The Tale of the White Serpent (1958)
1h 19m
Running Time
September 3, 1958Release Date
The Tale of the White Serpent (1958)
1h 19m
Running Time
September 3, 1958Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Hisaya Morishige
Xu Xian
Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects
Akira Daikuhara
Key Animation
Mariko Miyagi
Bai Niang
Kazuhiko Okabe
Director
Yasuo Otsuka
Animation
Yasuji Mori
Key Animation
Lisa Lu
Girl
Kazuko Nakamura
Animation
Yukiko Nakatani
Animation
Sumiko Naganuma
Animation
George Matsui
Boy
Machiko Dazai
Animation
Katsuya Oda
Animation
Susumu Akasaka
Animation
Takeshi Fujii
Animation
Makoto Nagasawa
Animation
Marvin Miller
Narrator
Masako Sekiguchi
Animation
Toyohei Horikawa
Animation
Junko Ichimura
Animation
Keiko Ishino
Animation
Miiko Taka
Fish Spirit
Taiji Yabushita
Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 3, 1958
Original Name白蛇伝
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 19m
Genres
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Wiki.
The White Snake Enchantress (白蛇伝, Hakujaden, Legend of the White Serpent) is the first color anime feature film and Toei Animation's first theatrical feature film, released in 1958. It was one of the first three anime films to be released in America, under the title Panda and the Magic Serpent, premiering in 1961, the month after Magic Boy. It is also known variously as The Great White Snake and The Tale of the White Serpent. In April 2019, a restored version of the film was selected to be shown in the Cannes Classics section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.