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A Spectacular Epic of the Love and Battles of Prince Yamato, A Legendary Hero of Old 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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Toshirō MifunePrince Yamato Takeru
Takashi ShimuraElder Kumaso
Setsuko HaraAmaterasu, the Sun Goddess
Kinuyo TanakaPrincess Yamato
Yōko TsukasaPrincess Oto Tachibana
Kyōko KagawaPrincess Miyazu
Kumi MizunoAzami
Misa UeharaPrincess Kushinada
Akira KuboPrince Iogi
Akira TakaradaPrince Wakatarashi
Ganjirō Nakamura IIEmperor Keikō
Eijirō TōnoOotomoExplore the crew
- Writer
- Ryuzo Kikushima
- Director
- Hiroshi Inagaki
- Writer
- Toshio Yasumi
- Producer
- Sanezumi Fujimoto
- Producer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka
- Original Music Composer
- Akira Ifukube