The Birth of Japan
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| Nippon tanjo | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Hiroshi Inagaki |
| Produced by | Sanezumi Fujimoto, Tomoyuki Tanaka |
| Written by | Ryuzo Kikushima, Toshio Yasumi |
| Starring | Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa, Akihiko Hirata |
| Music by | Akira Ifukube |
| Cinematography | Kazuo Yamada |
| Editing by | Kazuji Taira |
| Release date(s) | 1959 |
| Running time | 182 min. |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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- "The Three Treasures" can also refer to a collection of short stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, The Three Treasures (1951).
The Birth of Japan (日本誕生 Nippon Tanjō?), also called The Three Treasures, is a 1959 Japanese tokusatsu fantasy epic film. Telling the story of the creation of Japan according to Japanese mythology, specifically the Shinto religion, it is considered Japan's answer to The Ten Commandments.[1] Produced by legendary studio Toho, the film was directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya and the musical score by Akira Ifukube. Heading the huge all-star cast is Toshiro Mifune as the god Susanoo and Koji Tsuruta as younger brother of Kumaso Takeru. One of the film's highlights is Mifune's Susanoo fighting the ominous eight-headed dragon, the Orochi.
The film was remade in 1994 as Yamato Takeru, which was released in the English-speaking countries as Orochi the Eight-Headed Dragon. The creation of Japan is very different than the creation Christans believe in. Myths say that a god was formed and thrust his mighty spear into earth's muddy sea. He pulled it back up as some mud fell back into the sea. The mud hardened and formed Japan's islands.
