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A production of TOHO-HINOTORI
Around the year 180 after Christ
FRONTIER
Now I see. The rumors were true.
You are Yumihiko
of Matsuro.
I am Sukune.
Queen Himiko of Yamatai sent me
to look for you.
And who is the other one?
He is prince Susano-O,
brother of the queen.
He has the strength of a wolf
and the cunning of a fox.
You killed the boar.
- Can you kill a bird? - He signed
a pact with your king.
You must capture the phoenix for the queen.
The blood of this bird would give her eternal life
and after that she would leave Matsuro in peace.
That agreement means nothing to me.
Why have you given up, Matsuro?
It's burning, help me!
That blaze should be the phoenix!
The phoenix?
Look!
I hit him!
Throughout the centuries, men have spoken of this bird.
He is immortal and no arrow can hurt him.
After a long period of life, he is consumed in flames
and then reborn from the ashes.
Whoever drinks his blood, receives eternal life.
He is known as ''feng'' in China and ''phoenix'' in Europe,
and also appears in American Indian legends.
He has always been an object of desire.
THE PHOENIX
Executive producers Kunihiko Murai and Kiichi Ichikawa.
Based on the story by Osamu Tezuka.
Screenplay by Shuntaro Tanigawa.
Photography by Kiyoshi Hasegawa.
Special effects by Teruyoshi Nakano.
Cast:
Tomisaburo Wakayama,
Masao Kusakari, Ken Tanaka,
Reiko Ohara, Kaoru Yumi,
Toru Emori, Ryuzo Hayashi,
Mieko Takamine, Tatsuya Nakadai.
Directed by Kon Ichikawa.
In an unwanting way,
Yumihiko has decided to go to Yamatai.
Maybe it's because you refused his proposition.
Is it true?
STATE OF MATSURO
There's no reason for us to still fear Yamatai.
Dance, Uzume.
Anyway,
there is no longer any danger from Yamatai.
Dance, Uzume!
To celebrate it.
What's going on?
- A nocturnal attack! - An attack?
Has Yamatai broken the pact so soon?
They're monsters, with two heads and four feet!
THE PEOPLE OF MATSURO HAD NEVER SEEN A HORSE.
What?!
Who are you?
I am a dancer.
Come on.
STATE OF YAMATAI
The man on the right has spoken the truth.
The one on the left
is a liar.
No! I did not lie!
Execute him!
Please, no!
Hold a new trial!
''A new trial'', eh?
If you do it, you will loose your authority.
The people will no longer believe your divinations.
I know
these men very well.
You have accused the innocent man.
Iyo, you have failed with your predictions.
Iyo is a disciple of mine.
If you doubt her, you doubt me.
You can leave now, Iyo.
She has not learned enough.
The errors...
they're inevitable, but you shouldn't blame her.
Yamatai can not depend on your predictions.
If not, our power will decrease.
That's not certain.
The power...
of Yamatai is...
depending on my youth and on my beauty.
Oh, you?
You want to take my place as ruler, don't you?
Your face betrays you.
The queen is angry again.
The brave Susano-O is obedient to his sister.
He doesn't know how to deal with her.
Women are his weakness.
He is old enough to get married.
Himiko will not allow him.
That's ridiculous!
Like this, he will die a bachelor.
He won't have another youth.
Where's the phoenix?
If you drink his blood,
you will receive eternal life.
It is something I heard long ago.
The emperor of China himself seeks to obtain this eternal life.
Should he succeed,
We would have to bow down to him.
And what would happen if something like that comes to pass?
I have seen the phoenix.
He looked like the sun.
Why didn't you shoot him?
It's not so simple to capture him.
He knows the tongues of men
and speaks words of wisdom.
But when he gets angry, he will kill you.
It was something marvelous.
But don't worry.
I have discovered where he lives.
I am ready to capture him.
Just leave him to me, my dear sister.
STATE OF KUMASO
Nagi,
where's Uraji?
He went hunting for the phoenix!
