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The Legend of the White Serpent

1956 · 103 min

A lush, dreamlike romance with eerie magical flourishes, unfolding slowly and ending in bittersweet transcendence.

Overview
Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in love with a snake goddess in human form.
In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • faith
  • death
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour2
Realism3
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama, romance, fantasy, horror
Directed by
Shirō Toyoda
Written by
Toshio Yasumi
Starring
Ryō Ikebe, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Kaoru Yachigusa, Musei Tokugawa, Kichijirō Ueda, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Haruo Tanaka, Eijirō Tōno
Music
Ikuma Dan
Cinematography
Mitsuo Miura
Runtime
103 min
Country
Hong Kong, Japan
Languages
Japanese

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