The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon (わんぱく王子の大蛇退治)

TOEI COMPANY LTD.

This is a story of long, long ago, before our world was formed.

In the age of the Ancient Gods,

The Lord of the Universe, Ame-no-Minakanushi, called forth Izanagi and Izanami.

He bade them to create a world where people could live and be happy.

Izanagi and Izanami descended with a great spear, with which they stirred the sea.

As they withdrew the spear, a drop fell from its tip and formed many islands.

AN ANCIENT JAPANESE FAIRY TALE

THE LITTLE PRINCE AND THE EIGHT-HEADED DRAGON

Producer: Hiroshi OKAWA

Associate Producers: Shin YOSHIDA, Isamu TAKAHASHI, Takashi IIJIMA Screenplay: Ichiro IKEDA, Takashi IIJIMA

Animation Supervisor: Sanae YAMAMOTO Music: Akira IFUKUBE Animation Director: Yasuji MORI

Animation: Hideo FURUSAWA, Masao KUMAGAWA, Yasuo OTSUKA, Daikichiro KUSUBE,

Makoto NAGASAWA, Reiko OKUYAMA, Masatake KITA, Chikao KATSUI

Inbetween Animation: Sadao TSUKIOKA, Yoichi KOTABE, Tomekichi TAKEUCHI,

Norio HIKONE, Katsuya ODA, Tetsuta IKUNO, Noboru SEKIAI, Akemi OTA, Kyoko NAKATANI,

Kazuko KOBAYASHI, Mochitsugu YOSHIDA, Toshio KATSUTA, Takao KODAMA, Yoshio AISO,

Sadao KIKUCHI, Satoru SAITO, Nobuyuki FUKUSHIMA, Hideki MORI, Toshio HIRATA

Art Director: Reiji KOYAMA Color Design: Saburo YOKOI Historical Research: Koji FUKIYA

Backgrounds: Tomo FUKAMOTO, Eiko SUGIMOTO, Isamu KAGEYAMA, Hideo CHIBA

Camera: Mitsuaki ISHIKAWA, Hideaki SUGAWARA Editing: Ikuzo INABA

Sound Recording: Takeshi MORI, Sachio ISHII, Eiko KAMIYAMA

Visual Effects: Ryuzo IWATO Assistant Directors: Isao TAKAHATA, Kimio YABUKI

"Lullaby of a Motherless Child" Composed by Akira IFUKUBE

Lyrics: Takashi MORISHIMA Vocals: Setsuko WATANABE Choreography: Eimi HATANO

Cast: Tomohito SUMIDA, Yukiko OKADA, Chiharu KURI,

Masato YAMANOUCHI, Kiyoshi KAWAKUBO, Hideo KINOSHITA, Kinshiro IWAO

Directed by Yugo SERIKAWA

That's strange...

Fine! Do your worst.

Oh! Susano!

Taro! Stop picking on him!

Hey, what are you doing?

All right, you! Had enough?

Susano!

Oh! Mother!

Wait.

You must not act violently.

Taro is sorry, so you must forgive him.

But...

Son, a boy needs more than a strong body.

A boy must also have a gentle heart.

Now, let Mother wash you. Then we'll go home.

Go, Daddy! Get him!

Why you...

Okay! Who's next?

Me! I'm next!

Okay, okay! Don't worry, I won't hurt you!

Oh, you're too big for me.

Don't be shy. Just one round.

I-I was just going home...

Hey, Taro! I'll have a go!

Oh! No, no thank you. No thanks.

Come on! Step right up! Don't be shy!

That's right!

Izanami has gone away

Izanami is gone

What do these voices mean?

I dunno. Maybe Taro knows.

Taro?

I don't know.

Something has happened to Mother!

Mother!

Susano!

Be still, son.

Father!

What has happened to Mother?

Your mother...

She is gone.

She's gone? What do you mean?

She's gone to a faraway place.

She did not want to leave us.

But there comes a time when we are called away to a beautiful place.

