The Phantom Horse

The Phantom Horse
Film poster
Directed byKoji Shima
Written byHiroaki Fujii
Kimiyuki Hasegawa
Koji Shima
Produced byMasaichi Nagata
Kazuo Tsukaguchi
StarringBontarô Miyake
CinematographyMichio Takahashi
Release date
  • 20 July 1955 (1955-07-20)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

The Phantom Horse (幻の馬, Maboroshi no uma) is a 1955 color (Eastmancolor) Japanese drama film directed by Koji Shima. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.

The movie is loosely based on the life of Tokino Minoru, a race horse whose life was cut short not long after winning the Tokyo Yushun and was owned by Masaichi Nagata.