- Phoenix(by Osamu Teduka)
that story is fiction but Dawn(黎明編) is based on mythical age, Yamato(ヤマト編) is based on Yayoi period, Sun(太陽編) is based on Asuka period.
- ナムジ, 神武, 蚤の王(sorry, I don't know that English title
)these are Yoshikazu Yasuhiko's manga.
many personages are based on Japanese mythology.
I don't remember that movies or documentaries.
only manga, hahaha. If you can read some Japanese, please check this out.
歴史漫画(historical fiction manga?) Japanese Wikipedia