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  • Omusubi Kororin (The Rolling Rice Ball) (2014)
  • Short | 5 min | Animation, Short, Family
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Omusubi Kororin (The Rolling Rice Ball) (2014)
Short | 5 min | Animation, Short, Family

In Japan, omusubi is a traditional handmade rice ball. Omusubi Kororin is the tale of an honest old man whose rice ball rolls into a hole; a hole that leads to a village of kind field mice. The mice welcome the honest man and offer him a ...See moreIn Japan, omusubi is a traditional handmade rice ball. Omusubi Kororin is the tale of an honest old man whose rice ball rolls into a hole; a hole that leads to a village of kind field mice. The mice welcome the honest man and offer him a box of gold coins. Learning what happened, the old man's greedy neighbor heads to the village with a handful of his own rice balls and very bad intentions. He attempts to steal a box by force, but the mice have their own plan. This popular folk tale is retold as a puppet play using 2D animation. Written by Anonymous See less
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Updated May 25, 2014

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