The Wild Swans
1977, Japanese. Directed by Nobutaka Nishizawa & Yûji Endô.
A young girl must spend six years making sweatshirts out of poison ivy in order to save her six brothers which have been turned into swans by an evil sorceress.
- Runtime
- 1h 2m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Nobutaka NishizawaDirector
- Yûji EndôDirector
- Eiko MasuyamaElisa (voice)
- Yasuko MiyazakiNamida (voice)
- Kaneko IwasakiGreta (voice)
- Yōsuke KondōKing Hilderbrand (voice)
- Tokuko SugiyamaWitch (voice)
- Tarō MochizukiKing Frederich (voice)
- Yasuyuki KachiJudge (voice)
- Shōshin KobayashiJudge (voice)
- Kiyoshi KomiyamaFirst Prince (voice)
- Noriko TsukaseSecond Prince (voice)
- Akira KamiyaThird Prince (voice)
- Toru FuruyaFourth Prince (voice)
Details
- Released
- 19 March 1977
- Original title
- 世界名作童話 白鳥の王子
- Country
- Japan, Soviet Union
- Written by
- Yasuko Miyazaki
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What The Wild Swans is based on
The Wild Swans is based on The Six Swans (1812) by Brothers Grimm and The Wild Swans, an 1838 literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.
1812
The Six Swans
By Brothers Grimm
Literary fairy tale · 1838
The Wild Swans
By Hans Christian Andersen
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The Wild Swans runs 62 minutes (1h 2m).
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Which OTT platform is The Wild Swans on?
The Wild Swans isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 19 March 1977. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Wild Swans?
If you liked The Wild Swans, try Crayon Shinchan the Movie: Dangerous Honeymoon -The Lost Daddy-, The Pagemaster, A Tooth Fairy Tale.
Who directed The Wild Swans?
The Wild Swans (1977) was directed by Nobutaka Nishizawa and Yûji Endô and stars Eiko Masuyama, Yasuko Miyazaki, Kaneko Iwasaki.
What is The Wild Swans based on?
The Wild Swans is based on The Six Swans (1812) by Brothers Grimm and The Wild Swans, an 1838 literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen.