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The Tale of the White Serpent (1958) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language
1958 · 79 mins · Japanese
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Directed by
Taiji Yabushita
Starring
Hisaya Morishige, Mariko Miyagi

An adventurous panda, a dragon god and an evil serpent set the stage. Young Xu‑Xian frees a tiny snake, not knowing it is the snake goddess Bai‑Niang who loves him. As adults, she becomes human and seeks him, but a wizard mistakes her for a vampire and banishes Xu‑Xian. His loyal pandas, Panda and Mimi, lead an animal gang to rescue him.

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