A Deer of Nine Colors
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Duration Language Mandarin | Country China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director Qian Jiajun, Dai Tielang Release date 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Deer of Nine Colors (Chinese: 九色鹿; Pinyin: Jiǔ Sè Lù) is a Chinese animated film produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio. It is also referred to as "The Nine Colored Deer".
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Background
The original story is based on the Buddhist Jataka tale of the same name, which were discovered as cave paintings from the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, China. The animated plot is essentially a spinoff.
Plot
In ancient times, a Persian merchant gets lost in a windstorm. Suddenly a spiritual deer of nine colors appears to guide the man. Later on, the deer rescues a man drowning in a river. In exchange, the man promises not to reveal the deer's whereabouts. The man reaches an imperial palace. The king insists on hunting down the spiritual deer down to make clothes out of the deer skin. The man gives in to his greed and leads an army of warriors to the spot. He falls into the river again, hoping the deer will show up to rescue him. This time, all the warriors' arrows turn into dust and the man is drowned.