Shōjōji no Tanuki-bayashi Ban Danemon (1935)

Country

Japan

Runtime

8 min

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This is a short Japanese film from 1935. It shows a group of raccoon-like monsters called tanuki causing mischief by making music. A hunter named Danemon tries to catch them.

whimsicalplayfullightheartedfolksymusicalfast-pacedquirkynostalgic

What happens

Shōjōji no Tanuki-bayashi Ban Danemon (證城寺の狸囃子 塙団右衛門? lett. "La caccia dei mostri di Danemon a Shojoji") è un cortometraggio giapponese del 1935, diretto da Yoshitaro Kataoka. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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