Swan Lake (1981)

Original title

世界名作童話 白鳥の湖

Directed by

Kimio Yabuki

Genre

adventure film, children's film, fantasy anime and manga

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 14m

Rated

G

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A prince falls in love with a woman cursed to be a swan by day. Together they try to break the spell of an evil sorcerer.

romanticdreamlikemagicalpoignantsweetclassicalvisually lush

What happens

Swan Lake (世界名作童話 白鳥の湖, Sekai Meisaku Dōwa: Hakuchō no Mizuumi; lit. 'World Masterpiece Fairy Tales: Swan Lake') is an anime film based on the ballet Swan Lake by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. The film was produced by Toei Animation to celebrate its 25th anniversary and was directed by Kimio Yabuki. Manga artist Yumiko Igarashi also worked on the film as character designer. The adaptation uses Tchaikovsky's score and remains relatively faithful to the story. The film was released in Japan on 14 March 1981 by Toei Company. It represents the fourth episode of Toei's World Masterpiece Fairy Tales, preceded by The Wild Swans (1977), Thumbelina (1978) and Twelve Months (1980), and continued with Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1982). It was the first animated film to be distributed by The Samuel Goldwyn Company. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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