Kamishibai: The Story of the Tanuki
紙芝居 いたづら狸の卷
- Animation
- 1933
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.
Kamishibai: The Story of the Tanuki is a movie first shown in 1933. Runtime is 5 minutes. Status: Released. Genres: Animation. TMDB score 6.0/10 from 1 votes.
