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Dã Tràng Reclaims The East Sea

Dã Tràng Reclaims The East Sea

Vietnamese tale of the sand-bubblers reimagined in film

1982 · 88 min · Family, Fantasy

Old fisherman Dã Tràng and his wife lives in a coastal village. One day, a snake saved by Dã Tràng gifts him a magical pearl that allows him to hear animals speaking and easily travel into the kingdoms underneath the sea. But his wife has other plans with this pearl..

Directed by Nguyễn Khánh Dư · Written by Nguyễn Thị Hồng Ngát

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