Crab Temple Omen
MovieTitle | 蟹満寺縁起 |
User score | 6.5 |
Release date | Jan 2, 1925 |
Genre | Animation |
Director | Tomu Uchida , Hidehiko Okuda , Hakusan Kimura |
Production country | Japan |
Run time | 11 min. |
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.