Folktales from Japan — Season 1, Episode 167: The Man Who Was Faster Than a Horse / The Incredibly Strong Oni Tayuu / The Kappa and the Gourd
Animation, Drama • 25 min • 6 seasons, 346 episodes • ★ 9.0/10
Episode synopsis
A man becomes faster than a horse after his mother dies. A sumo wrestler uses divine help to defeat an opponent. A kappa wants to marry a girl in exchange for his help. 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