A Thousand & One Nights (1969)
Sen'ya ichiya monogatari (original title)Reference View | Change View
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- 2h 8min
- Animation, Action
- 14 Jun 1969 (Japan)
- Movie
Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks on a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and power.
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Cast
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Sachiko Itô | ... |
Madhya (voice)
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| Haruko Katô | ... |
The Genie (voice)
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| Noboru Mitani | ... |
Jin (voice)
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Hitoshi Takagi | ... |
Police Chief (voice)
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Tomoko Fumino | ... |
Secretary's Wife (voice)
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Akira Nagoya | ... |
Sailor (voice)
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Masahiko Arima | ... |
Ship Captain (voice)
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Kuniyasu Atsumi | ... |
(voice)
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Minoru Uchida | ... |
Sulaiman (voice)
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Reiko Niimura | ... |
(voice)
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Takako Andô | ... |
Amazon (voice)
(as Takako Ando)
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Hiroshi Akutagawa | ... |
Budley (voice)
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Yukio Aoshima | ... |
Aldin (voice)
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| Lloyd Battista | ... |
Spirit of the Ship (voice)
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Kenneth Belton | ... |
Badli (voice)
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Michael Billingsley | ... |
Aslan (voice)
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Shûsaku Endô | ... |
(voice)
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| Isao Hashizume | ... |
(voice)
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| Kyôko Kishida | ... |
Milliam / Jallis (voice)
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Morio Kita | ... |
Slave Bidder (voice)
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Kunika Kizaki | ... |
The Quack Doctor (voice)
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| Asao Koike | ... |
(voice)
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Sakyô Komatsu | ... |
(voice)
(as Sakyo Komatsu)
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Takehiko Maeda | ... |
Horse Race Spectators (voice)
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Noboru Mitsuya | ... |
Gin (voice)
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| Frederick Neumann | ... |
Aldin (voice)
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Chinpei Nozue | ... |
Horse Race Spectators (voice)
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Minoru Omori | ... |
Senate Members (voice)
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Sen Saga | ... |
Senate Members (voice)
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| John Stacy | ... |
Citizen A / Human Trafficker / Judge (voice)
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Danshi Tatekawa | ... |
Audience (voice)
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Yasutaka Tsutsui | ... |
(voice)
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Junnosuke Yoshiyuki | ... |
(voice)
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Kyosen Ôhashi | ... |
(voice)
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Sôichi Ôya | ... |
(voice)
(as Soichi Oya)
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Directed by
| Eiichi Yamamoto | ||
Written by
| Osamu Tezuka | ... | (original story) |
| Osamu Tezuka | ... | (screenplay) & |
| Kazuo Fukazawa | ... | (screenplay) & |
| Hiroyuki Kumai | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
| Tatsuo Ikeuchi | ... | planner |
| Osamu Tezuka | ... | executive producer |
| Atsushi Tomioka | ... | producer |
| Yasuhiko Yoneyama | ... | planner |
Music by
| Isao Tomita | ||
Cinematography by
| Akira Tsuchiya | ||
Editing by
| Masashi Furukawa | ||
Editorial Department
| Harutoshi Ogata | ... | assistant editor |
Art Direction by
| Shinji Itô | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Kanji Akahori | ... | assistant director |
| Rintarô | ... | assistant director (as Shigeyuki Hayashi) |
| Teruhito Ueguchi | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Susumu Aketagawa | ... | chief sound recordist |
| Mitsuru Kashiwabara | ... | sound effects editor: Tokyo Theater Sound |
| Atsumi Tashiro | ... | chief sound recordist |
| Yasuo Urakami | ... | chief sound recordist (as Yasuo Uragami) |
Special Effects by
| Tomoji Hashizume | ... | special effects |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Tateo Haraya | ... | camera operator |
| Hiroshi Isagawa | ... | camera operator |
| Mitsuo Kobayashi | ... | camera operator |
| Akifumi Kumagai | ... | camera operator |
| Hideo Tsukioka | ... | camera operator |
| Iwao Yamaki | ... | camera operator |
| Shigeru Yamazaki | ... | camera operator |
| Kenichi Yoshizaka | ... | camera operator |
Animation Department
| Kanji Akahori | ... | animator |
| Teiichi Akashi | ... | background artist |
| Sumiko Asato | ... | animator |
| Osamu Dezaki | ... | key animator |
| Ikuo Fudaki | ... | animator |
| Masako Fukunaga | ... | cel painter |
| Hideo Furusawa | ... | animator |
| Hiroya Hachimura | ... | background artist |
| Masami Hata | ... | animator |
| Masakazu Higuchi | ... | animator / inbetween artist (as Jiro Saruyama) |
| Toshio Hirata | ... | key animator |
| Mitsuo Kaminashi | ... | inbetween artist (as Kazuya Kaminashi) |
| Akihiro Kanayama | ... | animator |
| Jun Kiguchi | ... | inbetween artist |
| Hideaki Kitano | ... | animator |
| Junji Kobayashi | ... | animator |
| Kôzô Masanobu | ... | animator |
