Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama

Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama
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Directed byKoichi Sasaki
Ram Mohan
Yugo Sako
Screenplay byNarendra Sharma
Rani Burra
Ram Mohan
Koichi Sasaki
Hiroshi Onogi
Ram Mohan
Yugo Sako
Based onRamayana
by Valmiki
Produced byYugo Sako
Kenji Yoshii
Atsushi Matsuo
StarringNikhil Kapoor
Rael Padamsee
Uday Mathan
Mishal Varma
Noel Godin
Music byVanraj Bhatia
Animation byKazuyuki Kobayashi
Production
company
Nippon Ramayana Films
Distributed byTEM Co., Ltd.
Showcase Entertainment (United States)
Geek Pictures, Excel Entertainment, AA Films (2025 re-release)
Release dates
  • 10 January 1993 (1993-01-10) (International Film Festival of India)
  • 3 November 1997 (1997-11-03) (Japan)
Running time
135 minutes
CountriesJapan
India
LanguagesEnglish
Japanese
Budget¥800 million

Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama is a 1993 anime film co-produced by Japan and India; produced and directed by Yugo Sako. It is based on the Indian epic Ramayana. The film was directed by Koichi Sasaki and Ram Mohan, with music composed by Vanraj Bhatia. The film was first released in India at the 24th International Film Festival of India. It was also screened at the 1993 Vancouver International Film Festival. Subsequently, a Hindi dubbed version was released in the late 1990s. However, on Jan 24, 2025, it was released in theatres in 4K with old English Dub, new Hindi Dub, Tamil Dub Telugu Dub and Japanese Dub.