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Folktales from Japan
- Score
- 66%
- Episodes
- 258
- Runtime
- 24m
- Members
- 2.4K
Synopsis
The story
Like in any culture, Japanese kids grow up listening to the stories repeatedly told by their parents and grandparents. The boy born from a peach; the princess from the moon who is discovered inside a bamboo; the old man who can make a dead cherry tree blossom, etc. These short stories that teach kids to see both the dark and bright sides of life have passed traditional moral values from generation to generation. Each half-hour episode of Folktales from Japan consists of three self-contained stories, well-known and unknown, with a special focus on heartwarming stories that originate from Tohoku, the northern region heavily touched by the earthquake of 2011. May this program help cheer up earthquake victims and cast a light of hope for them.
Episode guide
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01The Old Man Who Made the Dead Trees Blossom / The Man Who Bought Dreams / The Rat SutraUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll08The Carpenter And Oniroku / The Bear And The Fox / The Priest And The Child Cross The RiverUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll11The Wife Who Wouldn't Eat / The Snot-Nosed Boy / The Priest And The Boy Who Had To Pee!Unwatched · AiredCrunchyroll12The Furuya Forest / The Traveler's Horse / A Crow in the Dark of NightUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll17The Winged Robe of Heaven / The Child Kidnapped by Eagles/ The Konnyaku InterrogationUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll19Ubasute Mountain / The Letterbearer Of The Water God / The Lucky SamuraiUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll21Umisachihiko And Yamasachihiko / The Day The Kappa Came / King Enma Screws UpUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll25The Listening Hood / The Dog and Cat's Treasure / The Ghost's Poem ReadingUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll28The Tengu's Cloak / Grannie Demon Is My Matchmaker / King Enma Is Hachigoro-donUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll31The Mountain Pear Hunter / The Old Woman In the House / The Centipede Gets The DoctorUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll32The Rich Charcoal Maker / The Tree That Grows Gold / The Priest's TowelUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll36The Crane Repays A Debt / Slaying the Demon of Ooeyama / The Water of YouthUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll38The City Rat And The Country Rat / Oshira-sama / The Tortoise And The HareUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll39The Jizo Statue With The Hat / The Mortar That Made Salt / A Guest On New Year's EveUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll40Momotaro / Princess Flowerpot Head / The Story Of the Twelve Signs Of the ZodiacUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll42The Snake Boy / The Kappa And The Straw Shoes / The Fava Bean, Straw, & CharcoalUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll43The Wind God and the Children / The Lacquer Brothers / The Ama no Jyaku and the ChildUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll45The Bridge Where You Buy Miso / The Cat Congregation / The Old Man Who Swallowed BirdsUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll49The Cry That Split The Night / Octopuses Don't Have Bones / The Former DogUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll50The Thousand League Sandals / The Mountain Priest & the White Wolf / The Days Pass So FastUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll51Yamata no Orochi / The Satori Woman and the Bucket Maker / Return the SmellUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll55Snake and Fox Repay a Debt / The Old Man Who Made the Dead Trees Blossom / The Pheasant and the CrowUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll66Monkey Masamune / The Days Pass So Fast / The Woodcutter & the Mountain GrannieUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll67Minister Yuriwaka / The Fire Man / The Kid and the Priest Eat Poisonous SnacksUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll69The Swallow with the Broken Leg / Left Behind / The Legend of the Nine-Headed DragonUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll74Dandarabochi and the Giant Sandals / The Painted Wife / The Fox in the BagUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll75The Puppet Master / The God of the Bathroom / The Whale and the Sea CucumberUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll76Unspeaking Okiku / Ubasute Mountain / The Sumo Wrestler's Little SisterUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll81The Sparrow With The Severed Tongue / The Horse Mountain Woman / The Dance of the CatsUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll83The Village of the Dragonflies / The White Rabbit of Inaba / The Fortune Telling CompetitionUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll85The Old Woman and the Giant Octopus / Dokkoisho / The Tengu of Ashitaka MountainUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll87The Cracking Mountain / The Three Charms / The Kappa and the Handwashing BasinUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll88The Ghost Well / The Man Who Bought Dreams / Tougorou the Potato DiggerUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll89Sacrificial Inari / The Crane Returns a Favor / The Monster in the HatUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll91The Gold Horse of New Years / The Statue with an Umbrella / Odote-samaUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll92The Safflower Ship / The Story of the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac / Sent SaltUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll94The Herrings and the Old Woman / The God of Wind and the Children / The Spider's DeterminationUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll95Snake Lake / The Deep Voice / The Priest, the Kid, and the Fava Bean TreeUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll96Sumo Inari / The Fava Bean, Straw, and Charcoal / The Man of the East & the Man of the WestUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll98The Whispering Vinegar / The Old Man Who Swallowed Birds / The Tengu and the Sky JourneyUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll101The Demon who Became a Rock / Octopuses Don't Have Bones / The Ryuuguu AbyssUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll103Gonpachi and Tsubaki / The Thousand League Sandals / Mother and Child HillUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll105The Mountain Grannie of Mt. Choufuku / Sadaroku and Shiro / Zashiki-WarashiUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll109The Sending Star / The Promise with the Master of the River / Gonbei the Duck HunterUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll112Masakichi and the Jizo Statue / The Bee and the Bandit / The God of DeathUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll113The Sun and the Golden Rope / The Kid and the 31 Characters / UshiwakamaruUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll114The Trout Repays a Debt / The Foreigner's Cowbones / The Six WarriorsUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll116The Weasel and the Rat / Kotaro and the Dragon / The Thunder God and the GirlUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll119The Bride on a Hazy Moonlit Night / Hitomokko Mountain / The Flying ShedUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll120Ikkyuu-san Defeats the Tiger / The Mountain God and the Child / TsurumizukaUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll122Dragon God Granny / You Can't Shake Sleeves You Don't Have / The Raccoon Wood of Shoujou TempleUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll123The Buddha That Keeps Away Fire / The Curse of the Willow / The House That Would Not Eat SalmonUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll124The Soul that was Hunted by the Dead / Octopus Bhaisajyaguru / The Nursing WillowUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll127The Priest Statue Falls in Love / The Flat Nose of the Trickster Fox / A Room with an OwlUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll129The Kannon Statue of Love / The Box that Doesn't Open / Candle ConfusionUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll130The Old Man Who Made Flowers Bloom \ The Thousand Coin Orange \ Paradise ThiefUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll131The Crane Repays a Debt / Tower of Warthogs / Lightning and the Stone UrnUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll134Soba and Mochi / Crab Questions and Answers / The Old Man and His BumpsUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll136The Straw Rich Man / The Bow and Arrow Brothers / The Shrine Priestess' DanceUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll137The Woodcutter and the Monster Crab / The Monster Tamer / Rolling Rice BallsUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll138The Raccoon's Spinning Wheel / The Two Moons / The Mountain Where you Leave Grandma to DieUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll139The Blessing the Rat Brought / Urashima Tarou / The Kajika Folding ScreenUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll146Momotarou / The Mountain Bird's Arrow / The Thunder God that Married \Nthe Soba Stand OwnerUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll149The Horsefly Repays a Debt / The Thunder God and the Doctor / The Painted WifeUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll151The Weight Fox / The Most Important Man in the World / The Hina's YobayashiUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll152The Mountain Grannie and the Traveling Performer / Sentoku's Money / Okoze's LoveUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll153The Thief's Loss / The Horse, Dog, Cat, and Chicken Go On A Journey / Stories For Ten CoinsUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll154The Horse and the Kaaranbe / The White Fox Repays a Debt / SarasarayasaraUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll164The Listening Hood | You There, Grandpa? | The Carrot, the Burdock, and the RadishUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll165The Hornless Sazae | The Willowleaf Fish | The High Priest Who Came to the VillageUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll166Eat Miso Beans Even if You Have to Go Back Three Leagues | Netarou of Asa | Tarou of the Broken BowlUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll167The Man Who was Faster than a Horse | The Incredibly Strong Oni Tayuu | The Kappa and the GourdUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll168Two Young Boys with a Destiny | Osan the Fox and Yosaburou the Raccoon | The Underground CountryUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll169The Story of the Man Who Was Always in a Hurry | The Cat of Unpenji Temple | The Yama-Ori Rich ManUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll171We Still Don't Know | The Thunder and the Mulberry Tree | Earless HouichiUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll172The Round Priest Statue | The Priest Statue That Faced Sideways | Inside the TeacupUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll175The Cursed Blade that Sank into the Swamp | The Plate Mansion of Banchou | Zensuke, the Badger, and the KappaUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll177The Kappa Kid | The Priest and the Kid's \N'Who Ate it?' | The Sparrow and the WoodpeckerUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll179Sleep and Wait For Good News | The Farting Old Woman | The Black Kite's EggUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll182Momotarou | The Frogs Who Didn't Respect Their Elders | The Water of YouthUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll183The Old Man and His Bump | Buzz! Buzz! Serve Sake! | The Hammer's HandleUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll185The Teapot Raccoon | The Difficult Marriage Question | Three MerchantsUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll188Little One Inch | The Wind God & the Children | The Lord Goes Thumpity-ThudUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll191Monkey Crab | Cow Demon | The Boundary Between the Northern and Southern VillagesUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll192The Old Man Who Made Flowers Bloom | Umi Bouzu | Comparing TransformationsUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll193The Crane Repays a Debt | Chinchin Kobakama | The Monster and the Mountain GrannieUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll195The Man Who Bought Dreams | The Badger of Eagle Mountain | Ishibumi-sama Heals IllnessUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll199The Ear Priest Statue | The Cow That Dove into Tega Swamp | The Man Who Cut ReedsUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll200The Ghost Who Raised a Child | Oman Cherry Blossoms | The Oso Fox and the BlacksmithUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll202The Sparrow with the Severed Tongue | The Dream of the Mortar Seller | The Fox WifeUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll203The Forest of Furuya | The Tengu and the Potato | The Kakegoro of Kanne and the PrincessUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll204The Village of the Nightingales | The Rich Man and Gatarou | The Soul that Went Into a Different GirlUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll205Zashikiwarashi | The Lazy Husband and the Nagging Wife | The Peach and the Red DemonUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll208Momotarou | The Buckwheat Dumpling Priest | The Nose and Morning PorridgeUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll210Yatsubakezukin | Even The Sardine's Head Begins with Faith | Onisuke and HikoshichiUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll211Shippei Tarou | A Field of Rape Blossoms That Bloomed Overnight | The Light on the Buddha's ForeheadUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll214The White Rabbit of Inaba | The Giant, Strange-Colored Deer | The Jewel of SangosuUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll215The Pond Snail Sisters | The White Snake Girl | The Blue Tengu and the Red TenguUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll216The Cat from the Dragon Palace | Sashisaba and Tsurushigaki | The Fart-SellerUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll219Umisachihiko and Yamasachihiko | The Stupid Groom and the Crab Loincloth | The Demons Who Passed Through Demon PassUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll222The Oyster Mushroom at the Bottom of the Valley | The Bride's Present | The Tree Peony and the RatUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll223The Story of the Tengu on Dainichiyama | The Fox's Gift | The Child that was Kidnapped by an EagleUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll227The Dead Wife's Evil Spirit | Nursemaid Cherry Blossoms | The Snake SamuraiUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll229The Broken Promise | The Story of the Green Willow | Enma-sama is Hachigoro-doUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll231Careless Soukurou | The Decapitated Priest Statue | Genji and the HoodUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll238Heaven's Blessings, Earth's Blessings | Daikoku Buys Salt | Fujiwara VillageUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll242The Kappa of Ise | The Centipede Gets a Doctor | The Rich Man Who Became a MonkeyUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll243Karoku and the Crane | The Shiranui Pine | Gohachi is Kidnapped by a TenguUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll244Chikaratarou | The Son With the Most Filial Piety in the Village | The Bong-Bong SharksUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll246The Taishiko Dumpling | Dancing Yohei and the Brideless Fox | The Kanekkoori WifeUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll247The Three Demons of Houraiji | Handprint Mountain | The Wife's Hair-CuttingUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll248Shiitare is a Thief | The Lightning's Favorite Belly-Button | Maiden PassUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll249The Priest's Hand Towel | A Story of Fuki | A Thousand Ships of White Sesame Seeds and a Thousand Ships of Black Sesame SeedsUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll250Sadaroku and Shiro | The Man Who Healed the Dragon's Eye | The Talisman Bead of the OniUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll251The Badgers of Noto Island | Fukusuke-san, the God of Blessing | Shiro and the Little KidUnwatched · AiredCrunchyroll253The Medicine that Works Here and There | The Monster Master | The Frog of Kyoto, the Frog of OsakaUnwatched · AiredCrunchyrollCharacters & voices
1 credited
Narrator
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Production staff
8 credited
Shouko NakagawaTheme Song Performance
Hiroshi HaradaEpisode Director (eps 5b, 16c, 29a, 46b, 59a, 76a, 98a, 108b, 121a, 132c, 146a, 159b, 171c, 184b, 198c, 211a, 225c, 240a, 254b)Hiroshi HaradaScript (eps 211a, 240a, 254b)
Toshio HirataEpisode DirectorToshio HirataStoryboardToshio HirataKey Animation
Akihiko OkaKey Animation (ep 3b)Shinnosuke NumataSound DirectorThemes & motifs
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AnimalsTheme-Other20%
KidsDemographic20%
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EducationalTheme-Other20%
YoukaiTheme-Fantasy20%
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