Folktales from Japan - Hometown Rebuilding (2012) (season)
The Sending Star / The Promise with the Master of the River / Gonbei the Duck Hunter (S01E109)
(episode)- Okuriboši / Kawa no nuši to no jakusoku / Katamori Gonbé (more)
Japan,
2014, 24 min
VOD (1)
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The Sending Star: A young, hard-working man hears that his grandmother is dying. He visits her house and sees that she is fine. On his way home, he finds himself in great peril... A promise with the master of the river: A boy is born and it is prophesied that his life will be taken by the master of the river when he turns 18. The year of his 18th birthday, a huge rain causes the river to almost flood. Gonbei the Duck Hunter: A hunter named Gonbei ties a rope around the legs of 50 ducks stuck in the water, but when it melts they fly off, dragging him towards a great adventure. (Crunchyroll)
(more)Cast
Akira Emoto (narrator)
Japan
Best series:
Humanoid Monster, Bem (2011) (series)
Yoneko Matsukane (narratress)
Japan
Best series:
Vicky the Viking (1974) (series)
The Rose of Versailles (1979) (series)
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1980) (series)