Folktales from Japan - Hometown Rebuilding (2012) (season)


The Raccoon's Spinning Wheel / The Two Moons / Ubasute Mountain (S01E138)

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  • Japan Tanuki no itoguruma / Futacu no cuki / Ubasute jama (more)
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Animation / Comedy / Family
Japan, 2014, 24 min

Screenplay:

Marie Terunuma

Cast:

Akira Emoto (narrator), Yoneko Matsukane (narrator)
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Plots(1)

A raccoon comes to a woodcutter's house and learns to work a spinning wheel. On a moonlit night, a giant snake appears with two moons in tow and swallows a hunter. His daughters find out and swear revenge. A lord issues an order that anybody who turns 60 must be left in the mountains to die. A son tearfully takes his mom up to the mountains but can't bear to it. He hides her beneath the floor. (Crunchyroll)

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