A Thousand and One Nights

A Thousand and One Nights

128 mins | Drama, Animation, Fantasy | June 14, 1969

Beautifully constructed, 1001 Nights stays true to the lush and mysterious backdrop of the well known and age old story. Tezuka remolds the story into an escapist fantasy where a 60s-era working man is transported back to an era of entirely fictitious Arabian details. Seemingly at odds with itself, 1001 Nights consistently unfolds in a way that combines Playboy graphics, Arabian rug design and traditional Japanese scroll paintings. Sound like a strange mix? You bet and along the way we experience some of the great cultural juxtapositions that makes Tezuka the unpredictable style it is. Source: MAL

A Thousand and One Nights

128 mins | Drama, Animation, Fantasy | June 14, 1969

A Thousand and One Nights
Beautifully constructed, 1001 Nights stays true to the lush and mysterious backdrop of the well known and age old story. Tezuka remolds the story into an escapist fantasy where a 60s-era working man is transported back to an era of entirely fictitious Arabian details. Seemingly at odds with itself, 1001 Nights consistently unfolds in a way that combines Playboy graphics, Arabian rug design and traditional Japanese scroll paintings. Sound like a strange mix? You bet and along the way we experience some of the great cultural juxtapositions that makes Tezuka the unpredictable style it is. Source: MAL
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Mushi Production
Original title 千夜一夜物語
Directors Eiichi Yamamoto
Writers Hiroyuki Kumai, Kazuo Fukasawa, Osamu Tezuka

Cast

Yukio Aoshima

as Aladdin / Sinbad (voice)

Kyōko Kishida

as Miriam / Jaris (voice)

Hiroshi Akutagawa

as Badli (voice)

Haruko Katô

as Genie (voice)

Isao Hashizume

as Aslan (voice)

Noboru Mitsuya

as Djinn (voice)

Asao Koike

as Kamarkim (voice)

Sachiko Itô

as Mahdia (voice)

Hitoshi Takagi

as Police Chief (voice)

Tomoko Fumino

as Secretary's Wife (voice)

Akira Nagoya

as Sailor (voice)

Masahiko Arima

as Ship Captain (voice)

Minoru Uchida

as Sulaiman (voice)

Noboru Mitani

as Jin (voice)