CRAB TEMPLE OMEN

6.5

1925

11 min.

ja

Original Title

蟹満寺縁起

Overview

An early silhouette animated film by Hidehiko Okuda, Hakusan Kimura and Tomu Uchida. The original story is a Buddhist tale of a young lady who saved a crab (a spiritual being according to Japanese Buddhist faith) from being eaten, and was later saved from danger by the same crab.

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