Folktales from Japan - Hometown Rebuilding (2012) (season)
The Phoenix / The Wood Buddha and the Gold Buddha / Shibahama (S01E107)
(episode)- Hi no tori / Kibucu kanebucu / Šibahama (more)
Japan,
2014, 24 min
VOD (1)
Plots(1)
The people of a village are beset by a firebird. They call upon the Lion King to protect them, and a great battle begins. A wooden buddha made by a faithful believer and a rich man's golden buddha have a sumo match. The rich man bets everything he owns, and the young man offers to become his servant forever, as a strange battle behinds. A lazy drunkard finds a wallet and uses it to throw a huge party. But when he wakes up it was a dream...!? (Crunchyroll)
(more)Cast
Akira Emoto (narrator)
Japan
Best series:
Humanoid Monster, Bem (2011) (series)
Yoneko Matsukane (narrator)
Japan
Best series:
Vicky the Little Viking (1974) (series)
The Rose of Versailles (1979) (series)
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1980) (series)