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A Thousand and One Nights
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A Thousand and One Nights

1969 · 128 min Animation Drama Fantasy Horror
6.7 / 10 · TMDB

Aldin, a vagabond water vendor, embarks of a series of fantastical and tragic misadventures through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and power.

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Fear lives in the details here — in the frame, in the silence, in the pauses between lines. The director knows how to keep the viewer in a state of readiness, muscles tensing on their own.

Worth watching for the atmosphere and the use of space. The ending may disappoint — genre is genre. But the journey there is well-crafted.

For fans of atmospheric horror where dread matters more than fright.

Director: Eiichi Yamamoto

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: At night when it's dark outside. Better with someone — not because it's scary, but because there's something to discuss after.

🎭 Cast

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Yukio Aoshima

Aladdin / Sinbad (voice)

Kyôko Kishida

Kyôko Kishida

Miriam / Jaris (voice)

Hiroshi Akutagawa

Hiroshi Akutagawa

Badli (voice)

Haruko Katō

Haruko Katō

Genie (voice)

Isao Hashizume

Isao Hashizume

Aslan (voice)

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Noboru Mitsuya

Djinn (voice)

Asao Koike

Asao Koike

Kamarkim (voice)

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Sachiko Ito

Mahdia (voice)

Hitoshi Takagi

Hitoshi Takagi

Police Chief (voice)

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Tomoko Fumino

Secretary's Wife (voice)

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