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A Thousand and One Nights | |||||
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Kanji | 千夜一夜物語 | ||||
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Directed by | Eiichi Yamamoto | ||||
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Based on | One Thousand and One Nights | ||||
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Cinematography | Akira Tsuchiya | ||||
Edited by | Masashi Furukawa | ||||
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Distributed by | Nippon Herald Films | ||||
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Running time | 128 minutes | ||||
Country | Japan | ||||
Language | Japanese | ||||
Box office | ¥290 million |
A Thousand and One Nights (Japanese: 千夜一夜物語, Hepburn: Senya Ichiya Monogatari) is a 1969 Japanese adult animated fantasy film directed by Eiichi Yamamoto, conceived by Osamu Tezuka. The film is the first part of Mushi Production's adult-oriented Animerama trilogy, and was followed by Cleopatra (1970) and Belladonna of Sadness (1973).
The film was a hit in Japan with distribution box-office revenue of ¥290 million,[1] but was largely ignored outside of the domestic market, receiving a limited release in the US.[2] The English dub of the film was considered lost until anime distributor Discotek Media discovered and restored it, releasing it on Blu-ray alongside the original Japanese version on 24 November 2020.[2][3][4] The English-dubbed version was cut to 100 minutes and was recorded in Italy.[citation needed] The film predates the more successful release of Fritz the Cat, the first American X-rated animated film, by three years.