The Wild Swans (1977 film)
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| Directed by | Nobutaka Nishizawa |
| Written by | Tomoe Takashi |
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| Produced by | Ken Ariga Yoshifumi Hatano |
| Starring | See voice cast |
| Cinematography | Sanki Hirao Tamio Hosoda |
| Edited by | Yasuo Iseki |
| Music by | Akihiro Komori |
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| Distributed by | Toei Company (Japan) Turner Program Services (North America) |
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Running time | 62 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
The Wild Swans (世界名作童話 白鳥の王子, Sekai Meisaku Dōwa: Hakuchō no Ōji, lit. 'World Masterpiece Fairy Tales: The Swan Princes') is a 1977 Japanese anime fantasy film produced by Toei Animation, based on the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale The Six Swans and on Hans Christian Andersen's variation The Wild Swans. The film was first shown in Japan on 19 March 1977 in the Toei Manga Matsuri (Toei Cartoon Festival).
The Wild Swans represents the first entry in Toei's World Masterpiece Fairy Tales film series, followed by Thumbelina (1978), Twelve Months (1980), Swan Lake (1981), and Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1982).