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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]
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)
The Birth of Japan (Nippon Tanjō), starring Toshiro Mifune – Black Orpheus, directed by Marcel Camus – winner of Palme d'Or, Golden Globe, Oscar and Bafta – (Brazil/France/Italy) Blessings of the Land (Biyaya ng lupa), starring Rosa Rosal – (Philippines) Breakout, starring Hazel Court
American planes fly in formation over the American and British fleets in Tokyo Bay during the surrender of Japan at the end of WW2. 2 September 1945. Image credits: history.season #41
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]
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.
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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.