Movies and TV shows like Phoenix 2004
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Phoenix (2004)
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Original name: 火の鳥
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, History, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 25 min.
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Hi no Tori is a collection of stories that all have something in common. The Phoenix, whose blood is believed to give an eternal life to one who drinks it. Therefore many seek to kill it, but as the Phoenix of the tale, it's reborn from the ashes. Stories take place in future and the past, where humans fight with each other as always, and everyone is afraid to die. But still, every story teaches a lesson: Life is beginning of an eternity, an never-ending cycle.
Style:
anime, philosophical, thought provoking, captivating, epic, allegory, dark, meditative, art house, bleak ...
Plot:
mythical creature, immortality, eternal life, phoenix, existentialism, magic, magical creature, obsession, quest, tragedy, moral ambiguity, sacrifice, legacy, adaptation, haunting, dystopian future, political intrigue, slow burn, post apocalyptic, future dystopia
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Duration: 420 min.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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Duration: 25 min.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
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Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, War
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
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Country: Japan
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Country: Japan
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Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
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Country: Japan
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Poland
Duration: 52 min.
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
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Country: Japan
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Country: Japan
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: China, Japan
Duration: 23 min.
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