Folktales from Japan

Masakichi and the Jizo Statue; The Bee and the Bandit; The God of Death (3x8)

: 25, 2014

Masakichi, a fisherman who picked up a priest statue from a wrecked ship, is visited by it in his dreams. The merchants of Kyoto are attacked by bandits. They manage to escape but their horses and goods are stolen. A loser meets the god of death, who tells him to become a doctor. He does as he's told and immediately becomes very rich...