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A Deer of Nine Colors

A Deer of Nine Colors

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: The Nine Colored Deer, Jiu Se Lu
Japanese: 九色鹿

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Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: 1981
Genres: Supernatural
Duration: 24 min. per episode
Rating: G - All Ages
L represents licensing company

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Score: 6.591 (scored by 68 users)
Ranked: #43122
Popularity: #5846
Members: 268
Favorites: 1
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Synopsis

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.

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Feb 4, 2013
BatSurfer
Somewhat brief review for this anime;



There's not much story to this short little film. At its core it portrays themes of greed, love and your brothers keeper. The story is centered around a magical nine colored deer who has the power to grant one happiness and health. Naturally, being Ying and Yang in the world, there are those who both abuse and cherish this magical deer and its powers. A greedy snake merchant trying to turn his luck around (although there is equal exchange between the deer and the snake merchant), from a spoiled queen who uses sympathy to get what she wants. On the read more
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Sep 26, 2012
moonofchaos
its not many who have seen this movie but hopefully there will be more. the movie is not japaneese, its from china and both the story and the art is pretty old. its about greed, both for money but also for beauty. the dear of nine colors its like a spirit or god. it can talk and help, or punish people.

the story is very short and the animation was as said before, old and pretty bad but the meaning was deep. if you want to watch something different and really special then you maybe should give 20 minutes of your life too it.
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Recommendations

Both "Taro the Dragon Boy" and "A Deer of Nine Colors":
- are fine examples of folklore-based animation;
- contain a teaching moment;
- have nice artstyle and colors;
- are quite old yet extremely enjoyable.

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