This was Japan's first animated feature in color and widescreen.
Hayao Miyazaki considers this to be the film where he first fell in love with animation.
The first color, feature-length anime film.
This movie is adapted from a famous Chinese myth and legend that can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. It is one of the four great love legends in China (the other three being "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl", "Meng Jiangnu", and "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai"). In the feudal era, Japan was committed to learning Chinese culture, and "The Legend of the White Snake" spread to Japan and had a certain influence among the people. This story has always been the basis of many movies, TV programs, and dramas.