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.
Genre: Animation
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Crew: Yasuji Murata (Director)
Country: Japan
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Studio: Yokohama Cinema Shokai
Runtime: 5 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 01, 1933
IMDb: 5
Keywords:silent film, short film
