About
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.
Box Office
$24.6M
Budget
$17.9M
Return
1.4x
Director
Producers
Sanezumi Fujimoto, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Katsutaro Kawakami
Music
Studio
TOHO, Far East Laboratory, Tokyo Laboratory
Original Title
日本誕生
Original Language
Japanese
Keywords
Cast
Full credits →T
Toshirō Mifune
Prince Yamato Takeru
T
Takashi Shimura
Elder Kumaso
S
Setsuko Hara
Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess
K
Kinuyo Tanaka
Princess Yamato
Y
Yōko Tsukasa
Princess Oto Tachibana
K
Kyōko Kagawa
Princess Miyazu
K
Kumi Mizuno
Azami
M
Misa Uehara
Princess Kushinada
A
Akira Kubo
Prince Iogi
A
Akira Takarada
Prince Wakatarashi
G
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Emperor Keikō
E
Eijirō Tōno
Ootomo
J
Jun Tazaki
Ootomo's Kurohiko
K
Kenichi Enomoto
God of Yaoyorozu
H
Hideyo Amamoto
Spectator at Gods' Dance
A
Akihiko Hirata
Kibino Takehiko
K
Kichijirō Ueda
Kume's yahara
A
Akira Sera
Anazuchi
M
Minosuke Yamada
Okuri of Kunizo
Y
Yoshibumi Tajima
