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The Tale of the White Serpent (1958)
Directed by Taiji Yabushita
“The adventures of a cute little panda, a dragon god and an evil serpent.”
Animation, Fantasy · 1h 19m
As a young boy, Xu-Xian is forced to free his pet, a small snake. Unbeknownst to him, the snake is actually a young snake goddess named Bai-Niang and she is in love with him. Many years later, when they are both adults, the princess is magically transformed into a human and sets out to find her love. But the local wizard believes her to be a vampire, and banishes Xu-Xian from the village in order to save him. Xu-Xian's pet pandas Panda and Mimi set out to save him and bring him, in the process becoming leaders of an animal gang.
Cast
Hisaya Morishige
Mariko Miyagi
Crew
- Director
- Taiji Yabushita
- Writer
- Shin Uehara, Taiji Yabushita
Details
- Original title
- 白蛇伝
- Release date
- 1958-09-03
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Genres
- Animation, Fantasy
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Toei Animation