Kashi no Ki Mokku

Kashi no Ki Mokku

Alternative Titles

Synonyms

Saban's Adventures of Pinocchio

Japanese

樫の木モック

English

Information

Type

TV

Aired

Jan 4, 1972 to Dec 1, 1972

Episodes

52

Duration

24 min per ep

Broadcast

Unknown

Studios

Tatsunoko Production

Licensors

Saban Entertainment

Status

Finished Airing

Source

Unknown

Rating

G - All Ages

Themes

Demographics

Statistics

Rank

9835

Score

6

Scored by

1328

Popularity

10805

Members

2686

Favorites

3

External Links

Synopsis

This version of Pinocchio tells a story of an extremely gullible, naive and morally confused wooden doll brought to life by a mystical blue fairy. Pinocchio (Mokku) is characterized as having many character faults which he must learn to overcome in order to be worthy of being granted humanity. Some of these character faults include selfishness, rudeness, insensitivity, indolence, obstinacy, over- trusting, self-pity, stupidity, disobedience, compulsive lying, arrogance, greed, cowardice, recklessness, cruelty, foolishness and an inability to learn from mistakes. Throughout the entire series Pinocchio (Mokku), partly due to his own delinquency and repetitive disobedience, must undergo other costly ordeals of hardship and pain in which he is continuously tormented, persecuted, bullied, humiliated, tricked, ridiculed, ostracised, beaten, downtrodden and subjected to degrading and inhumane treatment. Its plain depiction of the austere reality of what it would be like to be literally subhuman growing up in a world of danger and hardship, makes this another good example of traditional Japanese stories, which teach moral observance through tough endurance. (Source: Wikipedia)

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