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

The Ear Statue / The Centipede Gets the Doctor / Benten's Swamp (S01E82)

Name: Folktales from Japan - The Ear Statue / The Centipede Gets the Doctor / Benten's Swamp
Released: 2013
Cast: Akira Emoto, Yoneko Matsukane

(episode)

Mimi Džizó / Mukade no iša mukae / Benten no numa (more)
耳地蔵 / ムカデの医者むかえ / 弁天の沼
Mimi Jizou / Mukade no Isha Mukae / Benten no Numa (less)

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Animation / Comedy / Family

Japan, 2013, 24 min

Directed by:

Takuo Suzuki

Screenplay:

Satoshi Namiki, Marie Terunuma

Cast:

Akira Emoto (narrator), Yoneko Matsukane (narrator)

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VOD (1)

Crunchyroll

Plots(1)

A statue by the river reminds a boy of his dead mother. His stepmom tells him that if the statue will eat a rice ball, he can have one too, so off he goes. The insect children are playing in the depths of the forest when walking stick falls from a tree and starts to cry. One late night, a pack driver is returning home when he meets a beautiful woman. (Crunchyroll)

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