Phoenix 1978

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Phoenix ★½ Hi No Tori; The Firebird 1978

Aging queen summons her marksman to find the Phoenix, a mythical bird that she believes will bring her eternal life. With English subtitles. 137m/C VHS, DVD . JP Tomisaburo Wakayama, Ken Tanaka, Reiko Ohara, Micko Takamine, Tatsuya Nakadai; D: Kon Ichikawa; W: Shuntaro Kanigawa; C: Kiyoshi Hasegawa; M: Jun Fukamachi.