The Tale of the White Serpent (1958)
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.
Director: Taiji Yabushita
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Hisaya Morishige as Xu-Xian / Fa-Hai / Panda / Dragon King / Catfish King / Narrator (voice) |
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Mariko Miyagi as Bai-Niang / Mimi / Xiaoqing / Duck / Weasel (voice) |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Tsuburaya | Visual Effects |
| Writing | Shin Uehara | Writer |
| Writing | Taiji Yabushita | Writer |
| Directing | Taiji Yabushita | Director |
| Visual Effects | Yasuji Mori | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Akira Daikuhara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Toyohei Horikawa | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Makoto Nagasawa | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Keiko Ishino | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Katsuya Oda | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukiko Nakatani | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Sumiko Naganuma | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masako Sekiguchi | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Junko Ichimura | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Susumu Akasaka | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yasuo Otsuka | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kazuko Nakamura | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takeshi Fujii | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Machiko Dazai | Animation |
