# Phoenix 2772 (1980)

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**Original title**: *火の鳥2772 愛のコスモゾーン*
**Runtime**: 122 min
**Genres**: Animation, Science Fiction, Mystery, Drama
**Directed by**: Osamu Tezuka, Taku Sugiyama
**Written by**: Osamu Tezuka, Taku Sugiyama
**Starring**: Kaneto Shiozawa, Keiko Takeshita, Katsue Miwa, Shuichi Ikeda, Toshiko Fujita, Kazue Takahashi

> *In the year 2772, a young cadet is sent to capture a mystical universal Phoenix, which possesses the power to rejuvenate the drained Earth.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A gleaming lab. The hiss of sterile birth.

Born in glass, raised by machines. The boy climbs through perfect skies, guided by Olga’s cold hands, until the horizon cracks. He traces the seams of a world that shouldn’t fit.

A mid-period Tezuka meditation, pushing animation toward existential limits.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, cerebral, surreal

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