An adventurous young boy named Jack climbs a giant beanstalk to a magical kingdom governed by a greedy, tyrannical giant.
Direction
Sugii's unhinged visual choices nobody asked for but everyone needed.
Director
Gisaburō Sugii
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Japan's first feature-length anime musical, made when Toei was desperately chasing Disney magic but couldn't stop being gloriously Japanese.
Hiroshi Mizushima, who voiced Prince Tulip, was a massive TV star who basically did this as a favor — and reportedly never watched the finished film.
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