The Magic Ballad (1982)
• January 1st, 1982 • 0h 26min
Animation
Overview
The 25 minute film tells the tale of an ailing elderly woman named Itako who encounters a fox named Okon. The story opens with Itako lying bedridden, as she has for a long time. Okon enters her home and Itako tells the fox that he is welcome to take anything that he wants, for she has no use for anything anymore. Okon is delighted and in order to return the favour (the act of ongaeshi), Okon performs a magic jyōruri (a ballad with shamisen accompaniment) that heals Itako so that she is fit enough to walk again. Everyone is surprised by Itako's sudden recovery. She then hears of a hunter who has been badly injured and is near death. Itako hides Okon in the back of her shirt and has the fox sing the song while she plays shamisen in order to heal the man. This act of kindness is repeated for others until Itako's good fortune leads some to be suspicious of her.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Sweet Dreams
Released on: 2008-03-03
Animation
A cupcake escapes a city of sweets and is marooned on an island with vegetables where he learns to r...
FBI Zoo
Released on: 2006-10-16
Animation
In a motel in Dallas, in 1963, an FBI agent bugged the next room occupied by mobsters. After several...
Lili
Released on: 2008-10-23
Animation, War
A herd of war-torn and hungry rats tries to get an answer to the question of who is Lili Marleen fro...
The House That Jack Built
Released on: 1976-06-05
Animation
Story about the cow with the crumpled horn that tossed the dog that worried the cat that killed the ...
Hillbilly Blue
Released on: 1996-02-11
Animation, Comedy
Crawdad Eustace is fed-up with being treated as food and goes with possum pal Mordechai on a cross-c...
A Room Nearby
Released on: 2003-11-07
Animation, Documentary
Paul Fierlinger's unique animation captures five individuals from diverse backgrounds as they descri...
Raubritters Landfahrt
Released on: 1960-06-01
Animation
Uli has found an old book in the attic of the Kulturhaus that tells of the exploitation of the peasa...
A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings
Released on: 1989-12-19
Animation
A story about the strange appearance of an unusual person in the rural courtyard of ordinary people....
Lafertovskaya Makovnitsa
Released on: 1986-03-01
Animation
The cartoon tells about a girl who was sent by an evil stepmother to get tortillas and the secret of...
Wind
Released on: 1988-01-01
Animation
Anti-nuclear cartoon about a soldier at a nuclear test site. Among other things, the mutating effect...
1 Dimension
Released on: 2013-08-15
Fantasy, Animation
A parable about the nature of good and evil, in which a prince goes on a quest to learn true wisdom ...
Origin of Species
Released on: 1993-01-01
Animation, History
A parody version of the famous book by Charles Darwin. For adults.
Children and Matches
Released on: 1969-07-11
Animation
A cut-out animation warning for children about the danger of fire and playing with matches, far from...
Chainsaw Richard
Released on: 2014-07-17
Animation, Comedy
A boy and his ghost friend go to see a movie.
Spinning
Released on: 2013-03-22
Animation, Family, Comedy
Guido discovers he has a hidden talent as a street corner sign spinner.
Les Contes de la rue Broca
Released on: 1995-08-02
Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Cartoon adaptation of tales written by Pierre Gripari.
We Are Men!
Released on: 1992-01-01
Animation
The collection of miniatures. The first is called "Glasses" and it deals with how a man with poor ey...
Miss Fritter's Racing Skoool
Released on: 2017-10-24
Animation, Family, Comedy
Enjoy blindsided testimonials from the Crazy 8's, touting the transformative impact Miss Fritter's R...
Vincent
Released on: 1982-10-01
Animation, Fantasy
Young Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams ...
Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom
Released on: 1953-11-10
Animation
Professor Owl gives a lecture on the evolution of Western musical instruments, starting with the adv...