The Tale of the White Serpent
MovieTitle | 白蛇伝 |
User score | 6.2 |
Release date | Sep 3, 1958 |
Genre | Animation, Fantasy |
Director | Taiji Yabushita |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | Toei Animation |
Run time | 79 min. |
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.