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“Japanese folk tale of fisherman Urashima Tarou who visits underwater castle after rescuing sea turtle.”
Urashima Tarou (supposed title)
浦島太郎
4.69
14,493 rank · 3,437 viewers · 1 favorites
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Synopsis
Japanese folk tale of fisherman Urashima Tarou who visits underwater castle after rescuing sea turtle.
Urashima Tarou is based on a well-known Japanese folk tale about an honest fisherman who is invited to an underwater castle after saving a sea turtle on a beach from bullies. (Source: forum.bcdb.com) Note: The latest research has revealed that the film identified on this website as Urashima Tarou (supposed title), which was so named on the basis that it was believed to be a work by Seitaro Kitayama that was originally released in 1918, is actually a different film. Read more... (Source: Japanese Animated Film Classics) Note: Urashima Tarou (supposed title) is tinted in pink film. Not to be mistaken with Urashima Tarou (1931) which is a black and white film.
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Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
5.8
/10
What 9 viewers settled on.
43%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 3
σ 2.39
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.39 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.2 pts
Recommenders 8.7 · others 3.5
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Score over time
↑ 1.78
Running avg · Apr 2017 → Nov 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Now to be honest I don't get it why this anime is so low ranked. Sure it's not perfect like also probably cause it was digitaly recreated the voice is lost since you do see characters moving mouth,...”
- 9 “It was another great, sure it wasn't perfect, compared to other older animes the animation was a bit janky, not as smooth as the first two in the history of anime. Story sadly does not exsist, but...”
- 7 “Having accidentally seen the 1931 version, I finally came upon the real, 1918 version, and as a fan of very antiquated things, I loved it! Though from the silent era, when animation was less about...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 67%
Long · 0%
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A Movie Production
- Format 1 × 1′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 01m all episodes
- Aired Feb 1918 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-5013 catalog