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1971 Japanese film
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
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Japanese DVD cover art
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アリババと40匹の?賊
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Directed by
| Hiroshi Shidara
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Written by
| Morihisa Yamamoto
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Production
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Distributed by
| Toei Company
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Release date
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- 18 July 1971
(
1971-07-18
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Running time
| 55 minutes
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Country
| Japan
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Language
| Japanese
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
(
アリババと40匹の?賊
,
Ari Baba to Yonj?ppiki no T?zoku
)
is a 1971
anime
film by
Toei Animation
, retelling the evergreen story of
Ali Baba
and the Forty Thieves from the
Arabian Nights
, or
One Thousand and One Nights
.
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It was directed by Hiroshi Shidara and written by Morihisa Yamamoto.
Hayao Miyazaki
played a decisive role in developing structure, characters and designs for this film, whose credits list him as Key Animator and Organizer. Seiichiro Uno wrote original music for the film.
[2]
It was released on 18 July 1971 in Japan.
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Other releases followed, including:
- West Germany (as
Ali Cats und der fliegende Professor
, on 16 March 1973)
- Italy (as
Ali Baba e i 40 ladroni
)
- USA (a dubbed version called
Alibaba's Revenge
)
- International English version (
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
)
- Spain (as Ali Baba i els 40 lladres; in Catalan, aired in
Canal Nou
, on 29 October 1994).
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Plot
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The story is about a little boy who is the descendant of the leader of the thieves who met their fate in the 1001 Nights. He joins forces with a mouse and 38 cats to form the 40 thieves whose sole purpose is to steal back their rightful treasure from Ali Baba the 33rd. The tyrannical Ali Baba being nearly broke as he has spent most of the money his father left him, finds a magic lamp which is inhabited by an ailurophobic genie who cannot work his magic unless all the cats in the kingdom are gone. The boy and his companions, plan to save the jailed cats, to get back the stolen treasures from Ali Baba and saving the oppressed people from his tyranny.
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