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Kanimanji Engi (1924)

Kanimanji Engi poster
Genre
Fantasy

How it feels

A religious young girl builds a Buddhist temple to honor crabs that saved her from a giant snake disguised as a human. This is a silhouette animation from 1924 based on a Japanese legend.

whimsicalspiritualfolkloricgracefulserenesymbolicmythicgentleold-fashioned

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