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Folktales from Japan
6.6/10
Rating
2012
Year
258
Episodes
TV
Format
Status:
Finished
Synopsis
Like in any culture, Japanese kids grow up listening to the stories repeatedly told by their parents and grandparents. The boy born from a peach; the princess from the moon who is discovered inside a bamboo; the old man who can make a dead cherry tree blossom, etc. These short stories that teach kids to see both the dark and bright sides of life have passed traditional moral values from generation to generation.
Each half-hour episode of Folktales from Japan consists of three self-contained stories, well-known and unknown, with a special focus on heartwarming stories that originate from Tohoku, the northern region heavily touched by the earthquake of 2011. May this program help cheer up earthquake victims and cast a light of hope for them.
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Information
Episodes:
258
Status:
Finished
Format:
TV
Season:
N/A
Year:
2012
Score:
66%
Duration:
N/A
Main Characters
Episodes
2
Episode 1 - The Old Man Who Made the Dead Trees Blossom / The Man Who Bought Dreams / The Rat Sutra
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Episode 8 - The Carpenter And Oniroku / The Bear And The Fox / The Priest And The Child Cross The River
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12
Episode 11 - The Wife Who Wouldn't Eat / The Snot-Nosed Boy / The Priest And The Boy Who Had To Pee!
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18
Episode 17 - The Winged Robe of Heaven / The Child Kidnapped by Eagles/ The Konnyaku Interrogation
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20
Episode 19 - Ubasute Mountain / The Letterbearer Of The Water God / The Lucky Samurai
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22
Episode 21 - Umisachihiko And Yamasachihiko / The Day The Kappa Came / King Enma Screws Up
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26
Episode 25 - The Listening Hood / The Dog and Cat's Treasure / The Ghost's Poem Reading
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28
Episode 28 - The Tengu's Cloak / Grannie Demon Is My Matchmaker / King Enma Is Hachigoro-don
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Episode 31 - The Mountain Pear Hunter / The Old Woman In the House / The Centipede Gets The Doctor
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36
Episode 36 - The Crane Repays A Debt / Slaying the Demon of Ooeyama / The Water of Youth
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38
Episode 38 - The City Rat And The Country Rat / Oshira-sama / The Tortoise And The Hare
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39
Episode 39 - The Jizo Statue With The Hat / The Mortar That Made Salt / A Guest On New Year's Eve
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40
Episode 40 - Momotaro / Princess Flowerpot Head / The Story Of the Twelve Signs Of the Zodiac
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42
Episode 42 - The Snake Boy / The Kappa And The Straw Shoes / The Fava Bean, Straw, & Charcoal
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43
Episode 43 - The Wind God and the Children / The Lacquer Brothers / The Ama no Jyaku and the Child
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45
Episode 45 - The Bridge Where You Buy Miso / The Cat Congregation / The Old Man Who Swallowed Birds
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49
Episode 49 - The Cry That Split The Night / Octopuses Don't Have Bones / The Former Dog
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Episode 50 - The Thousand League Sandals / The Mountain Priest & the White Wolf / The Days Pass So Fast
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51
Episode 51 - Yamata no Orochi / The Satori Woman and the Bucket Maker / Return the Smell
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Episode 55 - Snake and Fox Repay a Debt / The Old Man Who Made the Dead Trees Blossom / The Pheasant and the Crow
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Episode 66 - Monkey Masamune / The Days Pass So Fast / The Woodcutter & the Mountain Grannie
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Episode 67 - Minister Yuriwaka / The Fire Man / The Kid and the Priest Eat Poisonous Snacks
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Episode 69 - The Swallow with the Broken Leg / Left Behind / The Legend of the Nine-Headed Dragon
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Episode 74 - Dandarabochi and the Giant Sandals / The Painted Wife / The Fox in the Bag
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Episode 75 - The Puppet Master / The God of the Bathroom / The Whale and the Sea Cucumber
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Episode 81 - The Sparrow With The Severed Tongue / The Horse Mountain Woman / The Dance of the Cats
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Episode 83 - The Village of the Dragonflies / The White Rabbit of Inaba / The Fortune Telling Competition
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83
Episode 85 - The Old Woman and the Giant Octopus / Dokkoisho / The Tengu of Ashitaka Mountain
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85
Episode 87 - The Cracking Mountain / The Three Charms / The Kappa and the Handwashing Basin
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Episode 92 - The Safflower Ship / The Story of the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac / Sent Salt
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Episode 94 - The Herrings and the Old Woman / The God of Wind and the Children / The Spider's Determination
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Episode 95 - Snake Lake / The Deep Voice / The Priest, the Kid, and the Fava Bean Tree
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Episode 96 - Sumo Inari / The Fava Bean, Straw, and Charcoal / The Man of the East & the Man of the West
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Episode 98 - The Whispering Vinegar / The Old Man Who Swallowed Birds / The Tengu and the Sky Journey
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Episode 101 - The Demon who Became a Rock / Octopuses Don't Have Bones / The Ryuuguu Abyss
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Episode 103 - Gonpachi and Tsubaki / The Thousand League Sandals / Mother and Child Hill
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Episode 105 - The Mountain Grannie of Mt. Choufuku / Sadaroku and Shiro / Zashiki-Warashi
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Episode 109 - The Sending Star / The Promise with the Master of the River / Gonbei the Duck Hunter
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109
Episode 112 - Masakichi and the Jizo Statue / The Bee and the Bandit / The God of Death
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110
Episode 113 - The Sun and the Golden Rope / The Kid and the 31 Characters / Ushiwakamaru
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113
Episode 116 - The Weasel and the Rat / Kotaro and the Dragon / The Thunder God and the Girl
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116
Episode 119 - The Bride on a Hazy Moonlit Night / Hitomokko Mountain / The Flying Shed
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117
Episode 120 - Ikkyuu-san Defeats the Tiger / The Mountain God and the Child / Tsurumizuka
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119
Episode 122 - Dragon God Granny / You Can't Shake Sleeves You Don't Have / The Raccoon Wood of Shoujou Temple
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120
Episode 123 - The Buddha That Keeps Away Fire / The Curse of the Willow / The House That Would Not Eat Salmon
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121
Episode 124 - The Soul that was Hunted by the Dead / Octopus Bhaisajyaguru / The Nursing Willow
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124
Episode 127 - The Priest Statue Falls in Love / The Flat Nose of the Trickster Fox / A Room with an Owl
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126
Episode 129 - The Kannon Statue of Love / The Box that Doesn't Open / Candle Confusion
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127
Episode 130 - The Old Man Who Made Flowers Bloom \ The Thousand Coin Orange \ Paradise Thief
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128
Episode 131 - The Crane Repays a Debt / Tower of Warthogs / Lightning and the Stone Urn
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131
Episode 134 - Soba and Mochi / Crab Questions and Answers / The Old Man and His Bumps
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133
Episode 136 - The Straw Rich Man / The Bow and Arrow Brothers / The Shrine Priestess' Dance
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Episode 137 - The Woodcutter and the Monster Crab / The Monster Tamer / Rolling Rice Balls
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Episode 138 - The Raccoon's Spinning Wheel / The Two Moons / The Mountain Where you Leave Grandma to Die
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Episode 139 - The Blessing the Rat Brought / Urashima Tarou / The Kajika Folding Screen
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Episode 146 - Momotarou / The Mountain Bird's Arrow / The Thunder God that Married \Nthe Soba Stand Owner
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Episode 149 - The Horsefly Repays a Debt / The Thunder God and the Doctor / The Painted Wife
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148
Episode 151 - The Weight Fox / The Most Important Man in the World / The Hina's Yobayashi
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149
Episode 152 - The Mountain Grannie and the Traveling Performer / Sentoku's Money / Okoze's Love
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150
Episode 153 - The Thief's Loss / The Horse, Dog, Cat, and Chicken Go On A Journey / Stories For Ten Coins
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151
Episode 154 - The Horse and the Kaaranbe / The White Fox Repays a Debt / Sarasarayasara
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160
Episode 164 - The Listening Hood | You There, Grandpa? | The Carrot, the Burdock, and the Radish
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161
Episode 165 - The Hornless Sazae | The Willowleaf Fish | The High Priest Who Came to the Village
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162
Episode 166 - Eat Miso Beans Even if You Have to Go Back Three Leagues | Netarou of Asa | Tarou of the Broken Bowl
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Episode 167 - The Man Who was Faster than a Horse | The Incredibly Strong Oni Tayuu | The Kappa and the Gourd
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Episode 168 - Two Young Boys with a Destiny | Osan the Fox and Yosaburou the Raccoon | The Underground Country
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Episode 169 - The Story of the Man Who Was Always in a Hurry | The Cat of Unpenji Temple | The Yama-Ori Rich Man
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Episode 171 - We Still Don't Know | The Thunder and the Mulberry Tree | Earless Houichi
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Episode 172 - The Round Priest Statue | The Priest Statue That Faced Sideways | Inside the Teacup
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Episode 175 - The Cursed Blade that Sank into the Swamp | The Plate Mansion of Banchou | Zensuke, the Badger, and the Kappa
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173
Episode 177 - The Kappa Kid | The Priest and the Kid's \N'Who Ate it?' | The Sparrow and the Woodpecker
