achromatic black and white comedy drama fairy tale fantasy ghost stories historical no dialogue shorts silent movie
Rating: 4.77
Hanasaka Jii-san, Hanasaka-jiijii, Hanasaka-jiisan, Manga Hanasaka-jijii, Manga Hanasaka-jijī, The Blossom Man, 漫画 花咲爺, 花咲か爺, 花咲か爺さん, 花咲爺
A short movie produced by Yasuji Murata. Based on the Japanese fairy tale Hanasaka Jiijii, also called Hanasaka Jiisan. A kind old man and his wife dig up the ground where their dog is barking, and find koban (oval gold coins formerly used in Japan) there.