Crab Temple Omen

蟹満寺縁起

Also known as Kanimanji Engi, Sự Tích Chùa Cua

“animation short”

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 Buddhist faith) from being eaten, and was later saved from danger by the same crab.