The Golden Bird
1987, Japanese. Directed by Toshio Hirata.
"Kin no Tori" is an adaptation of the homonymous fairy tale "The Golden Bird" by Brothers Grimm. A golden apple is stolen from the King's garden. The King orders his three sons to guard the apples in turn and to find out who is the thief. When the youngest son, Hans, presents a feather that he got from the golden bird that stole the apple the king sends his three sons to bring this bird to him and so Hans' journey begins.
- Runtime
- 0h 52m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Cast & crew
- Toshio HirataDirector
- Katsue MiwaHans (voice)
- Joji YanamiBig Bird (voice)
- Kohei MiyauchiKing Kaiser (voice)
- Junpei TakiguchiKing Kanematch (voice)
- Toshiko FujitaLulu (voice)
- Noko KonohaPrincess Roland (voice)
- Toshio FurukawaPrince Croyler (voice)
- Keiko YamamotoPrince Walner (voice)
- Takeshi AonoWhite Rose King (voice)
- Kei TomiyamaWitch (voice)
Details
- Released
- 14 March 1987
- Original title
- グリム童話 金の鳥
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Junji Tashiro
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The Golden Bird runs 52 minutes (0h 52m).
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The Golden Bird isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 14 March 1987. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Golden Bird?
The Golden Bird (1987) was directed by Toshio Hirata and stars Katsue Miwa, Joji Yanami, Kohei Miyauchi.