Nothing can be done about it.

The time came for your mother, and she had to leave.

Had to leave? Then she didn't want to go!

I'll go and bring her back!

You cannot do that, Susano!

Why not?

Why not? Because it cannot be done!

It's very hard to explain.

No! I'm going to find her! I'm going to find Mother!

You can't!

As your father I forbid you to go!

Stop it! Stop crying!

What are you doing?!

What's that?

Mother! Mother!

Mother! Mother!

Oh! Mother!

You're a big boy now. You mustn't cry like that, Susano.

But, you went away, Mother!

I am sorry. But I cannot take you with me.

Why did you leave me? That was mean!

Listen, Susano.

You are strong enough to make it on your own.

I will give you this to protect you from danger.

Is it a nice place where you went, Mother?

Yes, it is.

It's peaceful, and quiet, and beautiful.

It's a country of happiness.

Then I want to go there too.

Where is it? Is it across the sea?

Yes. Across the sea and very far away. A country of happiness.

Tell me how to get there! Please, Mother.

My dear. Even if you try, it is a place no one can ever find.

Why not?

Mother!

Mother!

He's coming around!

What have you been doing, Susano?

I wanted to go where Mother is.

But I couldn't swim there.

Of course not!

Don't try such a silly thing again.

I won't! Let me have a boat instead!

A boat? Yes, yes...

A boat? What do you want that for?

So I can find Mother!

Eh? Forget it!

What are you doing, Susano?

I'm building a boat.

A boat?

Yes. I can sail across the sea with it.

Wow! Will you take me with you?

Take me too!

I wanna go too!

Me too!

Sure! I'll take you.

A boat trip! Wonderful!

Across the sea!

Where are we going?

To find my mother. We'll go and stay with her.

To find your mother?

Yeah.

First, we'll go to the Land of Night to see my brother, the Moon God.

And then, to the High Celestial Plain to see my sister, the Sun Goddess.

We'll ask them how to get to my mother's country,

and we'll keep going until we find her.

Oh, I don't think I can go.

Me neither.

Me too, I just remembered, I'm going to GO-OH-OHH!!

Akahana! You're going, then?

If I said I'm going, I'm going! So I'm going!

Beautiful moon, please, light our way and guide us safely on our journey.

Goodbye everyone!

Akahana! Take care of yourself! Akahana!

- Goodbye! - Goodbye!

Goodbye! Good...

Goodbye!

Goodbye!

So long! We'll miss you!

Goodbye!

Farewell...

Stubborn boy.

Chasing a dream he will never find.

Hey, Susano. Where is the Land of Night? Is it very far?

They say it's in the East. But I don't really know where.

What? How unreliable!

Yeah, like that! You got him!

Susano, did you get beaten?

I'm here!

Oh! Hooray!

Let's turn the boat over.

Well done! Well done!

That was a very bad fish, you know.

It's been bothering everyone in the sea for a while.

Oh, your boat!

- Who are you? - Who, me?

I'm the King of the Sea, that's who!

I'm Susano!

Um... Do you know where the Land of Night is?

Sure, I know! You wanna go there?

Yes!

Very well! Since you've brought peace to the sea, I'll show you.

Look!

The Land of Night is located under the bottom of the bottom of the sea.

Hey! Don't sit on my head!

This is the Crystal Cave.

It is the entrance to the Land of Night.

Wow! Look!

Huh? What's that?

The Land of Night!

Hello! Brother!

It's me, Susano!

Oh no! Oh no!

You... you fool! What are you doing?

Oh, it's terrible! It's Prince Susano!

And why are you such a mess?

Oh, yes. I resisted as best as I could, sir.

But the enemy has a giant army!

A giant army?

Fool.

Susano is just a child.

Go and investigate.

Susano has no reason to attack me.

Oh no, Moon God!

Susano may be a child, but he's fantastically strong!

We must be careful.

Please let me take the Magic Ice Mirror in case he becomes violent.