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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]
She is also known for her role as Azami in the 1959 epic The Birth of Japan. By the time she started working on A Bridge for Us Alone (1958), her second movie, her name had changed to Kumi Mizuno. Mizuno first worked with director Ishirō Honda in Seniors, Juniors, Co-Workers in 1959.
Kojima was a 22-year-old model from Tokyo, Japan when she won over four other finalists from Norway, the U.S., England, and Brazil for the 1959 Miss Universe crown in Long Beach, California. At 5 ft 6 in (167.6 cm), Akiko measured 37–23–38 inches (94.0–58.4–96.5 cm). [1] [2] She denied press reports on having undergone breast surgery. [3]
The Birth of Japan (Nippon Tanjo) [2] Shown in Japan in 1959 as Nippon Tanjo (Birth of Japan) at 182 minutes; later released in the United States in December, 1960 as The Three Treasures, edited down to only 112 minutes; AKA Age of the Gods [2] Battle in Outer Space [16] AKA Uchū daisensō (Great War in Space) [16]
Michiko (美智子, born Michiko Shōda [正田 美智子 Shōda Michiko] on 20 October 1934) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan. She was Empress of Japan as the wife of Akihito, the 125th Emperor of Japan reigning from 7 January 1989 to 30 April 2019. Michiko married Crown Prince Akihito and became Crown Princess of Japan in 1959.
At the end of the event, Luz Marina Zuluaga of Colombia crowned Akiko Kojima of Japan as Miss Universe 1959. [1] Kojima was the first representative of Japan, and the first Asian woman to win the contest. [2] Contestants from thirty-four countries and territories competed in this year's pageant. The pageant was hosted by Byron Palmer.
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The Birth of Japan (日本誕生, Nippon Tanjō), also called The Three Treasures (1959) Life of an Expert Swordsman (或る剣豪の生涯 Aru kengō no shōgai) (1959) The Story of Osaka Castle (大阪城物語 Ōsaka-jō monogatari) (1961) Chushingura: Hana no Maki, Yuki no Maki (忠臣蔵 花の巻 雪の巻) (1962) The Secret Sword (秘剣 ...