Metamorphoses (1978 film)

Winds of Change
Directed byTakashi Masunaga
Written byOvid
Takashi Masunaga
Produced byTerry Ogisu
Takashi Masunaga
Hiro Tsugawa
StarringPeter Ustinov, narrator (US version)
Music byAlec R. Costandinos
Billy Goldenberg
Robert Randles
Production
company
Distributed bySanrio
Release dates
  • May 26, 1978 (1978-05-26) (United States)
  • October 27, 1979 (1979-10-27) (Japan)
Running time
89 minutes (original)
82 minutes (reissue)
CountriesJapan
United States
LanguagesEnglish
Japanese
French

Metamorphoses (Japanese: 星のオルフェウス, Hepburn: Hoshi no Orufeusu; "Orpheus of the Stars") is a 1978 Japanese animated anthology film that premiered in Albuquerque, New Mexico on November 2, 1978. It was released by Sanrio in the United States on May 3, 1979. It is a retelling of stories from Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Ovid, and narration by Peter Ustinov. In all of its five parts, the protagonists are portrayed in the form of a recurring boy and girl.