The Wild Swans
1977 · 62 min · ★ 6.3 · Drama, Family, Animation
A young girl must spend six years making sweatshirts out of poison ivy in order to save her six brothers which have been turned into swans by an evil sorceress.
Directed by Nobutaka Nishizawa · Written by Yasuko Miyazaki
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Eiko Masuyama Elisa (voice) -
Yasuko Miyazaki Namida (voice) -
Kaneko Iwasaki Greta (voice) -
Yōsuke Kondō King Hilderbrand (voice) -
Tokuko Sugiyama Witch (voice) - T Tarō Mochizuki King Frederich (voice)
- Y Yasuyuki Kachi Judge (voice)
- S Shōshin Kobayashi Judge (voice)
- K Kiyoshi Komiyama First Prince (voice)
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Noriko Tsukase Second Prince (voice) -
Akira Kamiya Third Prince (voice) -
Toru Furuya Fourth Prince (voice)
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