(紙芝居 いたづら狸の卷)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Japan

Genres:

Animation

Runtime:

5 minutes

Year:

1933

Directors:

Yasuji Murata

Production companies:

Yokohama Cinema Shokai

Crews:

Director