Suzunosuke Akado: The Birdman with Three Eyes

Suzunosuke Akado: The Birdman with Three Eyes
Theatrical re-release poster
Directed byKazuo Mori
Screenplay byJuntaro Hozumi
Shigeo Okamoto
Masanori Matsumura
Based onAkado Suzunosuke by Tsunayoshi Takeuchi
Produced byShin Sakai
StarringShoji Umewaka
Tamao Nakamura
CinematographyKazuo Miyagawa
Edited byMitsuzo Miyata
Music byUrato Watanabe
Production
company
Distributed byDaiei
Release date
  • March 11, 1958 (1958-03-11) (Japan)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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.

Plot

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

  • 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

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]

Notes

  1. ^ Also known as Bird Man With Three Eyes.[1]

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ "赤胴鈴之助 三つ目の鳥人 : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  2. ^ "赤胴鈴之助 三つ目の鳥人 : 角川映画". www.kadokawa-pictures.jp. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  3. ^ Galbraith IV 1994, p. 303.
  4. ^ "Akado Suzunosuke DVD-BOX". rakuten.co.jp.

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