A Thousand and One Nights (1969 film)

A Thousand and One Nights (Japanese: 千夜一夜物語, Hepburn: Senya Ichiya Monogatari) is a 1969 Japanese adult animated fantasy film directed by Eiichi Yamamoto, conceived by Osamu Tezuka. The film is the first part of Mushi Production's adult-oriented Animerama trilogy, and was followed by Cleopatra (1970) and Belladonna of Sadness (1973).

This article is about the 1969 Japanese anime film. For the 1959 American animated film, see 1001 Arabian Nights (1959 film).

A Thousand and One Nights
Japanese film poster
Japanese name
Kanji千夜一夜物語
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnSenya Ichiya Monogatari
Directed byEiichi Yamamoto
Screenplay by
  • Osamu Tezuka
  • Kazuo Fukasawa
  • Hiroyuki Kumai
Based onOne Thousand and One Nights
Produced by
  • Osamu Tezuka
  • Atsushi Tomioka
Starring
CinematographyAkira Tsuchiya
Edited byMasashi Furukawa
Music by
Production
company
Mushi Production
Distributed byNippon Herald Films
Release date
14 June 1969
Running time
128 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥290 million

The film was a hit in Japan with distribution box-office revenue of ¥290 million, but was largely ignored outside of the domestic market, receiving a limited release in the US. The English dub of the film was considered lost until anime distributor Discotek Media discovered and restored it, releasing it on Blu-ray alongside the original Japanese version on 24 November 2020. The English-dubbed version was cut to 100 minutes and was recorded in Italy. The film predates the more successful release of Fritz the Cat, the first American X-rated animated film, by three years.

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