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On a winter's night a bear, a fox and a squirrel seek refuge from the cold. They are drawn by the hearths in the homes of two woodcutters. One man treats them poorly, while the other welcomes them. (S...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 6.85 | 1,234 |
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"Magic Boy" was the first ever Japanese animation to be released theatrically in North America. Sasuke, a boy vexed by an evil witch, studies magic and uses his powers to defeat her. (Source: bcdb)
| Movie | 1 | 6.28 | 2,240 |
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As a young boy, Xu-Xian is forced to free his pet, a small snake. Unbeknownst to him, the snake is actually a young snake goddess named Bai-Niang and she is in love with him. Many years later, when th...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 6.09 | 6,003 |
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The kitten from Yasuji Mori's earlier Koneko no Rakugaki returns, this time putting his talents toward directing a samurai film starring his mouse friends.
| Movie | 1 | 6.08 | 1,980 |
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In Kobu-Tori, an old man with a lump growing on his face takes refuge in a hollow tree during a thunderstorm. When he awakens, he finds the forest populated by mythic creatures. He dances with the spr...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 5.87 | 3,554 |
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A short film about a man who rescues a tanuki. When the tanuki transforms himself into a teapot, he is given to a temple as a gift. Once inside the temple, the tanuki reverts to his true form and caus...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 5.86 | 551 |
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A man first realizes he's born to be a samurai, but is it possible for him to make in the world with only a newly gained dull sword?
| Movie | 1 | 5.84 | 1,544 |
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Movie | 1 | 5.78 | 602 | |
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Yasuji Mori's short about a kitten drawing pictures on a wall.
| Movie | 1 | 5.78 | 2,254 |
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The protagonist is a father of four children. His wife is 180 centimetres (5.9 ft) tall, and weighs 120 kilograms (260 lb) due to her incredibly large physique. Because he is constantly being henpecke...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 5.76 | 701 |
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An adaptation of Aesop's fable The Ant and the Grasshopper but with a slight change. We have a diligent family ants versus a drunken lazy frog, a bourgeois butterfly and grasshopper couple. As winter...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 5.74 | 702 |
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Based on the tale Kobutori-jiisan about an honest old man who encounters a band of tengu, mythical bird-like creatures making merry and joins their dancing. They liked his dancing a lot that they remo...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 5.73 | 661 |
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Four ducklings are already swimming in the pond within a few days of hatching. Their mother is sitting on the last and largest egg. The grandmother duck, who likes to chat, worries that it may be a tu...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 5.72 | 754 |
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A family of cats find a homeless kitten and take him in to their home. But one of the siblings becomes jealous about the attention the new cat gets from her mother and runs away from home. The new mem...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 5.70 | 1,767 |
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One of the famous Asian animated films from the late 1950s.
| Movie | 1 | 5.69 | 727 |
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An old fisherman catches a fish bowl from the sea, the fishing child painted on the bowl comes out to reality to catch a lot of pearls for him. A missionary wants to occupy the bowl and is punished by...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 5.69 | 250 |
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A spider attempts to lure a ladybug into his web. When she manages to escape and hide in a tulip, a storm comes that batters the spider, while the ladybug remains safe.
| Movie | 1 | 5.67 | 2,467 |
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When a poor, yet honest, man rescues an old man who has fallen off a log bridge, the little people of the forest give him a "Mortar of Treasures" that will grant any item that a person desires. The ma...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 5.67 | 1,429 |
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It is most likely a story about a Mukuzo Imokawa doing the somersault. (Source: Anime Database Wiki)
| Movie | 1 | 5.66 | 616 |
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The story of a couple who prays to God for a child, even if he would only be the size of a thumb.
| Movie | 1 | 5.63 | 703 |
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It is most likely a story about a great dream like car. (Source: Wikipedia)
| Movie | 1 | 5.62 | 623 |
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Movie from 1933. Fox spirit turns into a samurai and picks on a racoon spirit. The racoon spirit gets his father and they team up against the fox spirit.