The earth is shaking.
Will the volcano erupt?
Seven days have passed.
What keeps him?
If he doesn't capture the bird,
- my daughter will die. - No!
Sister, please don't die!
Will he be able to kill the phoenix?
He's a mysterious bird with great power.
He is a good hunter! He caught this one!
And also killed this fox!
If someone were able to capture him,
why has he waited this long?
There's no need for you to wait for the phoenix.
I will cure her with my dances
and my prayers.
Uraji!
I have found the phoenix!
Just like our chief said,
he appears in the middle of an eruption.
My wife will get better.
He is alive!
The arrows can't kill him.
I will catch him with my hands!
Phoenix!
Chief!
- What tribe? - He's a wanderer.
- His clothing is different from ours. - Look at him!
- Wait! - Kill him!
My boat has sunken and the tides have led me here.
Kill him!
Wait! I am Guzuri.
I'm a doctor. Please don't kill me.
''Doctor''?
- What is a ''doctor''? - My job is..
- to cure sickness without prayers. - That's incredible.
Look at her.
She is my daughter.
Can you cure her?
- Don't touch her! - Nagi!
It's the sickness
of rotting.
One day, walking barefoot in the fields,
she was cut by a herb and fell ill.
She will die within a week.
If you cure her, I'll let you live.
Otherwise,
you will die.
Okay, I'll try.
Witchdoctor.
What type of medicine do you use?
- What's that? - As you can see,
it's the head of a cat
and that of a raven.
You must rub them
whilst praying.
You must place scrappings on the patient's head.
And then you must burn her buttock.
Her buttock?
Yes, her buttock.
Furthermore...
there are other remedies.
She has to swallow
some tadpoles.
No!
Impossible! You're accelerating her death!
Are you her brother?
If you want to save her,
you must bring me mold.
- Mold? - Mold?
Yes, mold.
It's better if it's bluish mold.
BLUISH MOLD CONTAINS PENICILLIN.
Uraji has returned!
Uraji has come back!
He has returned with the bird! Then we don't need the mold anymore?
Uraji is dead!
My husband has died!
I wish to die, too!
Calm down!
Uraji!
Where's the mold?
Bring it!
This is just superstition, the mold won't work.
If superstition prevails,
you don't need the witchdoctor.
Silence!
She is awake.
She has gotten better.
Hinaku!
It's me! can you see me?
Sister! How good!
The color of her lips means she is recovering.
This man, Guzuri,
has saved your life.
You lost a man,
but you have found another.
It is the gods
who have willed this marriage.
From this day forward, you will be husband and wife!
From me to you...
I don't know if I can make you happy.
But someday
I will get the phoenix for you
and grant you eternal life.
Uraji
lost his life for that bird.
I hate the phoenix.
And he also scares me.
He captures the hearts of men.
No matter what happens,
I'll protect you
like your husband
till death.
War ships!
They're foriegners.
So many ships!
Disembark!
Next ship!
Much time has passed, Guzuri. Well done!
Susano-O is happy.
I will take care of the rest.
Saruta, promise me that
you won't attack the house with the white broadcloth.
My woman is in there. Don't kill her.
Get ready!
Sarutahiko!
What's going on?
Sister!
Guzuri!
- He's a spy! - What?
Sister!
They're orders from Queen Himiko!
Kill them all!
The women and children too!
It's a night attack by sea!
Damn her!
Damn Guzuri!
The hell with him!
Hinaku!
Were are you?
I am the leader of the Kumaso tribe!
Who is your leader?
I am!
I am Saruta.
Get back.
Take this!
Die!
Are you Saruta?
You are very strong.
Where do you come from?
Who is your master?
Queen Himiko of Yamatai.
Queen Himiko?
Himiko...
I have heard talk of her.
She is a sorceress queen
of a nation in the south...
They say that if a country
has a sorceress queen, it will perish with the moon.
Finish him!
Hinaku!
This is why you cured me
and got married with me!
No!
Go back to the murderers of your friends!
