Folktales from Japan — Season 1, Episode 95: Snake Lake / The Deep Voice / The Priest, the Kid, and the Fava Bean Tree

Episode synopsis

Governot Shimada has come to Kazusa, where there is no water and the harvest is dependant on the rain. Two men tie a pipe between their houses so they can talk even when they're snowed in. Even though they were alone, they could cheer each other up by talking, but then they stop getting answers... The priest tries to raise a fava bean tree to help the starving villagers, but the kids at the temple eat it. 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