The Nine-Colored Deer is a Chinese animated film produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio. The original story is based on the Buddhist Jataka tale of the same name, which were discovered as cave paintings from the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, China. The animated plot is essentially a spinoff.Please see Chinese animation – masterpiece of Chinese culture and art, part 6 for more details.
In ancient times, a Persian merchant gets lost in a windstorm. Suddenly a spiritual deer of nine colors appears to guide the man. Later on, the deer rescues this man drowning in a river. In exchange, the man promises not to reveal the deer's whereabouts.
The man reaches an imperial palace. The king insists on hunting down the spiritual deer down to make clothes out of the deer skin. The man gives in to his greed and leads an army of warriors to the spot. He falls into the river again, hoping the deer will show up to rescue him. The deer comes.
When the king orders his warriors to shoot arrows toward the deer, all the arrows turn into dust. The deer unmasked the ungrateful man in front of the king, and moved the king. The man invited his own destruction.
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