One Thousand and One Nights (1969)
aka Sen’ya ichiya monogatari
Genre: Animation | Fantasy | Comedy | Erotic
Country: Japan | Director: Eiichi Yamamoto
Language: Japanese | Subtitles: English (Optional, embedded in Mkv file)
Aspect ratio: Cinemascope 2.35:1 | Length: 130mn
Bdrip H264 Mkv – 1920×816 – 23.976fps – 3.03gb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064961/
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.
This little known anime film, conceived by the legendary Osamu Tezuka, is an unique, psychedelic interpretation of the Aladdin story.
Beautifully constructed, 1001 Nights stays true to the lush and mysterious backdrop of the well known and age old story. Tezuka remolds the story into an escapist fantasy where a 60s-era working man is transported back to an era of entirely fictitious Arabian details.
Seemingly at odds with itself, 1001 Nights consistently unfolds in a way that combines Playboy graphics, Arabian rug design and traditional Japanese scroll paintings. Sound like a strange mix? You bet and along the way we experience some of the great cultural juxtapositions that makes Tezuka the unpredictable style it is.
One Thousand and One Nights belongs to the early era of anime, and broke ground in two directions, establishing animation as a possible medium for both mature content (there’s a lot of sex) and serious artistic expression.
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