Jack and the Beanstalk (1974)

Original title

ジャックと豆の木

Directed by

Gisaburō Sugii

Genre

musical film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

L

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 41 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy named Jack trades his cow for magic beans. The beans grow into a giant beanstalk that leads him to a world of adventure and a mean witch.

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What happens

Jack and the Beanstalk (ジャックと豆の木, Jakku to Mame no Ki) is a 1974 Japanese animated feature film produced by Group TAC (as its debut film), distributed by Nippon Herald Films and directed by Gisaburō Sugii. Styled after classical Western animation, it is a musical fantasy based on the fairy-tale of the same name with the screenplay by Shūji Hirami, music organization by Yū Aku and songs and score composed and arranged by Takashi Miki with Shun'ichi Tokura and Tadao Inōe. It was released in Japan on July 20, 1974 and in the United States by Columbia Pictures in 1976. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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