Folktales from Japan — Season 1, Episode 129: The Kannon Statue of Love / The Box That Doesn`t Open / Candle Confusion
Animation, Drama • 25 min • 6 seasons, 346 episodes • ★ 9.0/10
Episode synopsis
A fisherman meets a girl with the help of a goddess, but her parents are opposed to their marriage. He tries to send her home, but... To build a shrine in their town, the villagers hire a man named Takumi. At night Takumi's dolls do the work for him. A priest brings back candles as a gift, but the villagers don't know what they are. One pretends that they're a kind of food... 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.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1The Old Man Who Made the Dead Trees Blossom; The Man Who Bought Dreams; The Rat Sutra
- E2Little One Inch, The Rolling Rice Ball, The Cow's Marriage
- E3The Old Man and His Bump, The Transforming Hood, The Love Potion
- E4Strong Tarou, The Village of the Nightengales, Hirabayashi
- E5Urashima Tarou, The Monkey Buddha, Comparing Treasures
- E6Kintarou, The Two Squid, The Three Cry
- E7The Fish Wife, The Rich Pond Snail, The Lying Girl
- E8The Carpenter and Oniroku, The Bear and the Fox, The Priest and the Child Cross the River
- E9Shippeitaro, The Son Who Went to Heaven, Comparing Laziness
- E10Sannen-Netarou; The Last Lie; Happy, Splendid, Wonderful!
- E11The Wife Who Wouldn't Eat; The Snot-Nosed Boy; The Priest And The Boy Who Had To Pee!
- E12The Furuya Forest; The Traveler's Horse; A Crow in the Dark of Night