Folktales from Japan
The Old Woman and the Giant Octopus / Dokkoisho / The Tengu of Ashitaka Mountain
S1 • E85 Nov 16, 2013 25m
An old woman cuts off the leg of an octopus on the beach, and gets rich by selling it at the market. A groom is given botamochi rice balls at his bride's village. He wants his mom to make them, so he keeps saying "botamochi" on the way home, but then he trips and rises up saying, "dokkoisho! A strong-willed and hardworking mother goes all alone to Ashitaka Mountain, where a Tengu lives. But she doesn't come back.
Source: crunchyroll
Source: crunchyroll
