Summary Lost in an enchanted forest during a hunt, a king is forced by a woman to wed her daughter who helps him leave, but both are witches. After his bride attacks his seven children, he has them stay in a small castle in another forest. But she sees where the king keeps the spindle that guides him to them, goes disguised as him, and uses cursed shirts to change his sons into swans. Having missed it, his daughter learns from them that they can turn back if she sews them shirts of chrysanthemums and is silent for six years, and agrees to. During that time a prince falls in love with and marries Elise, and they have a son. But her stepmother finds her, kidnaps the baby and causes blood to appear on Elise's lips so she appears to have eaten him, and convinces the prince she is a witch.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Ichirô Nagai Shigeru Chiba Mitsuko Horie Theodore Lehmann
Genres : Fantasy Animation Family
Release date : Dec 10, 1988
Countries of origin : United States Japan
Language : English Japanese
Production companies : Nippon Animation Co.
Summary Lost in an enchanted forest during a hunt, a king is forced by a woman to wed her daughter who helps him leave, but both are witches. After his bride attacks his seven children, he has them stay in a small castle in another forest. But she sees where the king keeps the spindle that guides him to them, goes disguised as him, and uses cursed shirts to change his sons into swans. Having missed it, his daughter learns from them that they can turn back if she sews them shirts of chrysanthemums and is silent for six years, and agrees to. During that time a prince falls in love with and marries Elise, and they have a son. But her stepmother finds her, kidnaps the baby and causes blood to appear on Elise's lips so she appears to have eaten him, and convinces the prince she is a witch.
Genres : Fantasy Animation Family
Release date : Dec 10, 1988
Countries of origin : United States Japan
Language : English Japanese
Production companies : Nippon Animation Co.