Jungle Emperor Leo

Name: Jungle Emperor Leo
Director: Yoshio Takeuchi
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Family
Released: 1997-08-01
Duration: 1 h 39 min
Rating: 6.955
Cast: Masane Tsukayama, Chieko Baisho, Tomoko Ishimura, Hekiru Shiina, Kaneta Kimotsuki

“A king’s journey to protect his kingdom and family.”

1997

1h 39m

Adventure Animation Family

Director: Yoshio Takeuchi

Writer: Yoshio Takeuchi

Play trailer

Overview

Tezuka Osamu's most famous work "Jungle Emperor Leo" has been made into an animated version a number of times. In this theater version, Tezuka Osamu was able for the first time to depict the theme that "All life is equal" through Leo's self-sacrifice.