The Three Treasures

The Three Treasures

182 mins | Drama, Action, Fantasy | Nov. 1, 1959

The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Emperor's vassal, prefers Ouso's stepbrother, and conspires to have Ouso die on a dangerous mission he has contrived. But Ouso prevails in the mission and returns to his father's castle under a new name, Prince Yamato Takeru. Otomo plots to have the Prince sent into even greater danger, but Otomo is unaware that the gods have favored the Prince and the outcome is far from what any of them expected.

The Three Treasures

182 mins | Drama, Action, Fantasy | Nov. 1, 1959

The Three Treasures
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Emperor's vassal, prefers Ouso's stepbrother, and conspires to have Ouso die on a dangerous mission he has contrived. But Ouso prevails in the mission and returns to his father's castle under a new name, Prince Yamato Takeru. Otomo plots to have the Prince sent into even greater danger, but Otomo is unaware that the gods have favored the Prince and the outcome is far from what any of them expected.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title 日本誕生
Directors Teruo Maru, Hiroshi Inagaki
Writers Toshio Yasumi, Ryûzô Kikushima

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

as Prince Yamato Takeru

Takashi Shimura

as Elder Kumaso

Setsuko Hara

as Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess

Kinuyo Tanaka

as Princess Yamato

Yôko Tsukasa

as Princess Oto Tachibana

Kyōko Kagawa

as Princess Miyazu

Kumi Mizuno

as Azami

Misa Uehara

as Princess Kushinada

Akira Kubo

as Prince Iogi

Akira Takarada

as Prince Wakatarashi

Ganjirô Nakamura II

as Emperor Keikō

Eijirō Tōno

as Ootomo

Jun Tazaki

as Ootomo's Kurohiko

Kenichi Enomoto

as God of Yaoyorozu

Hideyo Amamoto

as Spectator at Gods' Dance

Akihiko Hirata

as Kibino Takehiko

Kichijirô Ueda

as Kume's yahara

Akira Sera

as Anazuchi

Minosuke Yamada

as Okuri of Kunizo

Michiyo Tamaki

as Ehime

Haruko Sugimura

as Narrator

Chieko Nakakita

as Tenazuchi

Nobuko Otowa

as Goddess of Anenouzume

Ikio Sawamura

as Gods of Yaoyorozu

Hajime Izu

as Prince Oousu

Bokuzen Hidari

as God Amenominaka

Yū Fujiki

as Okabi

Ichirô Arishima

as Okabi

Jun'ichirō Mukai

as Moroto