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The Phoenix: Chapter of Dawn (movie)

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Alternative title:
Hi no tori - Reimei hen (Japanese)
火の鳥 黎明編 (Japanese)
Plot Summary: “All things are born and all things die. That is the law of heaven.” According to legend, the Bird of Fire called the Phoenix is the eternal spirit of life, death and rebirth. She oversees the cycle of reincarnation and the rising and falling of civilizations and species. Those who can obtain her blood will be granted eternal life, while to others she can grant infinite wisdom, or eternal suffering. Throughout history, from the dawn of civilization to the extinction of the human race, those human souls touched by the Phoenix have hunted her over and over in multiple reincarnations, and their actions in one life determine or reflect the sins and sufferings of other lifetimes. (from manga)
Running time: 138 minutes
Vintage: 1978-08-19
Premiere date:
1978-08-19 (Japan)
News: Show:
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kon Ichikawa
Screenplay: Shuntarō Tanigawa
Music:
Jun Fukamachi
Michel Legrand (Theme)
Shōji Yamashiro (Tribal)
Original Manga: Osamu Tezuka
Art Director: Teiichi Akashi
Animation Director:
Osamu Tezuka
Shinichi Suzuki
Executive producer:
Kon Ichikawa
Kunihiko Murai

Art Setting: Teiichi Akashi
Costume Design: Junko Koshino
Finishing: Tomiko Takahashi
In-Between Animation:
Ikuko Sekino
Jiro Saruyama
Yoshiko Watanabe
Key Animation:
Chikao Katsui
Dai Yagi
Haruhiko Iwasaki
Junji Kobayashi (as Junji Yamamoto)
Kanji Akahori
Kazuko Nakamura
Osamu Hori
Takateru Mitsuwa
Matte Painter: Yoshio Ishii
Optical Photography: Takeshi Miyanishi
Production Chief: Satoru Yamamoto
Special Effects: Tomoji Hashizume
Special Effects Director: Teruyoshi Nakano
Taiko Drum: Daihachi Oguchi
Tomisaburō Wakayama as Sarutahiko

Masako Oka as Phoenix
Mieko Takamine as Himiko
Tōru Emori as Susano'o
Toshinori Omi as Nagi

Akiji Kobayashi as Yamatai Royal Guard
Hideji Ōtaki as Sukune
Jun Fubuki as Oro
Junzaburō Ban as Witch Doctor
Kaoru Yumi as Uzume
Ken Tanaka as Takeru
Maki Carrousel as Shime
Masao Kusakari as Ama no Yumihiko
Masaya Oki as Uraji
Michiko Kihara as Sayo
Mitsuko Kusabue as Iyo
Peter as Nusa
Reiko Ōhara as Hinaku
Ryūzō Hayashi as Guzuri
Takeshi Katō as Kamamushi
Tatsuya Nakadai as Jingi
Tetsuya Ushio as Matsuro-Ō

Akira Hanaue
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Itaru Ose
Kibaji Tankobo
Koji Sekiyama
Ren Yamamoto
Takeo Shinkai
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