Movie Details
Original Language:Japanese
Production Companies:Yokohama Cinema Shokai
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Kamishibai The Story of the Tanuki
Audience Score
5 minAnimation
A picturestory showman is reading a story about a troublemaking tanuki on the street to children A starving tanuki with nowhere to go plots to steal offerings from Mangokuzan Temple which has a lot of offerings The raccoon sneaks into the temple While he is eating beanpaste buns a child bonze comes So the tanuki turns himself into a statue of Buddha A shortened and revised version of The Enchanted Kettle According to The History of Japanese Animation written by Katsunori Yamaguchi and Yasushi Watanabe the picturestory scene at the beginning of the film and the scene of the raccoon dog dancing at the end were added in this version
DirectorYasuji Murata
