The Monkey Fishing (1983)

Original title

猴子钓鱼

Directed by

Shen Zuwei

Genre

animation

Country

People's Republic of China

Runtime

17 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four monkeys see fish in a river and want to catch some. They try to copy different people fishing but their imitations all fail and lead to funny mistakes.

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What happens

《》是一部中国上海美术电影制片厂制作的剪纸动画片。 四只猴子看到河里的有很多活蹦乱跳的鱼儿，想要抓来几条，可不知怎么去抓。他们看到一位渔女用鱼叉很轻松地就叉到了鱼，就找来了一根带叉的树枝充当鱼叉来叉鱼；看到一位老翁用鱼竿也钓到了鱼，就把自己的尾巴当作鱼竿伸进了河水里；看到渔民用渔网捞到了很多鱼，就想了各种办法去编渔网……然而，不管猴子们怎么模仿，结果还是一条鱼也没有收获到，而且闹出了不少笑话。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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