| Movie | 1 | 5.62 | 1,533 |
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Tora-chan and Miike and playing while their big sister prepares for her wedding. Just then a letter arrives; it's from Grandfather, who writes that he won't allow the wedding as long as he lives! Brid...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 5.61 | 1,428 |
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An early anime telling the story of Momotarou and his adventures defeating demons.
| Movie | 1 | 5.60 | 750 |
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Butterfly, a faithful Japanese wife, waits patiently in Nagasaki for the return of her American husband, Pinkerton. She sees the Stars and Stripes fluttering atop an approaching ship and rightly surmi...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 5.56 | 1,134 |
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Film about a ghost ship. There is no dialogue, just music and a choir.
| Movie | 1 | 5.56 | 2,280 |
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A tanuki causes mischief at a temple.
| Movie | 1 | 5.52 | 636 |
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Japanese fairy tale about a bear cub who would rather play than help his parents with house chores.
| Movie | 1 | 5.51 | 852 |
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Namakura Gatana, meaning "dull-edged sword," is a four-minute comedy about a samurai who, thanks to his dull instrument, loses every time he attacks a weak opponent. In order to examine the sword, he...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 5.50 | 9,627 |
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Animals gather to compete in Olympic games. This animation was inspired by the 1928 Olympic Games held in Amsterdam.
| Movie | 1 | 5.47 | 1,351 |
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A short movie based on the children's story by Momoko Ishii.
| Movie | 1 | 5.47 | 537 |
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Once upon a time, there was a lord in Shinano Province who hated old men. In accordance with the rules of the province, a person was exiled to an island when they turned 60 years old. On the night of...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 5.46 | 1,361 |
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A man and his young son travel through the countryside to take their donkey to a horse auction. Unfortunately every person they pass has a different opinion on how this should be accomplished, leading...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 5.45 | 542 |
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A kappa village is devastated by a large storm during festival preparations. With no fish in the river, the village is weakened. Kawatarou and his girlfriend head the mountains to find anything to bri...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 5.45 | 584 |
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A short puppet animation movie by Tadahito Mochinaga.
| PV | 1 | 5.44 | 511 |
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Short movie from 1930 about a soldier traveling a great distance to deliver a letter. Along the way he receives a sword from a monkey.
| Movie | 1 | 5.43 | 1,796 |
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After a victorious military campaign, a general returns home to glory and prosperity. The king rewards him and claims that all enemies will be intimidated by the general. From then on, the general no...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 5.42 | 565 |
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Movie | 1 | 5.42 | 541 | |
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The oldest anime adaption of the famous short story, Chuumon no Ooi Ryouriten, originally written by Kenji Miyazawa. This stop-motion anime follows two British hunters as they venture deep into the th...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 5.42 | 1,332 |
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A combination of live action, traditional animation, and stop motion animation. A father buys his son a toy train, which he loves. When the boy goes to sleep, the train comes to life and crawls into t...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 5.41 | 1,968 |
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Mr. Ogino should have died during the war but his spirit was brought back to life by the power of science. He sees the world 100 years later during the year 2032 lead by one of his descendants. They d...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 5.40 | 558 |
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A short film based on the classic novel Journey to the West.
| Movie | 1 | 5.40 | 1,418 |
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Movie | 1 | 5.39 | 844 | |
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Once upon a time, the birds and the beasts fought each other in a war. It was a terrible conflict, and the clever bats would side with the birds when the birds were looking victorious, and then they w...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 5.38 | 1,627 |
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Classical animation directed by Yamamoto Sanae.
| Movie | 1 | 5.37 | 861 |
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A lazy pig Tonpei steals food from the monkeys Sarukichi and assaults some of them. After getting beat up, the pig talks to the lion king and lies to him about what happened. The lion comes to put the...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 5.36 | 619 |
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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 Bud...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 5.35 | 572 |
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A modified version of The Little Red Hen folk tale. It stars a squirrel and the moral of the story (no work=no prize) is removed as the animals who didn't contribute at all to making the bread were al...read more.
| Movie | 1 | 5.35 | 293 |
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Movie from 1930 about a baseball game between rabbits and tanuki.
| Movie | 1 | 5.35 | 2,098 |
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A short puppet animation movie by Tadahito Mochinaga.
| Movie | 1 | 5.34 | 374 |