Yasuji Murata's Monkey and the Crabs (1927)
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- Action
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A monkey tricks a crab into swapping a rice ball for persimmon seeds. The crab tries to grow the seeds into a tree, leading to revenge after the monkey betrays its trust.
slow-burnstarktragicfairy-tale-likesimplisticdatedunderstatedclassical
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