Suzunosuke Akado: The Birdman with Three Eyes (Japanese: 赤胴鈴之助 三つ目の鳥人, Hepburn: Akadō Suzunosuke: Mitsume no chōjin)[a] is a 1958 Japanese tokusatsu fantasy drama film directed by Kazuo Mori, and written by Shigeo Okamoto.[2] It is the seventh entry in the Suzunosuke Akado film series, after Suzunosuke Akado: The One-Legged Demon, which was released the previous year. Suzunosuke Akado: The Birdman with Three Eyes stars Shoji Umewaka, Tamao Nakamura, Yatarō Kurokawa, and Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka. The film was followed by Suzunosuke Akado: The Thunder Man of Kurokumo Valley, released in the same year on November 15.
| Suzunosuke Akado: The Birdman with Three Eyes | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical re-release poster | |
| Directed by | Kazuo Mori |
| Screenplay by | Juntaro Hozumi Shigeo Okamoto Masanori Matsumura |
| Based on | Akado Suzunosuke by Tsunayoshi Takeuchi |
| Produced by | Shin Sakai |
| Starring | Shoji Umewaka Tamao Nakamura |
| Cinematography | Kazuo Miyagawa |
| Edited by | Mitsuzo Miyata |
| Music by | Urato Watanabe |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Daiei |
Release date | March 11, 1958 (Japan) |
Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot edit
A three-eyed birdman appears in the town of Edo kidnapping children Suzunosuke Akado (Shoji Umewaka) must defeat the birdman before he turns the town into chaos.
Cast edit
- Shoji Umewaka as Suzunosuke Akado
- Tamao Nakamura as Shinobu
- Yatarō Kurokawa as Shusaku Chiba
- Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka as Takebayashibo
- Mieko Kondo as Hagino
- Yasuhiko Shima as Doi Awamori
- Masaya Tsukida as Matsutaro
- Kanae Kobayashi as Sorceress
- Chieko Murata
Release edit
Suzunosuke Akado: The Birdman with Three Eyes was released in Japan on March 11, 1958 and re-released in Japan on July 17, 1971 as a double feature with Gamera vs. Zigra.[3]
The film was released on DVD by Victor Film on December 20, 2002.[4]
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Footnotes edit
- ^ "赤胴鈴之助 三つ目の鳥人 : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-05-28.
- ^ "赤胴鈴之助 三つ目の鳥人 : 角川映画". www.kadokawa-pictures.jp. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- ^ Galbraith IV 1994, p. 303.
- ^ "Akado Suzunosuke DVD-BOX". rakuten.co.jp.
Sources edit
- Galbraith IV, Stuart (1994). Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. ISBN 0-89950-853-7.
External links edit
- Akadô Suzunosuke: Mitsume no chôjin at IMDb
- Akado Suzunosuke vs. the Birdman with 3 Eyes at Letterboxd
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