Ready to press play on 'The Phoenix' from the comfort of your living room? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Kon Ichikawa-directed movie via subscription can be confusing, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.
Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription options - along with the availability of 'The Phoenix' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'The Phoenix' right now, here are some finer points about the TOHO, Hi no Tori Productions, Tezuka Productions adventure flick.
The Phoenix starring Jun Fubuki, Tomisaburō Wakayama, Toshinori Omi, Masao Kusakari has a Not Rated rating, a runtime of about 2 hr 17 min, and a scheduled release date of .
It received a user score of 56/100 on TMDb, which compiled reviews from 8 top users.
Wondering what this story is all about? Here's the plot: "This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapolation of the value of life. The Yamatai, represented by Prince Susano-O and elderly advisor Sumuke, hire Yumihiko of Matsuro to hunt the phoenix so that Queen Himiko, sister of Susano-O can have eteranal life." .
Phoenix Collection
Phoenix was Tezuka's life work as well as one of his representative works. He explored philosophical themes of "life and death" and "reincarnation" in depth by depicting stories developed around Phoenix, the immortal life-form beyond time and space. Phoenix navigates the readers by traveling back and forth, between past and future, through the series. Tezuka reflected his own historical view and prevision for future, also tackled a vast-scale question of what universe is.
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