An animated movie I saw when I was a kid, it tells the story of Ne Zha from his birth to the great disturbance in the East Sea. Ne Zha is a little hero with a free, brave, kind and unyielding character, who clashes with the Dragon King of the East China Sea, leading to the death of the Dragon Prince, which triggers a shocking war and proclaims the spirit of rebellion against the strongest power.
The film is made in ink and wash style, with brilliant colors, and the camera switching in a flowing stream, which was considered a well-produced animated film in those years.
1979 / China / Animation Fantasy Adventure / Wang Shuchen Yan Dingxian Xu Jingda / Liang Zhenghui Qiu Yuefeng
At the end of the Shang Dynasty, the wife of Li Jing, the general of Chentang Pass, was pregnant for three years and six months, but she finally gave birth to a ball of flesh, out of which popped a cute boy.
Li Jing thought he was a demon and wanted to kill him. Fortunately, Taibei came to take him as his pupil and gave him the name Nezha, as well as two treasures, the Qiankun Circle and the Mixed Heavenly Aya.
One year, there was a severe drought and no manna had yet fallen.
Nezha and his family went to the East China Sea to bathe and play.
Nezha and his family went to the East China Sea to bathe and play. He stirred up the sea with the Mixed Heavenly Aya, shaking the Dragon Palace and causing trouble with Li Geng, the Night Fighter who patrols the sea, and Ao Beng, the third prince of the Dragon King.
After a few words, Nezha kills them, thus causing a huge disaster.
When the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas gather at Chentang Pass to demand his life, Nezha decides to surrender his life in order to save the people of the area. …… This film is based on the story of “The Enchantment of the Gods” and won the 1980 Hundred Flowers Award for the Best Art Film; the Ministry of Culture’s 1979 Award for Outstanding Film and the Award for Outstanding Creative Work by Young People; and the Special Prize at the 1983 Philippine International Film Festival in Manila, Philippines; Jury Prize and Widescreen Long Animated Film Prize at the Youth International Animated Film Festival of the Club Culturel de Bourbolas, France in 1988.