- Don't touch me! - I am your husband.
No!
I'll not return to Yamatai. Wait, Hinaku.
Wait!
Damn you!
Get him.
Wait!
What's your name?
Nagi, the son of the chief.
Kill me quickly!
- Murderers! - No,
I'll keep you alive.
What are you saying?
Get him on the boat.
You'll see my country.
BACK IN YAMATAI
She's Queen Himiko!
She has seen me!
This is a great honor for me!
Saruta,
what about the phoenix?
He lives in the volcano,
Your Majesty.
Who is that boy?
This boy
is named Nagi.
He is from Kumaso.
The inhabitants of Kumaso
were all destroyed.
Only this boy knows
where the phoenix is.
He displeases me!
Kill him!
That boy
will bring a catastrophe
to this country.
He might attempt to kill me.
I am sure of it! Kill him!
Do you hear me? Are you disobeying me?
I can't! Spare his life!
Coward!
Traitor!
If you can't kill him, I'll do it myself.
Sword!
Don't do it, sister.
His blood will leave you with no power.
Then, you kill him.
You killed
my father and my sister,
you killed all the people of Kumaso.
Die!
You were awake the whole night.
Why didn't you kill me?
That old witch was mad at you.
Shut up!
Don't insult the queen!
I'll teach you the art of archery.
You must catch the phoenix for the queen.
No!
The phoenix belongs to Kumaso!
When you master
the art of archery, then you can kill me.
Eat a lot and grow.
This is the basin of the valley.
Practice here with this bow.
Look,
there you have the target.
Let them get as close as possible.
They're dumb.
Now!
Nagi!
Don't die!
Try to stay alive!
Drink
all of the medicine.
If you don't do it, I'll make you swallow it.
I've got dust
in my nose.
Saruta, don't make so much noise!
Not even the phoenix will be able to burn this steel arrow.
The queen is waiting impatiently.
She wants you to go to Kumaso to capture that bird.
Do you want it, too?
Who doesn't?
Me.
Then, why that arrow?
Because he already defeated me before.
Let's set camp here. We come from the mainland,
We crossed the ocean to found a new country.
Let's eat the sheep that we brought from our town.
There's edible grass on the other side of the brook.
There you can drink!
Set eight guards at the four sides.
Pick up the tents before sunset!
Uzume!
If you were just a little bit prettier,
I would make you my woman.
What a pity.
You are a great dancer.
Dancers like you don't exist
in my country.
Have you crossed the ocean
just to find a dancer?
That's good?
Take me to your country.
Abandon this land.
No.
I'll implant our civilization
in these lands.
Is it worth
killing so many people?
The men are mortal.
Someday they'll die, if I don't kill them now.
Not even the greatest kings
live forever.
But history will endure forever.
War will last
a long time, won't it?
As long as humanity.
And you...
Can you defeat everyone?
Yes, I am that powerful.
Leave me in peace.
Have you never seen a boy before?
Not a boy from Kumaso like you.
What?
Do you miss your home?
Are you looking for a fight?
Wait.
My name is Oro and I think I can help you.
By the way,
you hate the queen of Yamatai, don't you?
What does that have to do with you?
Yamatai is my fatherland.
But I hate the queen
because she takes our rice.
She killed all my people!
And she ordered
the execution of my father, who was innocent.
And then,
my mother died of hunger.
Why don't we kill
the queen together?
The mirror!
Shit!
It's that boy from Kumaso!
Warriors! Get him!
Around there.
- You're fearless. - Shut up!
Damn them!
Were you an only child?
Let's leave from here.
The queen is very angry.
Where's that boy?
He has left.
Did you help him?
I never thought of killing the queen.
They will throw you into the pit of wasps.
The phoenix will be mine!
I will obtain eternal life!
Sister!
Where are you?
Saruta has survived three days
in the pit.
It cannot be!
Sister,
if you're a goddess,
- revive that bull. - He has gone insane!
Hold Susano-O!
He has stained my palace with blood.
