The Legend of the White Serpent (film)

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The Legend of the White Serpent
Directed by	Shiro Toyoda
Screenplay by	Toshio Yasumi[1]
Produced by	Tomoyuki Tanaka Run Run Shaw[1]
Starring	Ryō Ikebe Kaoru Yachigusa Yoshuko Yamaguchi Nijiko Kiyokawa
Cinematography	Mitsuo Miura[1]
Music by	Ikuma Dan[1]
Production companies	Toho Shaw Brothers[1]
Distributed by	Toho (Japan) Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong)
Release dates	22 June 1956 (1956-06-22) (Japan) 1957 (1957) (Hong Kong)
Running time	102 minutes[1]
Countries	Japan Hong Kong[1]
Languages	Japanese Mandarin Cantonese

The Legend of the White Serpent (白夫人の妖恋, Byaku fujin no yōren, lit. 'The Love of Madame White') is a 1956 romantic fantasy film directed by Shirō Toyoda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.^[1] The film is based on the Chinese fairy tale Pai-she Chuan and the stories Story of a White Snake and White Woman's Magic by Fusao Hayashi.^[1]