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  • Director: Masahiro Shinoda
  • AMG Rating: starstarstarstar
  • Genre: Historical Film
  • Main Cast: Masao Kusakari
  • Release Year: 1974
  • Country: JP
  • Run Time: 100 minutes

Plot

Using modern scientific biases to strip away the mystery behind ancient legends is an activity not confined to Europe or the Americas. In this Japanese film, the mythological foundations of Japanese society are explained away, albeit poetically. Here, the Sun Goddess responsible for the founding of Japan is seen as conniving woman Himiko (Masao Kusakari), who rules a small portion of the Japanese islands in the third century through her influence over several powerful men. When she is killed for reasons of political expediency, the film zooms back to reveal her mourners as figures in modern-day Japan. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Cast

Rentaro Mikuni - Takehiko; Choichiro Kawarazaki - Emperor; Masao Kusakari - Himiko; Yoshi Kato - Girl; Rie Yokoyama - Nashime

Credit

Masahiro Shinoda - Director, Toru Takemitsu - Composer (Music Score), Tatsuo Suzuki - Cinematographer, Taeko Tomioka - Screenwriter
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Himiko
Directed by Masahiro Shinoda
Produced by Kiyoshi Iwashita
Kinshirô Kuzui
Masahiro Shinoda
Written by Masahiro Shinoda
Taeko Tomioka
Starring Shima Iwashita
Cinematography Tatsuo Suzuki
Editing by Sachiko Yamaji
Release date(s) 9 March, 1974
Running time 100 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Himiko (Japanese: 卑弥呼) is a 1974 Japanese drama film directed by Masahiro Shinoda. It was entered into the 1974 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

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References

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Himiko". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2247/year/1974.html. Retrieved on 2009-04-26. 

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