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Shōjōji no Tanuki-bayashi Ban Danemon (1935)

Shōjōji no Tanuki-bayashi Ban Danemon poster
Country
Japan
Runtime
8 min

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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