| Maya Matsuyama | ... | animator |
| Kazuo Miyagawa | ... | background artist |
| Seiji Miyamoto | ... | background artist |
| Hiromitsu Morita | ... | animator |
| Moribi Murano | ... | animator |
| Kazuko Nakamura | ... | animator |
| Minoru Nishida | ... | background artist |
| Kuniko Nishimura | ... | background artist |
| Masatoshi Nitta | ... | inbetween artist |
| Toshio Nitta | ... | inbetween artist |
| Seiichi Nodate | ... | inbetween artist |
| Takao Ogawa | ... | animator |
| Sadao Ogura | ... | inbetween artist |
| Seiji Okuda | ... | animator |
| Yusaku Sakamoto | ... | animator |
| Nobuyoshi Sasakado | ... | animator |
| Yoshifumi Seyama | ... | animator |
| Naoko Shibayama | ... | trace artist |
| Kôji Shimada | ... | background artist |
| Katsue Shimizu | ... | background artist |
| Mitsuo Shindô | ... | animator |
| Gisaburô Sugii | ... | key animator |
| Akio Sugino | ... | animator |
| Taku Sugiyama | ... | animator |
| Morishige Suzuki | ... | background artist |
| Toshihide Takeuchi | ... | background artist |
| Megumi Tanabe | ... | background artist |
| Yutaka Tanizawa | ... | inbetween artist |
| Hachirou Tsukima | ... | background artist |
| Sadao Tsukioka | ... | animator |
| Yoshiyuki Uchida | ... | background artist |
| Teruhito Ueguchi | ... | animator |
| Kazuo Ushigoe | ... | animator |
| Tsuneo Wakabayashi | ... | inbetween artist |
| Takashi Watabe | ... | background artist |
| Tsuyoshi Watanabe | ... | background artist |
| Yoshiko Watanabe | ... | animator |
| Tadashi Yahata | ... | inbetween artist |
| Shigeru Yamamoto | ... | animator |
| Masateru Yoshimura | ... | inbetween artist |
Additional Crew
| Noboru Adachi | ... | production assistant |
| Shûichi Hirokawa | ... | production assistant (as Kazuyuki Hirokawa) |
| Hideo Katayama | ... | production assistant |
| Hironori Nakagawa | ... | production assistant |
| Frederick Neumann | ... | dubbing director: English version |
| Osamu Tezuka | ... | general supervisor |
| Lloyd Battista | ... | voice dubbing: Spirit of the Ship (uncredited) |
| Michael Billingsley | ... | voice dubbing: Aslan (uncredited) |
| Cicely Browne | ... | voice dubbing: Nursemaid (uncredited) |
| Carolyn De Fonseca | ... | voice dubbing: Lamia (uncredited) |
| Marvin Drake | ... | voice dubbing: Sailor (uncredited) |
| John Karlsen | ... | voice dubbing: Courtier (uncredited) |
| Gene Luotto | ... | voice dubbing: Djinn (uncredited) |
| Edward Mannix | ... | voice dubbing: Ship Captain (uncredited) |
| Gisella Mathews | ... | voice dubbing: Halimar (uncredited) |
| Paul Muller | ... | voice dubbing: Gatekeeper (uncredited) |
| Frederick Neumann | ... | voice dubbing: Aldin (uncredited) |
| Ted Rusoff | ... | voice dubbing: Havasalakum (uncredited) |
| Robert Sommer | ... | voice dubbing: Kamhakim (uncredited) |
| Robert Spafford | ... | voice dubbing: Sulaiman (uncredited) |
| Susan Spafford | ... | voice dubbing: Madia (uncredited) |
| John Stacy | ... | voice dubbing: Citizen A (uncredited) / voice dubbing: Human Trafficker (uncredited) / voice dubbing: Judge (uncredited) |
| Dan Sturkie | ... | voice dubbing: Janir (uncredited) |
| Michael Tor | ... | voice dubbing: Caliph Muhammad bin Sabaik IV (uncredited) |
| Frank von Kuegelgen | ... | voice dubbing: Master of Ceremonies (uncredited) |
| Mel Welles | ... | voice dubbing: Slimon (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Nippon Herald Films (1969) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Savvas Film (1972) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Italian TV Broadcasting (ITB) (1984) (Italy) (VHS)
- Pony Video (1986) (Japan) (VHS)
- Nippon Columbia (2004) (Japan) (DVD)
- Rapid Eye Movies (2018) (Germany) (DVD)
- Discotek Media (2020) (United States) (Blu-ray)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Imagica (developing)
- Nihon Animation Center (original picture)
- President Sound Studio (dubbing: English version)
- Tokyo Senden Gijutsu (titles)
- Tokyo Studio Center (recording)
- Victor Company of Japan (JVC) (record)
- World Group (record)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Aldin, a poor traveling water seller rescues a beautiful slave woman named Miriam from a slave auction in Baghdad. They fall in love at first sight and have a tryst, but the evil sheriff arrests Aldin and takes Miriam for himself. After being tortured, Aldin eventually manages to escape only to find his beloved dying in childbirth. Aldin flees the city and has many more bizarre, dangerous and often tragic adventures including finding Ali Baba's cave of wonders where he meets a tomboy outlaw with a serious grudge against the sheriff, landing on a strange island full of beautiful horny naked women, escaping a gigantic man-eating monster and discovering a ship that's actually a wish-granting genie. Eventually, Aldin returns to Baghdad as a much older and bitter man with the intent of becoming the new king and marrying the princess, who may or may not be his illegitimate daughter. However, nothing goes as planned despite the intervention of two quizzical shapeshifting creatures. |
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| Taglines | "The world's first animated feature film for adults" to reproduce the great adventures and ravishing sensuality of "The Arabian Knights" See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Debuted in the US in a version that removed almost 30 minutes of footage that was deemed too controversial (i.e. references to lesbianism and bestiality). It was not a financial success, and didn't even have a national theatrical run. No prints of the US version were known to exist until a copy was found and restored in 2020 for the film's blu-ray release. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Baggy (1984). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Aldin's Theme See more » |
| Crazy Credits | There are no ending credits and no 'THE END' title. The film simply fades to black after the final scene. See more » |