Japan / Nov 01, 1959
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Misa Uehara | Princess Kushinada |
| Akira Kubo | Prince Iogi |
| Akira Takarada | Prince Wakatarashi |
| Ganjirō Nakamura II | Emperor Keikō |
| Eijirō Tōno | Ootomo |
| Jun Tazaki | Ootomo's Kurohiko |
| Kenichi Enomoto | God of Yaoyorozu |
| Hideyo Amamoto | Spectator at Gods' Dance |
| Akihiko Hirata | Kibino Takehiko |
| Kichijirō Ueda | Kume's yahara |
| Akira Sera | Anazuchi |
| Minosuke Yamada | Okuri of Kunizo |
| Yoshibumi Tajima | |
| Michiyo Tamaki | Ehime |
| Akira Tani | |
| Haruko Sugimura | Narrator |
| Yasuhisa Tsutsumi |
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| Katsumi Tezuka | |
| Chieko Nakakita | Tenazuchi |
| Nobuko Otowa | Goddess of Anenouzume |
| Ikio Sawamura | Gods of Yaoyorozu |
| Shōichi Hirose | |
| Hajime Izu | Prince Oousu |
| Bokuzen Hidari | God Amenominaka |
| Yū Fujiki | Okabi |
| Ichirō Arishima | Okabi |
| Jun'ichirō Mukai | Moroto |
| Yutaka Sada | |
| Toshiko Higuchi | |
| Yoshiko Ieda | |
| Masayoshi Nagashima |
Genres
FantasyActionDrama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 日本誕生 |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | TOHO, Far East Laboratory, Tokyo Laboratory |
| Release date | 1 novembre 1959 |
| Executive producer | Katsutaro Kawakami |
| Production | Sanezumi Fujimoto, Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Writer | Ryuzo Kikushima, Toshio Yasumi |
| Assistant directors | Teruo Maru, Hiroshi Inagaki |
| Production design | Kisaku Ito, Hiroshi Ueda, Akira Watanabe |
| Art direction | Akira Watanabe, Kisaku Ito, Hiroshi Ueda |
| Set decoration | Kisaku Ito, Akira Watanabe, Hiroshi Ueda |
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| Special effects | Eiji Tsuburaya, Akira Watanabe |
| Visual effects | Eiji Tsuburaya, Sadamasa Arikawa |
| Music | Akira Ifukube |
| Sound | Akira Ifukube |
| Revenue | 3.000.000 € |
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