Kamishibai: The Story of the Tanuki(1933)

Kamishibai: The Story of the Tanuki Synopsis

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 (1933) is a animation film directed by Yasuji Murata, released on January 1, 1933 with a runtime of 5m. Viewers rate it 6.0 out of 10 across 1 ratings.