Jack and the Witch

Jack and the Witch (1967)

少年ジャックと魔法使い

Jack is a boy who lives with his animal friends Barnaby Bear, Dinah Dog, Squeeker Mouse and Phineas Fox. He's challenged to a race with Allegra, who turns out to be a witch. She takes Jack to the queen witch, Auriana. She plans on turning all her slaves into evil harpies.

Date of release
1967-03-19
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Animation, Horror, Fantasy, Family
Director
Taiji Yabushita

Casting

Interesting facts

Jack and the Witch is a Japanese animated fantasy adventure feature film, the 10th cinema feature produced by Tōei Animation, released in Japan in 1967. It was developed by Jirō Sekimasa, Seiichi Moro and Takeshi Ariga, written by Shin'ichi Sekizawa and Susumu Takaku and directed by Taiji Yabushita and has an essentially original story, though one which alludes in structure and character names to the Jack tales and Beowulf, both of English folklore. A working title for the film was Fushigina Sekai no Daibōken . The animation director is Akira Daikuhara.

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