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b'Hello, kaiju lovers!\\n\\n\\nThe unintentional \\u201cepic films month\\u201d continues with 1959\\u2019s\\xa0The Three Treasures\\xa0(aka\\xa0The Birth of Japan), but thankfully this episode doesn\\u2019t cross the \\u201cKurosawa threshold.\\u201d This is a religious epic in the vein of Cecil B. DeMille\\u2019s\\xa0The Ten Commandments\\xa0except it\\u2019s about Shinto. It tells the tale of Prince Yamato Takeru (played by the always awesome Toshiro Mifune), the legendary 13th\\xa0emperor of Japan (who\\u2019s being covered in our 13th\\xa0episode\\u2026oh boy\\u2026). Interspersed throughout the film are vignettes depicting stories from Japanese mythology that parallel the prince\\u2019s life. Nathan zeroes in on several of the film\\u2019s story elements, including the Japanese creation myth, the Imperial Regalia of Japan, and Yamata no Orochi the eight-headed dragon. There\\u2019s so much that could be said about this film, Nathan may have to do a follow-up with Rev. Mifune (no relation to Toshiro Mifune) or the guys at\\xa0The Kaiju Apostle.\\nNathan then reads yet more feedback clarifying the\\xa0Batman Meets Godzilla\\xa0story treatment\\u2014or rather, the Twitter war that almost broke out over it.\\n\\n\\nSpeaking of which,\\xa0Batman Meets Godzilla, one of the craziest yet most intriguing lost projects made famous by John LeMay\\u2019s book,\\xa0The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films\\xa0(which now has a new\\xa0\\u201cmutated\\u201d edition), is being adapted into a fan-made comic book miniseries!\\nT-SHIRT GIVEAWAY: Everyone who shares the Facebook and/or Twitter posts for this episode (or tags the show when they share it themselves) will be entered for a drawing for a\\xa0Batman Meets Godzilla\\xa0T-shirt. (One entry per person per social media). Entries will be taken from March 25 to March 31 at 11:59pm (EST). The winner must then send Nathan his/her shirt size, shirt color, and mailing address to be forwarded to the team at\\xa0Batman Meets Godzilla. Here\\u2019s a link to the Tee Public site with\\xa0this epic shirt.\\nHere\\u2019s the KVR episode:\\xa0Episode 41: The Three Treasures a.k.a. Nippon tanjo (The Birth of Japan) (1959) (Shinto)\\nThis episode featured the songs\\xa0\\u201c\\u2018BATMAN\\u2019 [OG Theme Song Remix!]\\u201d\\xa0by Remix Maniacs & \\u201cULTRAMAN\\u201d by Nobuko Toda and Kazuma Jinnouchi.\\nJoin the\\xa0Kaiju Quarantine Discord server!\\nHere\\xa0are Jimmy\\u2019s, er, Nathan\\u2019s Notes on this episode.\\n\\xa9 2020 Nathan Marchand & Moonlighting Ninjas Media\\nBibliography/Further Reading:\\n\\u201cImperial Regalia of Japan\\u201d (Wikipedia)\\n\\u201cJapanese Creation Myth\\u201d (Wikipedia)\\n\\u201cKamiumi\\u201d (Wikipedia)\\n\\u201cKuniumi\\u201d (Wikipedia)\\n\\u201cKojiki\\u201d (Wikipedia)\\n\\u201cThe Legend of Yamata no Orochi\\u201d (Shimane)\\n\\u201cNihon Shoki\\u201d (Wikipedia)\\n\\u201cSusanoo-no-Mikoto\\u201d (Wikipedia)\\n\\u201cThe Three Treasures (1959) Epic Film Review\\u201d (AN Production/Adam Noyes)\\n\\u201cThe Three Treasures (1959) | Movie Review\\u201d (TitanGoji!)\\n\\u201cYamata no Orochi\\u201d (Wikipedia)\\n\\u201cYamato Takeru\\u201d (rodsshinto.com)\\n\\u201cYamato Takeru\\u201d (Wikipedia)\\n\\u201cYamato Takeru: The Hero who Pacified the East with the Sword Kusanagi\\u201d by Prof. Kikuko Hirafuji\\nWiki Articles on\\xa0The Three Treasures\\nIMDB\\nGojipedia\\nWikipedia\\nWikizilla\\n\\nThe post Episode 13: \\u2018The Three Treasures\\u2019 (Mini-Analysis) appeared first on The Monster Island Film Vault.'