在这部火之鸟动画/动作/冒险片中,日本漫畫大師手塚治虫的著名作品《火之鳥》，主軸向生命意義提出了問號。「火之鳥」是中國傳說中的「火鳳凰」，亦是西方神話中的「不死鳥」。牠擁有千年的壽命，老去之後，牠會投身火中，然後獲得重生。相傳任何人只要嚐了火鳥的血即能獲得永恆的生命，長生不死。由古而今以至未來，為了這個遠古的夢想而引發的爭戰殺戮從沒間斷。 此輯收錄了鳳皇篇.宇画篇.大和篇
This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made, it is also an extrapolation of the value of life. The Yamatai, represented by Prince Susano-O and elderly advisor Sumuke, hire Yumihiko of Matsuro to hunt the phoenix so that Queen Himiko, sister of Susano-O can have eteranal life. Matsuro is then destroyed by the Takamagahara, who have mastered the art of horseback riding, which is foreign to all other western Japanese tribes. One of their number, Uzume uses makeup to appear ugly and avoid rape, though her dancing induces Jingi to spare her. Queen Himiko's apprentice, Iyo, orders the execution of an innocent based on her magical observation, so Susano-O sides with the people. A Yamatai doctor named Guzuri washes up from a shipwreck in the country of Kumaso, where Hinaku, daughter of the chief, is dying. Urusni, her husband, is killed hunting the phoenix to save her, but Guzuri gives her penicillin, which saves her, so the chief marries him to her...
