Folktales from Japan - Hometown Rebuilding (2012) (season)

The Kannon Statue of Love / The Box That Doesn't Open / Candle Confusion (S01E129)

Name: Folktales from Japan - The Kannon Statue of Love / The Box That Doesn't Open / Candle Confusion
Released: 2014
Cast: Akira Emoto, Yoneko Matsukane

(episode)

Enmusubi no Kannon-sama / Akazu no hako / Rósoku sódó (more)
縁結びの観音さま / 開かずの箱 / ろうそく騒動
Enmusubi no Kannon-sama / Akazu no Hako / Rousoku Soudou (less)

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Animation / Comedy / Family

Japan, 2014, 24 min

Directed by:

Tomonori Kogawa, Toshio Hirata, Tameo Kohanawa, Yasuo Yuasa

Screenplay:

Masumi Hirayanagi, Satoshi Namiki

Cast:

Akira Emoto (narrator), Yoneko Matsukane (narrator)

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VOD (1)

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Plots(1)

A fisherman meets a girl with the help of a goddess, but her parents are opposed to their marriage. He tries to send her home, but... To build a shrine in their town, the villagers hire a man named Takumi. At night Takumi's dolls do the work for him. A priest brings back candles as a gift, but the villagers don't know what they are. One pretends that they're a kind of food... (Crunchyroll)

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