Hi no tori

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Kon Ichikawa

Writing Credits

Shuntarô Tanikawa
(screenplay)
Osamu Tezuka
(story)

Cast

Tomisaburô Wakayama
Sarutahaiko, General of the Yamatai
Toshinori Omi
Nagi
Masao Kusakari
Yumihiko of Matsuro
Kaoru Yumi
Uzume, a dancer from Matsuro
Ken Tanaka
Takeru
Reiko Ôhara
Hinaku
Tôru Emori
Susanoo
Ryûzô Hayashi
Guzuri
Mieko Takamine
Queen Himiko of Yamatai
Tatsuya Nakadai
Jingi the Conqueror, leader of the Takamagahara
Mitsuko Kusabue
Iyo
Takeshi Katô
Kamamushi
Junzaburô Ban
Exorcist
Hideji Ôtaki
Sukune
Jun Fubuki
Oro
Masaya Oki
Uraji
Tetsuya Ushio
King Matsuro
Akiji Kobayashi
Yamatai
Michiko Kihara
Court Lady Sayo
Pîtâ
Court Lady Nusa
Maki Carousel
Court Lady Shime
Shigeo Katô
Resident of Yamatai
Akio Kusama
Person of Yamatai

Produced by

Kiichi Ichikawa
executive producer
Kunihiko Murai
executive producer

Music by

Jun Fukamachi
Michel Legrand

Cinematography by

Kiyoshi Hasegawa

Editing by

Michiko Ikeda
Chizuko Osada

Art Direction by

Iwao Akune

Set Decoration by

Kôichi Hamamura

Costume Design by

Junko Koshino

Makeup Department

Kazuko Numata
hair stylist
Shigeo Tamura
hair technician
Kimi Yoneyama
makeup artist

Production Management

Akira Mark Fujita
unit production manager (as Akira Fujita)
Toshirô Tokumasu
executive in charge of production
Satoshi Yamamoto
in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Isaburô Hashimoto
assistant director

Art Department

Tadamitsu Nishida
props

Sound Department

Georgia Hilton
re-recording mixer / sound re-recordist
Teiichi Saitô
assistant sound recordist
Fumio Yanoguchi
sound recordist
Tetsuya Ôhashi
sound recordist

Special Effects by

Tomoji Hashizume
special effects
Yasuyuki Inoue
special effects photography: Toho Eizo
Yoshio Ishii
optical effects: animator
Kiyotaka Matsumoto
assistant special effects director
Mitsuji Matsumoto
special effects technician
Masakuni Morimoto
special effects: gaffer for Toho Eizo
Teruyoshi Nakano
director of special effects
Tadaaki Watanabe
special effects
Takeshi Yamamoto
special effects photography: Toho Eizo

Visual Effects by

Takeshi Miyanishi
optical photography
Kazunobu Sanpei
matte photography

Camera and Electrical Department

Sadakuni Arai
assistant gaffer
Naomi Hashiyama
still photographer
Kôjirô Satô
gaffer

Animation Department

Teiichi Akashi
background artist
Masakazu Higuchi
inbetween artist (as Jiro Saruyama)
Haruhiko Iwasaki
key animator
Chikao Katsui
key animator
Junji Kobayashi
key animator (as Junji Yamamoto)
Takateru Miwa
key animator
Kazuko Nakamura
key animator
Ikuko Sekino
inbetween artist
Shin'ichi Suzuki
animation director (as Shinichi Suzuki)
Osamu Tezuka
animation director
Yoshiko Watanabe
inbetween artist
Masaru Yagi
key animator

Script and Continuity Department

Teruko Tsuchiya
continuity
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