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Status: Finished

The 25 minute film tells the tale of an ailing elderly woman named Itako who encounters a fox named Okon.

The story opens with Itako lying bedridden, as she has for a long time. Okon enters her home and Itako tells the fox that he is welcome to take anything that he wants, for she has no use for anything anymore. Okon is delighted and in order to return the favour (the act of ongaeshi), Okon performs a magic jyōruri (a ballad with shamisen accompaniment) that heals Itako so that she is fit enough to walk again. Everyone is surprised by Itako's sudden recovery. She then hears of a hunter who has been badly injured and is near death. Itako hides Okon in the back of her shirt and has the fox sing the song while she plays shamisen in order to heal the man. This act of kindness is repeated for others until Itako's good fortune leads some to be suspicious of her.

Tags: Mythology , Animals , Stop Motion , Anthropomorphism , Musical Theater , Rehabilitation , Shapeshifting , Witch

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

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Netflix

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Tsuru no Ongaeshi

Also known as The Grateful Crane.

Studio: Gakken
Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Supernatural

A puppet animation movie by Kazuhiko Watanabe.

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Doujouji

Studio: Kadokawa Pictures Japan
Status: Finished
Genres: Supernatural

Based on an ancient legend, Dojoji Temple tells the story of a young priest who finds himself the object of intense infatuation and lust from a young woman. As he rebuffs her advances she becomes more and more desperate eventually turning herself into a gigantic serpent. The priest is hidden under the bell of the temple but the woman's passion is so intense that escape is impossible.

A short animation from filmaker Kihachiro Kawamoto. This film utilizes both stop motion and standard animation techniques.

Tags: No Dialogue , Historical , Religion , Stop Motion , Puppetry , Mythology , Dragons , Demons

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Unico: Kuroi Kumo Shiroi Hane

Also known as Unico: Black Rain and White Feather.

Studio: Sanrio , Tezuka Productions
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

The Goddess Venus is jealous of the beautiful human girl Psyche and blames her pet unicorn, Unico, as Psyche's source of good luck that keeps her from the harm of the goddess' cruel intentions. Unico has the amazing power to make anyone he meets happy. Whether it's because of his personality or the powers of his horn, no one knows. Venus has Unico banished, and the West Wind now takes Unico from one place and time to the next. Taken to a heavily polluted city, Unico meets a sickly girl named Chiko who is suffering because of the pollution of a nearby factory that darkens the entire sky. Unico then is determined to cheer her up, cure her, and destroy the nearby factory.

Tags: Kids , Animals , Environmental , Gods

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No streaming links available

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Gon

Studio: TECARAT
Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy

A short film based on Niimi Nankichi's masterpiece, "Gon, the Little Fox", with a new story added based on an original interpretation. The film depicts the existence of barriers that man and beast cannot overcome. The stage is natural woodland close to a vllage in Japan, which is home to many small lives. This sad, yet gentle tale that unfolds in the beauty of nature.

Tags: Puppetry , Animals , Stop Motion , Kids , Tragedy

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No streaming links available

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Ou-sama ni Natta Kitsune

Studio: Dentsu
Status: Finished
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A short puppet animation movie directed by Tadahito Mochinaga.

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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

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No streaming links available

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Gongitsune

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure

Gongitsune is a famous Japanese children's story about the life of a little fox called Gon. The story is considered the masterpiece of Nankichi Niimi, also sometimes known as the Hans Christian Andersen of Japan.

Gon is a little fox. Looking for food he comes to a little village where he repeatedly steals food and creates other mischief, constantly evading the angry villagers.

Tags: Tragedy , Animals , Rural , Kids , Male Protagonist

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Chironup no Kitsune

Studio: Group TAC
Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

Based on the novel "Chironup no Kitsune (Foxes of Chironup)" by Hiroyuki Takahashi.

Tags: Tragedy , Rural , Animals , Guns , Historical , Ships , Survival

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