The Three Treasures (1959)
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.
Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
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Toshirō Mifune as Prince Yamato Takeru |
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Takashi Shimura as Elder Kumaso |
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Setsuko Hara as Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess |
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Kinuyo Tanaka as Princess Yamato |
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Yōko Tsukasa as Princess Oto Tachibana |
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Kyōko Kagawa as Princess Miyazu |
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Kumi Mizuno as Azami |
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Misa Uehara as Princess Kushinada |
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Akira Kubo as Prince Iogi |
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Akira Takarada as Prince Wakatarashi |
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Ganjirō Nakamura II as Emperor Keikō |
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Eijirō Tōno as Ootomo |
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Jun Tazaki as Ootomo's Kurohiko |
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Kenichi Enomoto as God of Yaoyorozu |
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Hideyo Amamoto as Spectator at Gods' Dance |
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Akihiko Hirata as Kibino Takehiko |
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Kichijirō Ueda as Kume's yahara |
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Akira Sera as Anazuchi |
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Minosuke Yamada as Okuri of Kunizo |
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Yoshibumi Tajima as |
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Michiyo Tamaki as Ehime |
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Akira Tani as |
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Haruko Sugimura as Narrator |
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Yasuhisa Tsutsumi as |
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Katsumi Tezuka as |
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Chieko Nakakita as Tenazuchi |
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Nobuko Otowa as Goddess of Anenouzume |
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Ikio Sawamura as Gods of Yaoyorozu |
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Shōichi Hirose as |
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Hajime Izu as Prince Oousu |
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Bokuzen Hidari as God Amenominaka |
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Yū Fujiki as Okabi |
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Ichirō Arishima as Okabi |
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Jun'ichirō Mukai as Moroto |
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Yutaka Sada as |
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Toshiko Higuchi as |
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Yoshiko Ieda as |
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Masayoshi Nagashima as |
| Directing | Hiroshi Inagaki | Director |
| Writing | Ryuzo Kikushima | Writer |
| Writing | Toshio Yasumi | Writer |
| Crew | Eiji Tsuburaya | Special Effects |
| Crew | Akira Watanabe | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya | Visual Effects |
| Production | Sanezumi Fujimoto | Producer |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |
| Production | Katsutaro Kawakami | Executive Producer |
| Art | Hiroshi Ueda | Production Design |
| Art | Kisaku Ito | Production Design |
| Directing | Teruo Maru | Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Sadamasa Arikawa | Visual Effects |
| Art | Akira Watanabe | Art Direction |
| Sound | Akira Ifukube | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Kazuo Yamada | Cinematography |