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Hinotori

1979, Movie, NR, 137 mins

Hinotori: Review

A fine, albeit bizarre, film from famed Japanese director Ichikawa (THE BURMESE HARP) that combines split screen, slow motion, and animation techniques with a healthy dose of black humor to create a fable-like essay on the nature of war and life. Set in 180 A.D., the story concerns an extremely bloody war between two rival tribes who are trying to capture the mythical Phoenix (which is animated) in order to drink its blood and thereby attain eternal life. Ichikawa depicts on... read more leave a comment