Hayley ScanlonJan 1, 2024

The people of early Japan contemplate different visions of immortality in Kon Ichikawa’s sprawling adaptation of the first chapter in Osamu Tezuka’s manga series, The Phoenix. https://wp.me/p1x9li-ksD

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The Phoenix (火の鳥, Kon Ichikawa, 1978)

The people of early Japan contemplate different visions of immortality in Kon Ichikawa’s sprawling adaptation of the first chapter in Osamu Tezuka’s manga series.

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