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Dance with the Finless Porpoise

Movie·2024·Animation, Fantasy·1h 25m·Directed by Chen Weijian, Chen Xi

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If you were a god, would you give up yourself and save the people? For thousands of years, the Finless Porpoise has been protecting the people of the Yangtze River with its wind-worshipping dance. However, the ecology of the Yangtze River has been destroyed, and the dolphin tribe, which has survived for thousands of years, is gradually becoming extinct. The dolphin fairy, Jiang Ling, is on a mission to save her people and bravely enters the world.

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Haiting CaiHaiting Cai(voice)Gu JiangshanGu Jiangshan(voice)Wei ChaoWei Chao(voice)Nie XiyingNie Xiying(voice)Sun LuluSun Lulu(voice)Zhao ShuangZhao Shuang(voice)

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