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.

Released

1958-09-03

Genres

Animation, Fantasy

Runtime

79 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Taiji Yabushita

TMDB rating

6.2/10 from 48 votes