Aesop's Fables

Mar 13, 1983

1h 1m

★ 6.3

Overview

Aesop is a trouble-making young boy who finds himself in another world filled with creatures he never believed to exist, such as fairies and talking donkeys. He sets off to find a way back to the normal world. On his journey he befriends many classical creatures from well-known fables and encounters many trials, each teaching him a valuable lesson.

Genres

Animation

Family

Production Companies

Toei Animation

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Cast

Chuchu

Hiroshi Otake

Barrow

Junpei Takiguchi

Pitchi

Keiko Han

la Mère d'Esope

Minori Matsushima

In a Buddhist temple, young monks begin their meditation when the master arrives. One of the children is distracted by a sparrow and follows the bird outside the monastery. Here begins a walk off the beaten paths that goes to the tour of his lifetime. When he has become an old monk, he returns back to the temple where young monks are waiting for him. One of them is distracted by a sparrow…

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The animated film was created based on the fables of Sergey Mikhalkov "Cautious birds" and "Hare in the hops." Drake with his assistants arranges a performance on the forest stage for animals. He tells fables about forest dwellers from the stage.

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A young Hans Christian Andersen goes in search of knowledge in the Garden of Paradise in order to make his studies easier. Each time he falls asleep, he experiences in his dreams the different characters he would later write about in fairy tales including The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, and The Emperor's New Clothes.

6.5

The Grasshopper and the Ants

Feb 10, 1934

As in the classic fable, the grasshopper plays his fiddle and lives for the moment, while the industrious ants squirrel away massive amounts of food for the winter. With his song, he's able to convince at least one small ant until the queen arrives and scares him back to work. The queen warns the grasshopper of the trouble he'll be in, come winter. Winter comes, and the grasshopper, near starvation, stumbles across the ants, who are having a full-on feast in their snug little tree. They take him in and warm him up. The queen tells him only those who work can eat so he must play for them. Written by Jon Reeves

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A dog finds a bone. Based on the fable, "The Dog and Its Reflection" by Aesop.

5.0

The Cock Crows at Midnight

Jan 1, 1964

Chinese puppet fable.

7.5

Banyan Deer

Jan 1, 1959

First Indian animated film in color, based on a tale from the Buddhist Jatakas.

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Aesop's Fables

Oct 31, 1971

A collection of the classic morality tales narrated by Bill Cosby as "Aesop" that have been passed down from family to family for thousands of years. Every story has a lesson.

4.2

The Hare and the Tortoise

Jan 1, 1924

A retelling of the classic Aesop Fable, The Tortoise and the Hare.

6.6

The Tortoise and the Hare

Jan 5, 1935

The Tortoise and the Hare is an animated short film released on January 5, 1935 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Wilfred Jackson. Based on an Aesop's fable of the same name, The Tortoise and the Hare won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons. This cartoon is also believed to be one of the influences for Bugs Bunny.

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In this fable, a little bear cub must learn to deal with his emotions after his first encounter with death.

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