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Belly Drum Dance at Shojoji Temple (1933)

Belly Drum Dance at Shojoji Temple poster
Original title
Shojoji no tanuki-bayashi
Directed by
Ikuo Ōishi
Genre
animation
Country
Japan
Runtime
1 min
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of tanuki gather at a temple and perform a lively belly drum dance. The short film shows the animals moving in rhythm to a traditional Japanese folk song.

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What happens

Shōjōji no tanuki bayashi (證城寺の狸囃子? lett. Il festival dei tanuki del tempio Shōjōji") è un cortometraggio d'animazione giapponese uscito nel 1933 diretto da Ikuo Oishi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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