Japanese film a little boy and a porcupine

A short film about a boy and his bird Badbade

Deep in the mountains a little Japanese boy called Minokitchi witnesses a tragic event.

The kitten from Yasuji Mori's earlier "Koneko no Rakugai" returns, this time putting his talents toward directing a samurai film starring his mouse friends.

1962 Japanese movie

A kitten and a young boy live in a small fisherman's hut. The boy's father calls him Little Hawk. The threesome are poor but happy, and the father goes to sea every day to fish. One day, there is a storm at sea and the father doesn't come home...

A Japanese film.