Kyubi no Kitsune to Tobimaru (Sesshoseki)

Kyubi no Kitsune to Tobimaru (Sesshoseki)

Alternative Titles

Synonyms

The Killing Stone
The Fox with Nine Tails

Japanese

九尾の狐と飛丸(殺生石)

English

Information

Type

Movie

Aired

Oct 19, 1968

Episodes

1

Duration

1 hr 21 min

Studios

Status

Finished Airing

Source

Novel

Rating

Genres

Fantasy

Themes

Mythology

Demographics

Statistics

Rank

16937

Score

Scored by

Popularity

15418

Members

689

Favorites

2

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Synopsis

The film was adapted from a novel by Okamoto Kidou based on a legend surrounding a sterile patch of land at the foot of Mt. Chausu, an active volcano located in Tochigi Prefecture. Since the Heian period the spot has been known to exude poisonous gas (hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, arsenic) that has killed animals and people who happened to wander near the area. A legend arose at one time that long ago in China a kitsune transformed itself into a beautiful maiden, seduced the emperor and caused numerous misfortunes to befall the kingdom, then found her way to Japan, transformed herself into a beautiful maiden called Tamamo, and seduced the emperor etc., before finally being unmasked and killed. Upon her death she cursed her killers and transformed herself on this spot into a poisonous stone called Sesshoseki. (Source: Pelleas Anipages)

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