Magic Brush (1954)

Original title

神笔马良

Directed by

Jin Xi

Genre

animation

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

20 min

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A poor boy named Ma Liang receives a magical brush that brings his drawings to life. He uses his new power to help his fellow villagers.

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What happens

Magic Brush is a Chinese animated stop-motion film, based on a Chinese folktale, produced by the Shanghai Animation Film Studio. There were two versions of the film. In 1954 the first film was called "Ma Liang and his Magic Brush" (Chinese: 神筆馬良). In 1955 the second film was called "Magic Brush" (Chinese: 神筆). They are also interchangeably referred to as the "Magic Pen" or "Magical Pen". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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