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.
Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Prince Yamato Takeru
Takashi Shimura
Elder Kumaso
Setsuko Hara
Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess
Kinuyo Tanaka
Princess Yamato
Yōko Tsukasa
Princess Oto Tachibana
Kyōko Kagawa
Princess Miyazu
Kumi Mizuno
Azami
Misa Uehara
Princess Kushinada
Akira Kubo
Prince Iogi
Akira Takarada
Prince Wakatarashi
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Emperor Keikō
Eijirō Tōno
Ootomo
Jun Tazaki
Ootomo's Kurohiko
Kenichi Enomoto
God of Yaoyorozu
Hideyo Amamoto
Spectator at Gods' Dance
Akihiko Hirata
Kibino Takehiko
Kichijirō Ueda
Kume's yahara
Akira Sera
Anazuchi
Minosuke Yamada
Okuri of Kunizo
Yoshibumi Tajima
Unknown
Michiyo Tamaki
Ehime
Akira Tani
Unknown
Haruko Sugimura
Narrator
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Unknown
Katsumi Tezuka
Unknown
Chieko Nakakita
Tenazuchi
Nobuko Otowa
Goddess of Anenouzume
Ikio Sawamura
Gods of Yaoyorozu
Shōichi Hirose
Unknown
Hajime Izu
Prince Oousu
Bokuzen Hidari
God Amenominaka
Yū Fujiki
Okabi
Ichirō Arishima
Okabi
Jun'ichirō Mukai
Moroto
Yutaka Sada
Unknown
Toshiko Higuchi
Unknown
Yoshiko Ieda
Unknown
Masayoshi Nagashima
Unknown
Crew
Hiroshi Inagaki
Director
Ryuzo Kikushima
Writer
Toshio Yasumi
Writer
Teruo Maru
Assistant Director
Katsutaro Kawakami
Executive Producer
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Producer
Hiroshi Ueda
Production Design
Kisaku Ito
Production Design
Eiji Tsuburaya
Special Effects, Visual Effects
Akira Watanabe
Special Effects, Art Direction
Sadamasa Arikawa
Visual Effects
Akira Ifukube
Original Music Composer
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