Crab Temple Omen

蟹満寺縁起

• Animation
• 1925

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.

Crab Temple Omen is a movie first shown in 1925. Runtime is 12 minutes. Status: Released. Genres: Animation. TMDB score 8.3/10 from 4 votes.