The Three Treasures (1959)
November 1, 1959Release Date
The Three Treasures (1959)
November 1, 1959Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Takashi Shimura
Elder Kumaso
Toshirō Mifune
Prince Yamato Takeru
Yōko Tsukasa
Princess Oto Tachibana
Setsuko Hara
Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess
Akihiko Hirata
Kibino Takehiko
Kinuyo Tanaka
Princess Yamato
Kyōko Kagawa
Princess Miyazu
Hiroshi Inagaki
Director
Kumi Mizuno
Azami
Ryūzō Kikushima
Writer
Misa Uehara
Princess Kushinada
Toshio Yasumi
Writer
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Producer
Akira Kubo
Prince Iogi
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Akira Takarada
Prince Wakatarashi
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Emperor Keikō
Akira Ifukube
Composer
Eijirō Tōno
Ootomo
Jun Tazaki
Ootomo's Kurohiko
Kenichi Enomoto
God of Yaoyorozu
Hideyo Amamoto
Spectator at Gods' Dance
Kichijirō Ueda
Kume's yahara
Akira Sera
Anazuchi
Minosuke Yamada
Okuri of Kunizo
Michiyo Tamaki
Ehime
Haruko Sugimura
Narrator
Chieko Nakakita
Tenazuchi
Nobuko Otowa
Goddess of Anenouzume
Ikio Sawamura
Gods of Yaoyorozu
Hajime Izu
Prince Oousu
Bokuzen Hidari
God Amenominaka
Yū Fujiki
Okabi
Ichirō Arishima
Okabi
Jun'ichirō Mukai
Moroto
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects / Visual Effects
Hiroshi Ueda
Production Design
Sadamasa Arikawa
Visual Effects
Kisaku Ito
Production Design
Akira Watanabe
Art Direction / Special Effects
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 1, 1959
Original Name日本誕生
StatusReleased
Running Time3h 2m
Box Office$3,000,000
Genres
Wiki.
The Three Treasures (日本誕生, Nippon Tanjō, lit. 'The Birth of Japan') is a 1959 Japanese epic religious fantasy film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced by Toho as their celebratory thousandth film, it was the most expensive Japanese film ever made upon its release and is based on the legends Kojiki and Nihon Shoki and the origins of Shinto. The film was the highest-grossing film of 1959 for Toho and the second highest grossing domestic production in Japan for the year.The film was shown in Japan in 1959 as Nippon Tanjo (The Birth of Japan) with a running time of 182 minutes, but it was released in the United States in December 1960 as The Three Treasures, edited down to only 112 minutes. It was also shown internationally under the title Age of the Gods.