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The Japanese myth of the trickster raccoon

The Japanese myth of the trickster raccoon

2021 · 4 min · Animation

On the dusty roads of a small village, a traveling salesman was having difficulty selling his wares. As he wandered the outskirts of town in the hopes of finding some new customers, he heard a high-pitched yelp coming from the edge of the forest. Following the screams to their source, he discovered a trapped tanuki. Iseult Gillespie details the Japanese myth of the shape-shifting creature.

Directed by Anna Samo

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