Action ·Animation ·Fantasy · Japan · 1971 · 55m

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

アリババと４０匹の盗賊

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Director
Hiroshi Shidara
Cast
Chikao Ohtsuka as Alibaba (voice) Junpei Takiguchi as Kajiru (voice) Gorō Naya as Goro (voice) Kosei Tomita as Spirit of the Lamp (voice) Isamu Tanonaka as Police Chief (voice) Kenji Utsumi as Dora (voice)
Crew
Hayao Miyazaki — Screenplay Morihisa Yamamoto — Writer
Synopsis

A peasant boy and 38 cats band against the tyrannical Ali Baba the 33rd and his cat-phobic genie.

Mood & Themes
animealibabashort filmwackiness
Key Collaborators
Hiroshi Shidara Director Hayao Miyazaki Screenplay Morihisa Yamamoto Writer
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