A Thousand and One Nights

Name: A Thousand and One Nights
Director: Eiichi Yamamoto
Genre: 16, 18, 14, 27
Released: 1969
Cast: Yukio Aoshima, Kyôko Kishida, Hiroshi Akutagawa, Haruko Katō, Isao Hashizume

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Eiichi Yamamoto• Director Yukio Aoshima Kyôko Kishida Hiroshi Akutagawa Haruko Katō Isao Hashizume Noboru Mitsuya Asao Koike Sachiko Ito Hitoshi Takagi Tomoko Fumino

Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks of a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and power.

Who would love this

♥Fans of experimental and psychedelic animation.
♥Those interested in the early history of adult animation and anime.
♥Viewers who appreciate artistic risk-taking and unconventional storytelling.
♥Academics and enthusiasts studying folklore adaptation and transnational cinema.

Who might not

✗Viewers expecting a straightforward, linear narrative.
✗Those who are uncomfortable with adult or erotic content in animation.
✗Audiences who prefer conventional animation styles and character development.
✗Viewers looking for a light or easily digestible film experience.

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What critics are saying about A Thousand and One Nights

Anime 101: Film 60 Spirited but massively flawed. There's segments of A Thousand and One Nights that are almost transcendental, but it's all in service of a confused and incredibly meandering narrative. It wants to tell a "rise and fall" story along the lines of Citizen Kane, but what happens in practice is that the protagonist is dirt poor until he finds a magical boat, we skip fifteen years ...

A ★★★½ review of A Thousand and One Nights (1969) - Letterboxd

It was critically well-received in Japan as well as being a significantly marketable triumph, and it's understandable to see why as the animation has the stylised and characteristic integrity that is expected from Tezuka’s output. It did manage to secure a minimal release within the US, but it chiefly missed the mark in attracting more extensive global attention.For a Japanese animated movie in 1969, too, the animation here is a triumph. The issue is that the story falters and is messy and nonsensical in places, and I can’t say it’s a great film, or even one…

A Thousand and One Nights (1969) directed by Eiichi Yamamoto...