| Hi no Tori | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Kon Ichikawa |
| Screenplay by | Shuntarō Tanikawa |
| Story by | Osamu Tezuka |
| Based on | "Dawn" from Phoenix |
| Produced by | Kiichi Ichikawa Kunihiko Murai |
| Starring | Tomisaburo Wakayama Toshinori Omi Masao Kusakari Mieko Takamine Ken Tanaka Mitsuko Kusabue Masaya Oki Tatsuya Nakadai |
| Cinematography | Kiyoshi Hasegawa |
| Edited by | Michiko Ikeda Chizuko Osada |
| Music by | Jun Fukamachi Michel Legrand |
Production companies | Firebird Productions Tezuka Productions |
| Distributed by | Toho |
Release date |
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Running time | 137 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Hi no Tori (Japanese: 火の鳥, Hepburn: Hi no Tori) is a 1978 Japanese jidaigeki film written and directed by Kon Ichikawa. It is based on the "Dawn" storyline from Osamu Tezuka's manga of the same title.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Himiko, the queen of Yamatai, orders her subordinates to search for the Phoenix, which is said to have eternal life for those who drinks its blood.[8]
