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Released
1959 · FILM

Magic Boy

He'd leap upon the wind and hitch a ride...

Runtime
83 min
Language
JA
AdventureAnimationFamily

Synopsis

Magically gifted boy Sasuke lives in peace, deep in the forest with his animal pals and Oyu, his elder sister. After their forest sanctuary is violated by a demon witch who devours one of Sasuke's animal companions, he vows vengeance. Leaving the forest, he sets out to master his magical gifts, making a pilgrimage to the home of the wizard Hakuunsai. While Sasuke learns the ways of magic, the demon witch terrorizes the countryside, and Sasuke works to complete his training in time.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Kanjiro IgusaShot by Mitsuaki IshikawaScored by Toru Funamura

Also known as

  • Der Zauberer und die Banditende
  • Magic Boyen
  • El niño magoes
  • Sarutobi Sasuke, le jeune ninjafr
  • Shōnen Sarutobi Sasukeit

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