Folktale Movies

Tang Bohu is smitten by the stunning beauty of Qiuxiang, the maid of Grand Tutor Hua, during his visit to a monastery in Suzhou. Stalking the maid,...

Ananse the Spider Man climbs up to the sky to buy stories from the Sky God in this folktale from Africa.

How Death Came to Earth is a 14 minute cutout animation film by Ishu Patel produced in 1971 by the National Film Board of Canada. The film deals with...

Classic kaidan ghost story set in the Edo period

A horror short that takes on the Southern tradition of covering mirrors that face your bed. If not covered, it is believed that spirits will enter...

A record in moving images of a timeless dimension, the tragedy takes place in a dark void where the voiceless ones enact their drama in a theatre of...

The Queen's cat goes on an adventure in the countryside where he discovers that love, in its many forms, surrounds him.

Tom Davenport's realistic adaptation of an old Appalachian story. With nothing more than her plucky spirit and her pocket knife, a mountain girl...

During a tour of his country, King Matthias the just, comes across a sign in a village: The judge of this village does not have a care in the world!...

The smallest son of the king has to find a bride for himself in the forest. But he finds only a kitty cat.

The breeze we feel everywhere is an ancient drunk man destroying everything as he goes by, until he was turned into the wind.

When asked by her father, the youngest daughter of the king answers: I love you like people love salt. The king is very annoyed and chases his...

Short animated version of the Chinese folktale, Nüwa Mends the Heavens

A collection of stories compiled from the English dub of the Madhouse anime series Manga Fairy Tales of the World.

Firefly Marsh is a fog-enshrouded corner of the world, steeped in mystery. Stories of what lurks in the dark waters date back to Indian lore. But...

To preserve family history and rectify a family myth, an eccentric 80-something-year-old man needs to prove his long-lost sister can fly.

Once upon a time there was a king who had a beautiful daughter. A sky-high tree stood in the middle of their garden. One day the wind caught the...

A collection of stories compiled from the English dub of the Madhouse anime series Manga Fairy Tales of the World.