
The Chinese Nightingale
Animation | Fantasy
5.5
Release Date
April 27, 1935
Duration
10 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
A Chinese emperor is gladdened by the song of the nightingale and is moved to play his own song. One day the Japanese send a music box with a mechanical bird; the nightingale feels rejected and leaves. Soon the clockwork breaks down, and the emperor dispatches his crow to go look for the songbird. The emperor, meanwhile, grows sicker with the passing months.