Princess Iron Fan
The story was liberally adapted from a short sequence in the popular Chinese folk tale Journey to the West. Princess Iron Fan is a main character. Specifically, the film focused on the duel between the Monkey King and a vengeful princess, whose fan is desperately needed to quench the flames that surround a peasant village.
From the archive
Produced by the Wan brothers in the midst of war, Princess Iron Fan is the first feature length animation made in China. We follow the Monkey King and his friends on their journey to the west. As they reach Fire Mountain they are unable to pass because of the fire but learn that a special iron fan can quench the flames. However, the fan belongs to Princess Iron Fan and she will not willingly lend it to them... Subtitles: VobSub (Chinese Simplified & Traditional) Chinese Simplified (GB) Chinese Traditional (Big5) Czech (Windows-1250) (by Michal Maňas aka Snek01) English (by Philip Jägenstedt, Esn/Niffiwan and others) Russian (by anmo-222 and Esn/Niffiwan) UTF-8 encoding unless otherwise noted.
Why this is free to watch
Princess Iron Fan (1941) is hosted by the Internet Archive as a public-domain or openly licensed work, which means its copyright has expired, lapsed, or was released by the rights holder. The uploader declared an explicit licence, linked in the source panel. Nitrate streams the file directly from the Archive and hosts no video itself.
- Director
- Wan Laiming
- Starring
- Hong Bai, Jiang Ming, Han Lan-Gen, Xiucen Yin, Furong Ge, Wan Laiming, Guanxiang Liu, Zhou Jirang
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