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Alt title: Furusato Saisei: Nippon no Mukashibanashi
Folktales from Japan Episode 9 - Shippei-Tarou / The Son Who Went Up To Heaven / Who's The Laziest?
A priest saves a town from sacrificing another daughter, a lazy man learns hard work, and a lazier man learns nothing.
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Episode 1
The Old Man Who Made the Dead Trees Blossom / The Man Who Bought Dreams / The Rat Sutra
Episode 2
Little One Inch / The Rolling Rice Ball / The Cow's Marriage
Episode 3
The Old Man And His Bump / The Transforming Hood / The Love Potion
Episode 4
Strong Tarou / The Village of the Nightingales / Hirabayashi
Episode 5
Urashima Tarou / The Monkey Buddha / Comparing Treasures
Episode 6
Kintarou / The Two Squid / The Three Cry
Episode 7
The Fish Wife / The Rich Pond Snail / The Lying Girl
Episode 8
The Carpenter And Oniroku / The Bear And The Fox / The Priest And The Child Cross The River
Episode 9
Shippei-Tarou / The Son Who Went Up To Heaven / Who's The Laziest?
Episode 10
Sannen-Netarou / The Last Lie / Happy, Splendid, Wonderful!
Episode 11
The Wife Who Wouldn't Eat / The Snot-Nosed Boy / The Priest And The Boy Who Had To Pee!
Episode 12
The Furuya Forest / The Traveler's Horse / A Crow in the Dark of Night
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snivets says
If you enjoyed either of these shows as a light study in Japanese culture/folklore/folk superstition/mythology, then you'd probably like the other.