The Three Treasures
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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.
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Cast
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Toshirō Mifune
Prince Yamato Takeru
Known for
Seven Samurai
Rashomon
Takashi Shimura
Elder Kumaso
Known for
Seven Samurai
Ikiru
Setsuko Hara
Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess
Known for
Tokyo Story
Late Spring
Kinuyo Tanaka
Princess Yamato
Known for
Sansho the Bailiff
Ugetsu
Yōko Tsukasa
Princess Oto Tachibana
Known for
Yojimbo
Samurai Rebellion
Kyōko Kagawa
Princess Miyazu
Known for
High and Low
Sansho the Bailiff
Kumi Mizuno
Azami
Known for
Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
The War of the Gargantuas
Misa Uehara
Princess Kushinada
Known for
The Hidden Fortress
Akira Kubo
Prince Iogi
Known for
Destroy All Monsters
Throne of Blood
Akira Takarada
Prince Wakatarashi
Known for
Godzilla
King Kong Escapes
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Emperor Keikō
Known for
Floating Weeds
The Lower Depths
Eijirō Tōno
Ootomo
Known for
Seven Samurai
Tokyo Story
Hiroshi Inagaki Director · Ryuzo Kikushima Writer Toshio Yasumi Writer
Worldwide gross $25M · Budget $18M · First release November 1, 1959
Box office
Budget
$17,865,250
Worldwide gross
$24,599,153
Gross vs. budget
1.4×
Production
TOHO
Production
Far East Laboratory
Production
Tokyo Laboratory
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
日本誕生
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 1, 1959
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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