Zhen jia Li Kui (1981)

Original title

真假李逵

Directed by

Zhan Tong

Genre

animation

Country

People's Republic of China

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 2 voters

How it feels

A wooden puppet animated short from China about the outlaw Li Kui who meets a bandit pretending to be him. The bandit tricks Li Kui with a lie about his mother but later plots with his wife to harm him.

whimsicallightheartedfolkloricmoralisticpuppet-animatedfast-pacedplayfulold-fashioned

What happens

《真假李逵》是一部中国上海美术电影制片厂制作的木偶动画短片，讲述的是梁山好汉黑旋风·李逵的一段小故事。 李逵下山寻母，遇到了一个名唤“李鬼”的强盗，强盗声称自己是“李逵”，欲劫李逵的银两。李逵亮明自己的身份，与李鬼打斗。李鬼发现自己不是李逵的对手，便谎称自己家有个老娘，全靠自己抚养。李逵便放了他，还给了他一锭金子，作为他抚养他母亲的本钱。 李逵到一客栈讨酒，没料想客栈是李鬼之妻所开，李鬼回来后，与妻子合谋，想要加害李逵。李逵得知后十分愤怒，欲在酒兴之后收拾李鬼。最后，李鬼因被妻子误认作李逵而被误害，李鬼之妻在逃跑途中失足，跌入河中淹死。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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