| This is
the international pamphlet for
the 1959 film The Three Treasures. As expected,
the publication is in English with an obvious slant toward
selling the picture to potential buyers. After a brief
three page introduction, though, the book takes an odd
turn of featuring paintings of scenes from the movie
spread across two pages with a brief summary of the sequence
below. This gives the pamphlet an almost "picture book"
like quality, and makes it stand out from other such
publications distributed by Toho. The art itself is a
little mixed in terms of execution, but tends to be on
the impressive side more often than not. This lasts for
14 pages before reaching the final three that go over
the cast of characters and actors playing them. This
section is neat for providing Toho's English names for
many of the mythological characters and their spelling
(example Susano versus Susa-no-o) and, oddly enough,
is the only portion of the book that actually shows stills
from the movie. |
