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title: 'Jack and the Witch (1967)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Taiji Yabushita'
released: '1967-03-19'
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/jack-and-the-witch-1967'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062260/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Jack and the Witch (1967)

1967 · Fantasy, Adventure, Family · Japan


## Synopsis

Jack and the Witch  is a Japanese animated fantasy adventure feature film, the 10th cinema feature produced by Tōei Animation, released in Japan in 1967. It was developed by Jirō Sekimasa, Seiichi Moro and Takeshi Ariga, written by Shin'ichi Sekizawa and Susumu Takaku and directed by Taiji Yabushita and has an essentially original story, though one which alludes in structure and character names to the Jack tales and Beowulf, both of English folklore. A working title for the film was Fushigina Sekai no Daibōken . The animation director is Akira Daikuhara.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Taiji Yabushita](https://cinepixo.com/people/taiji-yabushita)
- **Screenplay:** [Shinichi Sekizawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinichi-sekizawa)

## Cast

- [Kazuo Kumakura](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazuo-kumakura)
- [Tetsuko Kuroyanagi](https://cinepixo.com/people/tetsuko-kuroyanagi)
- [Hiroshi Ōtake](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroshi-otake)
- [Jōji Yanami](https://cinepixo.com/people/joji-yanami)

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Official site: https://lineup.toei-anim.co.jp/ja/movie/movie_jack/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/jack-and-the-witch-1967
Film facts: Wikidata (Q6115965); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.