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Episode 179 - Sleep and Wait For Good News | The Farting Old Woman | The Black Kite's Egg
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Episode 182 - Momotarou | The Frogs Who Didn't Respect Their Elders | The Water of Youth
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Episode 183 - The Old Man and His Bump | Buzz! Buzz! Serve Sake! | The Hammer's Handle
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Episode 185 - The Teapot Raccoon | The Difficult Marriage Question | Three Merchants
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Episode 188 - Little One Inch | The Wind God & the Children | The Lord Goes Thumpity-Thud
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Episode 191 - Monkey Crab | Cow Demon | The Boundary Between the Northern and Southern Villages
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187
Episode 192 - The Old Man Who Made Flowers Bloom | Umi Bouzu | Comparing Transformations
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Episode 193 - The Crane Repays a Debt | Chinchin Kobakama | The Monster and the Mountain Grannie
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Episode 195 - The Man Who Bought Dreams | The Badger of Eagle Mountain | Ishibumi-sama Heals Illness
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Episode 199 - The Ear Priest Statue | The Cow That Dove into Tega Swamp | The Man Who Cut Reeds
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195
Episode 200 - The Ghost Who Raised a Child | Oman Cherry Blossoms | The Oso Fox and the Blacksmith
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197
Episode 202 - The Sparrow with the Severed Tongue | The Dream of the Mortar Seller | The Fox Wife
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198
Episode 203 - The Forest of Furuya | The Tengu and the Potato | The Kakegoro of Kanne and the Princess
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199
Episode 204 - The Village of the Nightingales | The Rich Man and Gatarou | The Soul that Went Into a Different Girl
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200
Episode 205 - Zashikiwarashi | The Lazy Husband and the Nagging Wife | The Peach and the Red Demon
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202
Episode 208 - Momotarou | The Buckwheat Dumpling Priest | The Nose and Morning Porridge
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Episode 210 - Yatsubakezukin | Even The Sardine's Head Begins with Faith | Onisuke and Hikoshichi
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Episode 211 - Shippei Tarou | A Field of Rape Blossoms That Bloomed Overnight | The Light on the Buddha's Forehead
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208
Episode 214 - The White Rabbit of Inaba | The Giant, Strange-Colored Deer | The Jewel of Sangosu
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209
Episode 215 - The Pond Snail Sisters | The White Snake Girl | The Blue Tengu and the Red Tengu
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Episode 216 - The Cat from the Dragon Palace | Sashisaba and Tsurushigaki | The Fart-Seller
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Episode 219 - Umisachihiko and Yamasachihiko | The Stupid Groom and the Crab Loincloth | The Demons Who Passed Through Demon Pass
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216
Episode 222 - The Oyster Mushroom at the Bottom of the Valley | The Bride's Present | The Tree Peony and the Rat
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Episode 223 - The Story of the Tengu on Dainichiyama | The Fox's Gift | The Child that was Kidnapped by an Eagle
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Episode 227 - The Dead Wife's Evil Spirit | Nursemaid Cherry Blossoms | The Snake Samurai
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Episode 229 - The Broken Promise | The Story of the Green Willow | Enma-sama is Hachigoro-do
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Episode 231 - Careless Soukurou | The Decapitated Priest Statue | Genji and the Hood
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Episode 238 - Heaven's Blessings, Earth's Blessings | Daikoku Buys Salt | Fujiwara Village
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Episode 242 - The Kappa of Ise | The Centipede Gets a Doctor | The Rich Man Who Became a Monkey
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Episode 243 - Karoku and the Crane | The Shiranui Pine | Gohachi is Kidnapped by a Tengu
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Episode 244 - Chikaratarou | The Son With the Most Filial Piety in the Village | The Bong-Bong Sharks
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Episode 246 - The Taishiko Dumpling | Dancing Yohei and the Brideless Fox | The Kanekkoori Wife
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Episode 247 - The Three Demons of Houraiji | Handprint Mountain | The Wife's Hair-Cutting
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Episode 248 - Shiitare is a Thief | The Lightning's Favorite Belly-Button | Maiden Pass
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Episode 249 - The Priest's Hand Towel | A Story of Fuki | A Thousand Ships of White Sesame Seeds and a Thousand Ships of Black Sesame Seeds
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Episode 250 - Sadaroku and Shiro | The Man Who Healed the Dragon's Eye | The Talisman Bead of the Oni
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Episode 251 - The Badgers of Noto Island | Fukusuke-san, the God of Blessing | Shiro and the Little Kid
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Episode 253 - The Medicine that Works Here and There | The Monster Master | The Frog of Kyoto, the Frog of Osaka
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