Folktales from Japan

S1 E1 · ふるさと再生 日本の昔ばなし

Folktales from Japan — Season 1, Episode 111: Eating in Order / The Old Woman Who Became a God / Yayoi`s Ship

Animation, Drama25 min6 seasons, 346 episodes9.0/10

Episode synopsis

A master hunter goes to the mountain, where he has a dream of a frog eating a worm, and then being eaten by a snake. An Ainu village is attacked, and an old woman and her grandson Tonkuru escape into the forest where they get separated. A girl named Yayoi crosses the mountains every day to go to work, and each day she would talk to a tree. Source: crunchyroll

About Folktales from Japan

Hometown Rebuilding: Folktales from Japan is a Japanese anime television series that adapts various traditional stories from Japan. The narration and all character voices are provided by veteran Japanese film actors Akira Emoto and Yoneko Matsukane. An English-subtitled version began "simulcast" availability on the streaming service Crunchyroll March 12, 2012.

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