Anime like Doujouji

Shanshui Qing

Also known as Feeling from Mountain and Water.

Studio: Shanghai Animation Film Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Music

The only noises you can hear are the sounds of water and wind. The story shows us a young girl and an elderly man. She cares about him and in a return, he gives her guqin lessons.

Tags: No Dialogue , Musical Theater , Iyashikei , Philosophy , Foreign , Female Protagonist

Kaguya-hime no Monogatari

Also known as The Tale of The Princess Kaguya.

Studio: Studio Ghibli
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Okina is a bamboo cutter in ancient rural Japan. One day in the forest, he finds a tiny baby in the folds of a bamboo shoot. He brings the creature home to his wife Ounaa and they decide to keep her and raise her as a princess. She is clearly not of this world. Kaguya grows at an unnatural rate, soon maturing into an uncommonly beautiful young woman. Since Okina has now also found a cache of gold and treasure in the forest, every suitor wants Kaguya. But this is not a fairy tale of courtship and marriage.



Tags: Tragedy , Philosophy , Classic Literature , Fairy Tale , Female Protagonist , Historical , Family Life , Rural , Gods , Religion , Primarily Adult Cast , Amnesia , Adoption , Heterosexual , Travel , Agriculture , Horticulture , Unrequited Love , Environmental , Calligraphy

Kataku

Studio: Video Market
Status: Finished
Genres: Supernatural

Many years ago, a young woman named Unai-Otome lived in the village of Ikuta. As she was beautiful it was no surprise that she had two suitors, both deeply in love with her. The girl was torn apart over which one to choose. In her desperation she chose a third option - taking her own life. Although her intentions were absolutely pure, not even in death did she find the solace she desired. Many decades later, a pilgrim walking by her grave meets a beautiful young woman and her story once again rises from the depths of time.... With a plot based on a classic play of Noh traditional theatre, the film presents the peak of Kawamoto’s mastery thanks to its expert mediation of the absurdity of the human condition.

Tags: Demons , Afterlife , Historical , Puppetry , Stop Motion

Bushe zhi She

Also known as To Shoot Without Shooting.

Studio: Shanghai Animation Film Studio
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Supernatural

Ji Chang is an excellent archer that strives to be the best in the world. He looks for a certain man that is capable of shooting a leaf from a distance. He decides to make this man his master. He visits his master occasionally over the years for training. He eventually masters the techniques of the bow and decides to head out for the mountains in search of an old man with supernatural abilities.

Tags: Archery , Philosophy , Historical , Swordplay , Stop Motion , Puppetry

Matsugae wo Musubi

Studio: Tomoyasu Murata Company
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

"The Pine's Branches" is the latest work in Murata Tomoyasu's series "Journey through memories of life and death,” which he began following the Tohoku earthquake in 2011.

Tags: Stop Motion , Family Life , Tragedy , Rural , Female Protagonist , Twins , Time Skip

Lu Ling

Studio: Shanghai Animation Film Studio
Status: Finished
Genres:

An old man and his granddaughter found a wounded fawn while searching for Chinese medicinal herbs in the mountains. Under the girl's careful care, the fawn gradually recovered and became an inseparable friend with the girl...



Tags: Animals , No Dialogue

Kaguya-hime (1961)

Studio: Gakken
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy

Stop-motion short-film narrating the fairytale of princess kaguya.

Tags: Classic Literature , Stop Motion , Historical , Kids , Female Protagonist

Yuurei-sen

Status: Finished
Genres: Supernatural

Film about a ghost ship. There is no dialogue, just music and a choir.

Tags: Ships , No Dialogue , Pirates , Swordplay , Ghost , Mixed Media

Shisha no Sho

Also known as The Book of the Dead.

Studio: SLOW TIDE
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Supernatural

When a young noblewoman, Iratsume, falls into a trance after copying Buddhist sutras and walks to a remote temple that women are forbidden to enter, she stirs up the ghost of the executed Prince Otsu. Otsu's ghost then mistakes Iratsume for one of her ancestors, a young woman who came to watch his execution. The beautiful face of this young woman was the last thing the Prince saw before he died, and his ghost cannot rest while her face haunts his sleep.

Tags: Religion , Historical , Puppetry , Stop Motion , Ghost

Totsukuni no Shoujo

Also known as The Girl From the Other Side: Siúil, a Rún.

Studio: WIT STUDIO , Production I.G
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Mystery

In a world split between the Inside and the Outside, those living in both realms are told never to cross over to the other side, lest they be cursed. A young girl named Shiva lives on the other side, in a vacant village with a demonic guardian known only as “Teacher.” Although the two are forbidden to touch, they seem to share a bond that transcends their disparate appearances. But when Shiva leaves Teacher’s care to seek out her grandmother, the secret behind her mysterious living arrangement comes to light.



Note: Bundled with the limited edition of the manga's 8th volume.

Tags: No Dialogue , Family Life , Demons , Fairy Tale , Rural , Anthropomorphism , Orphan , Female Protagonist