Rate: Kamishibai: The Story of the Tanuki
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[BE THE FIRST TO RATE THIS MOVIE]Calorie Rating: 7
Released: 1933-01-01
Running Time: 5 Minutes
Studios: Yokohama Cinema Shokai,
A picture-story 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 bean-paste 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 picture-story scene at the beginning of the film and the scene of the raccoon dog dancing at the end were added in this version.