The Ugly Duckling is a animation, fantasy film released in 1968 exploring themes of fairy tale, stop motion, short film. Directed by Kazuhiko Watanabe, A stop-motion puppet animation adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's tale The Ugly Duckling.
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