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Nippon Tanjo (released in the U.S. in 1960 as "The Three Treasures"), the 1959 Hiroshi Inagaki Japanese fantasy adventure religious melodrama ("A spectacular epic of the loves and battles of Prince Yamato, a legendary hero of old Japan"; "Another major achievement of extraordinary power and beauty by the special effects genius, Eiji Tsuhuraya"; "The greatest of Toho's great films of special effects photography."; about the legend of the birth of Shintoism, and Mifune plays two roles; he is an Japanese god who defeats an eight-headed hydra-like dragon, and from its tail he extracts a magic sword, which he gives to the son of the Japanese Emperor [also played by Mifune!], who is sent on a dangerous mission so that he will be killed and his stepbrother can become the new Emperor instead, and the help of the gods and the magic sword allow him to triumph over certain death) starring Toshiro Mifune, Yoko Tsukasa, Akihiko Hirata, Kyoko Kagawa, Takashi Shimura, and Setsuko Hara. Note that this movie is little known in the United States, except by film buffs, but in many ways, it was a Japanese "answer" to the epic U.S. movie, "The Ten Commandments", made three years earlier. It was over three hours long, and while it has notable fantasy sequences, it deals with the birth of Shintoism in Japan, just as The Ten Commandments dealt with the birth of Judaism in Egypt. It was released in the U.S. in a greatly shortened version (less than two hours), and the existing complete prints are not of high quality. It would seem that someone should surely undertake a complete restoration of this important Japanese movie!
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Artist: Jean Mascii

Important Added Info: Note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube.

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