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

The Gods of Poverty Play Sumo / Trip, Trip / The Hat Jizou Statue (S01E142)

Name: Folktales from Japan - The Gods of Poverty Play Sumo / Trip, Trip / The Hat Jizou Statue
Released: 2014
Cast: Akira Emoto, Yoneko Matsukane

(episode)

Sumó o totta binbógami / Korobu korobu / Kasa Džizó (more)
相撲を取った貧乏神 / ころぶころぶ / 笠地蔵
Sumou o Totta Binbougami / Korobu Korobu / Kasa Jizou (less)

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Animation / Comedy / Family

Japan, 2014, 24 min

Directed by:

Tameo Kohanawa

Screenplay:

Shuuji Hirami, Marie Terunuma

Cast:

Akira Emoto (narrator), Yoneko Matsukane (narrator)

(more professions)

VOD (1)

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Plots(1)

A hard working family refuses to give in to poverty so the God of Poverty haunting them is to be fired. But they want him to stay. A strange child shouts, "Poor! Trip!" at a poor elderly couple on new years. A poor man gives a priest statue a straw hat, and is given blessings in return. (Crunchyroll)