Aoi Bungaku Series — Season 1, Episode 11: The Spider's Thread

Episode synopsis

Kandata, a cruel and evil bandit is executed and lands in hell. The one good thing he had done in his life was to not kill a spider he met in the city. The spider drops him a thread to climb up into heaven. His elation is short-lived, however, as he realizes that others have started climbing the thread behind him.

About Aoi Bungaku Series

An animated adaptation of six classical Japanese literature pieces, including No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku) and Run, Melos (Hashire, Melos) by Osamu Dazai, Kokoro by Natsume Souseki, Hell Screen (Jigoku Hen) and The Spider's Thread (Kumo no Ito) by Ryunosuke Akutagawa and In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom (Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita) by Ango Sakaguchi.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1No Longer Human - Chapter 1: Double Suicide in Kamakura
• E2No Longer Human - Chapter 2: Ghost
• E3No Longer Human - Chapter 3: Society
• E4No Longer Human - Chapter 4: New World
• E5In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 1
• E6In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom - Chapter 2
• E7Kokoro - Chapter 1
• E8Kokoro - Chapter 2
• E9Run, Melos! - Chapter 1
• E10Run, Melos! - Chapter 2
• E12Hell Screen