Burn out his eyes
and banish him from Yamatai!
The sky has transformed!
It's extraordinary!
Look! The sun is going out!
The sun is disappearing
because Susano-O provoked the queen.
That's certain.
She has that much power?
You can't imagine what she could do.
She is capable even of moving the heavens and the earth.
Queen Himiko!
What will happen to us?
Please, return the light
to the sun, great Himiko.
I can't! I didn't take it away!
Someone!
Someone, please, make the sun shine again!
Sarutahiko!
The wasps have disappeared.
They were scared of the dark.
Watch out!
Oro!
Let's go!
Nagi...
There's a raft
behind the three rocks
on the beach.
Row across the sea...
to your country.
You're a girl!
Why do you wear these clothes?
I wanted
to be your friend.
Oro!
Saruta,
you took me across the sea last year.
And now I am taking you to my country.
Oro,
take me to Yamatai,
to Queen Himiko!
After all of this, do you still worship her?
The sea water is good for wounds.
BACK IN KUMASO
Sister!
What will we do now?
We can't stay here.
Himiko's army will come.
No!
They wouldn't come that far to catch us.
They will come for the phoenix.
They will never capture him!
What is Himiko?
Nothing but an old witch!
She'd better swallow the mud and fall dead.
Idiot!
You're underestimating her power.
Saruta!
Your nose! Look at you nose!
Very well, you laugh!
But now my nose works much better than before.
That's the fleet of Yamatai!
Didn't I tell you they would come?
What's that noise?
It's the volcano.
The earth is shaking.
- It's going to erupt. - An eruption?
What's that?
The phoenix!
The phoenix?
How lucky I am.
Saruta, wait here!
- Be careful! - I'll get him!
Nagi!
I hear a voice inside my head.
Nagi, it's me.
Who are you?
Where are you?
You are seeing me.
Is it you, phoenix, the one who's talking?
No!
No, I can't talk
with a mouth like yours.
But I can talk with you
from heart to heart.
That's ridiculous!
I must be dreaming!
So it is.
For you, Nagi, it's just a dream.
How do you know my name?
I knew it even before you were born.
Then you should know that Uraji died because of you
and that I'm going to kill you!
But you'll never be able to kill me.
Because I never die.
You are immortal
but humans are mortal. Why?
That's not fair.
You're saying you would be happy if you didn't die?
Nagi,
look at the ground.
The ants fight to live.
But they only can live for six years.
And the life of a fly is even shorter.
It only lives three days.
I am not an insect! I am a human being!
You pursue happiness.
And that's why you must die.
I'll drink your blood!
Wait!
I'll chase you!
And I'll capture you before I die!
- Guzuri! - Wait! Nagi!
Your sister is alive!
Liar! You're lying once again!
No! She has a child!
A child?
Whose son?
My son.
Yours? The son of a traitor?
She'd never do anything like that.
Nagi!
Guzuri betrayed us.
How could you...?
I tried to kill myself several times,
but he saved me.
He had them kill almost all of us!
Kumaso was destroyed!
No,
our tribe has not been destroyed.
There are survivors, you and I.
I want to rebuild our town
I'll have more children.
100, 200...
Impossible!
It will take five or ten centuries!
Five... ten centuries...
Even if I die,
my children will live on.
And if they die,
their children will live on.
I am trying to capture the phoenix.
- And then she'll live forever. - Guzuri!
I won't allow you to get that bird!
I'll catch him and I'll give her his blood.
Why do you have to go?
I can't stay with him.
Nagi!
Sister,
I'll bring you that bird. I will not fail.
Queen Himiko hired me
and ordered me
to kill you when I found you.
Very good.
- But I will not let you kill me. - You're wrong.
You can't escape my arrows.
Why don't you try it?
Yumihiko,
let me use your knife.
- If you capture the phoenix... - I'll do it for sure!
Give his blood
to that boy.
That boy's name
is Nagi.
He's my son.
You're asking too much.
Himiko would die.
I'm ready.
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