu Tezuka | Animation |
Teruyoshi Nakano | Special Effects |