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The Tale of the White Serpent (1958) [N/A]

Release Date:
September 3, 1958

Original Title:
白蛇伝

Alternate Titles:
A Lenda da Serpente Branca
Hakuja Den - Le Serpent Blanc
Hakuja den
Hakuja-den
Hakujaden
Legend of the White Snake
Panda and the Magic Serpent
Panda e a Serpente Mágica
Shirohebi den
Shirohebi-den
The Great White Snake
The Legend of the White Snake
The White Snake Enchantress

Genres:
Animation | Fantasy

Production Companies:
Toei Animation

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
JP: PG 

Runtime: 79

The adventures of a cute little panda, a dragon god and an evil serpent.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Production

Animation:
Kazuko Nakamura
Sumiko Naganuma
Susumu Akasaka
Takeshi Fujii
Makoto Nagasawa
Masako Sekiguchi
Yukiko Nakatani
Yasuo Otsuka
Toyohei Horikawa
Junko Ichimura
Katsuya Oda
Keiko Ishino
Machiko Dazai

Director:
Taiji Yabushita

Key Animation:
Akira Daikuhara
Yasuji Mori

Visual Effects:
Eiji Tsuburaya

Writer:
Shin Uehara
Taiji Yabushita

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