The Three Treasures backdrop

The Three Treasures 1959 Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki 日本誕生

The Birth of Japan!

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.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gneres Action , Drama , Fantasy
Production Companies TOHO , Tokyo Laboratory , Far East Laboratory
Revenue $3,000,000
Release Date 1 November 1959
182 mins
Cast
Toshirō Mifune Prince Yamato Takeru
Takashi Shimura Elder Kumaso
Setsuko Hara Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess
Kinuyo Tanaka Princess Yamato
Yōko Tsukasa Princess Oto Tachibana
Kyōko Kagawa Princess Miyazu
Misa Uehara Princess Kushinada
Akira Kubo Prince Iogi
Akira Takarada Prince Wakatarashi
Ganjirō Nakamura II Emperor Keikō
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
Chieko Nakakita Tenazuchi
Nobuko Otowa Goddess of Anenouzume
Ikio Sawamura Gods of Yaoyorozu
Hajime Izu Prince Oousu
Bokuzen Hidari God Amenominaka