The Golden Bird

Mar 14, 1987

0h 52m

★ 10.0

Overview

"Kin no Tori" is an adaptation of the homonymous fairy tale "The Golden Bird" by Brothers Grimm. A golden apple is stolen from the King's garden. The King orders his three sons to guard the apples in turn and to find out who is the thief. When the youngest son, Hans, presents a feather that he got from the golden bird that stole the apple the king sends his three sons to bring this bird to him and so Hans' journey begins.

Genres

Fantasy

Animation

Adventure

Family

Production Companies

Toei Animation

Madhouse

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Cast

Hans (voice)

Katsue Miwa

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Joji Yanami

King Kaiser (voice)

Kohei Miyauchi

King Kanematch (voice)

Junpei Takiguchi

Lulu (voice)

Toshiko Fujita

Princess Roland (voice)

Noko Konoha

Prince Croyler (voice)

Toshio Furukawa

Prince Walner (voice)

Keiko Yamamoto

White Rose King (voice)

Takeshi Aono

Witch (voice)

Kei Tomiyama

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