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The Three Treasures was distributed theatrically in Japan by Toho on November 1, 1959. [1] The film was Toho's most profitable film of the year and second highest grossing domestic film of 1959. [1] The film was released in the United States by Toho International Company with English-language subtitles on December 20, 1960. [1]
Japanese films released in 1959; Title Director Cast Genre Notes Battle in Outer Space: Ishirō Honda: Ryō Ikebe, Kyoko Anzai, Minoru Takada: Science fiction [1] [2]Beauty Is Guilty
March 7 – Ichirō Hatoyama, politician and 35th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1883) April 30 – Kafū Nagai, author, playwright, essayist, and diarist (b. 1879) June 20 – Hitoshi Ashida, politician and 35th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1887) August 9 – Noboru Ishizaki, admiral (b. 1893)
He is one of the most successful and critically acclaimed filmmakers in the history of Japanese cinema, having directed several jidaigeki epics such as the 1954 Academy Award-winning film Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto, and its two sequels (1955's Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) and 1956's Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island).
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