Phoenix (1978 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Phoenix

| image = Hi no Tori 1978 poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical poster

| director = Kon Ichikawa

| producer = Kiichi Ichikawa
Kunihiko Murai

| writer =

| screenplay = Shuntarō Tanikawa

| story =

| based_on = Phoenix
by Osamu Tezuka

| starring = {{ubl|Tomisaburo Wakayama|Toshinori Omi|Masao Kusakari|Mieko Takamine|Ken Tanaka|Mitsuko Kusabue|Masaya Oki|Tatsuya Nakadai}}

| music = Jun Fukamachi
Michel Legrand

| cinematography = Kiyoshi Hasegawa

| editing = Michiko Ikeda
Chizuko Osada

| studio = {{ubl|Hi no Tori Productions|Tezuka Productions}}

| distributor = Toho

| released = {{Film date|1978|08|19|Japan}}

| runtime = 137 minutes

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

| budget =

| gross =

}}

{{Nihongo|Phoenix|火の鳥|Hi no Tori|lead=yes}}{{efn|Also known as The Phoenix}} is a 1978 Japanese jidaigeki film written and directed by Kon Ichikawa.{{cite web |title=Enjo Conflagration - Kon Ichikawa Filmographie |url=https://www.berlinale.de/external/programme/archive/pdf/201520737.pdf |website=Berlin International Film Festival |access-date=19 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615224948/https://www.berlinale.de/external/programme/archive/pdf/201520737.pdf |archive-date=15 June 2024 |page=227 |date=2015 |url-status=live}}{{cite book |last1=Quandt |first1=James |title=Kon Ichikawa |date=2001 |publisher=Cinematheque Ontario |isbn=0-9682969-3-9 |page=436 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3vkVuSGQe-EC&dq=phoenix+1978+ichikawa&pg=PA435}} It is based on the "Dawn" storyline from Osamu Tezuka's manga of the same title.{{cite web|url=https://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/Details?id=13013|title=火の鳥|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs 日本映画情報|access-date=19 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://db.eiren.org/contents/02019780014.html|title=火の鳥|publisher=映倫|access-date=19 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://front.milplus.jp/product/JVOD0000300060600764?ref=tvod&top=2&article_type=1&pg_code=542020|title=火の鳥 |publisher=みるプラス|access-date=29 November 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%81%AB%E3%81%AE%E9%B3%A5-120588|title=火の鳥 |publisher= kotobank|access-date=29 November 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.konichikawa.com/films_a9.html|title=火の鳥|publisher=市川コンcom|access-date=29 November 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=18868&key_search=%E7%81%AB%E3%81%AE%E9%B3%A5|title=火の鳥|publisher=Kinema Junpo|access-date=27 December 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://bunshun.jp/articles/-/9002|title=手塚作品の実写化は至難 若山"猿田彦"はお見事！――春日太一の木曜邦画劇場|work=週刊文春オンライン|date=18 September 2018 |accessdate= August 14, 2021}}

Himiko, the queen of Yamatai, orders her subordinates to search for the Phoenix, which is said to have eternal life for those who drinks its blood.{{cite web|url=https://eiga.com/movie/39040/|title=火の鳥 |publisher=映画|access-date=19 March 2017}}