Folktales from Japan - Hometown Rebuilding (2012) (season)

Masakichi and the Jizo Statue / The Bee and the Bandit / The God of Death (S01E112)

Name: Folktales from Japan - Masakichi and the Jizo Statue / The Bee and the Bandit / The God of Death
Released: 2014
Cast: Akira Emoto, Yoneko Matsukane

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Masakiči to Džizó-san / Hači to sanzoku / Šinigami (more)
政吉と地蔵さん / 蜂と山賊 / 死神
Masakichi to Jizou-san / Hachi to Sanzoku / Shinigami (less)

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Animation / Comedy / Family

Japan, 2014, 24 min

Directed by:

Hajime Matsuzaki, Tomonori Kogawa, Yasuo Yuasa

Screenplay:

Masumi Hirayanagi, Satoshi Namiki

Cast:

Akira Emoto (narrator), Yoneko Matsukane (narrator)

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VOD (1)

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Plots(1)

Masakichi, a fisherman who picked up a priest statue from a wrecked ship, is visited by it in his dreams. The merchants of Kyoto are attacked by bandits. They manage to escape but their horses and goods are stolen. A loser meets the god of death, who tells him to become a doctor. He does as he's told and immediately becomes very rich... (Crunchyroll)

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