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The Three Treasures
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byHiroshi Inagaki
Screenplay by
Based onKojiki and Nihon Shoki
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyKazuo Yamada[1]
Music byAkira Ifukube
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
October 25, 1959 (Japan)
Running time
182 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Budget¥250,000,000[2]
Box office¥344,232,000[3]

The Three Treasures (日本誕生, Nippon Tanjō, lit. The Birth of Japan) is a 1959 Japanese film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki. The film is based on the legends Kojiki and Nihon Shoki and the origins of Shinto.[1][4] The film was the highest-grossing film of 1959 for Toho and the second highest grossing domestic production in Japan for the year.[3]

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.[1]

Plot

The Three Treasures retells the story of the Yamato Takeru legend, and features a recounting of the great battle between Susanoo and the legendary dragon Orochi.

Cast

Production

Stuart Galbraith IV described the film as a religious epic in the style of director Cecil B. DeMille that featured "virtually every star and bit player on the Toho lot".[1]

Release

The Three Treasures was distributed theatrically in Japan by Toho on November 1, 1959.[1] The film was Toho's most profitable film of the year and second highest grossing domestic film of 1959.[1] The film was released in the United States by Toho International Company with English-language subtitles on December 20, 1960.[1] This version of the film was cut to 112 minutes.[1]

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Galbraith IV 2008, p. 161.
  2. ^ Toshiaki Iwabatake (1 September 1994). TV Magazine Special Edition 40th Anniversary of the Birth of Godzilla Complete Works. Kodansha. pp. 56–57. ISBN 4-06-178417-X.
  3. ^ a b Kinema Junpo Best Ten 85th Complete History 1924-2011. Kinema Junpo. May 2012. p. 158. ISBN 9784873767550.
  4. ^ "日本誕生". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

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