The Rolling Rice Ball

Presents an animated film version of a Japanese fairy tale about a Japanese woodcutter who shares his rice balls with the mice and is rewarded and a grasping hunter who learns the folly of greed when he receives no treasure from the mice.
Complete catalog record
A puppet film adaptation of a Japanese fairy tale. A poor but industrious woodcutter is rewarded for his kindness when he accidentally drops his rice ball down a hole leading to the Land of the Mice. There, he is given a box of jewels. The greedy hunter, on the other hand, loses his chance for a gift because of his selfishness.

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  1. A-V Online (National Information Center for Educational Media). CD-ROM database of educational and documentary media, compiled and maintained by the National Information Center for Educational Media (NICEM). — title, year, creator, length, format, description
  2. 16mm Filmography editors — length, color, sound, catalog record