The Magic World of Watari
5.9
"In the name of the struggle to aid his suffering people, he disregards every danger that threatens his very life...! He must battle the remnants of incredibly ferocious prehistoric beasts... But why? Can he truly slay a giant toad and a spider that has lived for thousands of years? Come witness for yourself the prowess of WATARI your beloved little hero!" - Theatrical Release Write Up. The first movie in the Taiwanese Watari film series. This is not Watari and the 7 Monsters, this is a separate movie all together, but it did release around the same time as 7 Monsters.
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Part of Taiwanese Watari Collection
3 films
Cast
21 people
Yoshinobu Kaneko
Watari
Also in
Watari, the Ninja Boy
Masked Ninja Akakage
Chen Hui-mei
Also in
Ringing Sword
Secret Agent Chungking 001
Chuan Li
Namio Yuasa
Ching-Sung Hsu
Chung-Sung Wu
Chao Chiang
Also in
The Fastest Sword
Young Flying Hero
Pin-Pin Wang
Li Yu
Ping Luk
Chiang Ching-Feng
Also in
At Dawn
The Wheel of Life
Sha Lee-Man
Also in
The Enchanting Ghost
Run Away
Chien-Ping Chen
Also in
Founding of the Ming Dynasty
The Bold Three
Namio Yuasa Director · Li Chuan Screenplay
First release January 1, 1970 · Produced in Taiwan, Japan · Production Jinhua Co., Ltd.
Production
Toei Company
Production
Jinhua Co., Ltd.
Production
Taiwan · Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
神童桃太郎
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
Japan · January 1, 1970
Taiwan · January 1, 1970
Theatrical · The first screening was at the Pingtung Theater in Pingtung on January 1, 1970
No release date listed for United States.
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