Ringing Bell (Dub.VHS)

Release date: 1990-01-05
Suggested retail price: $19.95

UPC: 043396603332 043396603332

Description:
A gentle lamb seeks his true identity in this enthralling and beautifully animated fantasy for all ages. The innocent world of chirin, a fluffy lamb who wears a golden bell to signal his presence, is shattered when his flock is attacked by King, a terrifying black wolf. A baby lamb named Chirin is devastated when his mother is killed by a wolf who raids the farm in the night. Seeking revenge, he must become like the very thing he wishes to destroy, and he must venture far beyond the safety his home and childhood into the wilderness to seek the fearsome Wolf King. Ringing Bell, based on the novel "Chirin no Suzu", is a forty-seven-minute-long film, and was released in 1978 by Sanrio, the makers of "Unico" and "The Sea Prince and the Fire Child". "Ringing Bell" starts off as a children's film but quickly merges into a darkly toned story of the laws of nature and revenge. It has also been viewed in the past as a cautionary tale about venturing away from home, nonconformity and revenge. Like "Unico", this film is a musical, where background songs set the theme instead of characters actually singing.

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