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* AnAesop: A written one at the end that goes like this:
-->"They say when parents grow old, so old that they can no longer bear their age, they become demons who will eat their own children. That is how goes this ancient legend."
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* KabukiSounds: The use of ''shinobue'' and ''nohkan'' flutes on the soundtracks are highly reminiscent of Kabuki theatre.

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* KabukiSounds: The use of ''shinobue'' and ''nohkan'' flutes on the soundtracks are highly reminiscent of Kabuki theatre.KabukiTheatre.
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* {{Tragedy}}: Both ''Dōjō-ji Temple'' and ''House of Flames'' are about events with tragic consequences triggered by love/attraction.

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In this 1979 short, a solitary maiden recounts the story of Unai-Otome, a beautiful and pure maid who lived 500 years ago and had two suitors, a poet and a warrior.

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In this 1979 short, a solitary maiden monk recounts the story of Unai-Otome, a beautiful and pure UsefulNotes/{{Buddhis|m}}t maid who lived 500 years ago and had two suitors, a poet and a warrior.



* DivinePunishment: Unai-Otome's soul ended up shut in a house surrounded by purgatory flames with iron ducks with searing bills tearing at her brain for 500 years. The narrator wonders what kind of sin she committed to end up like that.



* MutualKill: The poet and the warrior stab each other to death following Unai-Otome's death.

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* MutualKill: The poet and the warrior stab each other to death with daggers following Unai-Otome's death.


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* NoEscapeButDown: In order to escape eternal torture in the House of Flames, Unai-Otome's soul's jumps in the nearby sea.
* TitleDrop: The narrator mentions that Unai-Otome's soul ended up shut in a house of flames".
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* DrivenToSuicide: Unai-Otome lets herself die in the river after the poet and the warrior kill a bird of love.
* GraveMarkingScene: The poet and the warrior seem to reconcile at the burial mound of Unai-Otome... only to [[MutualKill stab each other to death]].


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* MutualKill: The poet and the warrior stab each other to death following Unai-Otome's death.

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* LoveTriangle: Both the poet and the warrior are in love with Unai-Otome.

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* CockFight: Both the poet and the warrior want the hand of Unai-Otome, and try to solve the matter with an archery contest, shooting at two mandarin ducks (which are traditionally considered as "birds of love" in Japan) on the Ikuta river. Both shoot an arrow at the same duck, killing it.
* LoveTriangle: Both the poet and the warrior are in love with Unai-Otome.Unai-Otome, who can't bring herself to choose between them.
* NiceGirl: Unai-Otome doesn't have the heart to choose a suitor between the two, because it will inevitably cause pain to the rejected one.
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In this 1976 short, a solitary maiden recounts the story of Unai-Otome, a beautiful and pure maid who lived 500 years ago and had two suitors, a poet and a warrior.

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In this 1976 1979 short, a solitary maiden recounts the story of Unai-Otome, a beautiful and pure maid who lived 500 years ago and had two suitors, a poet and a warrior.
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In this 1976 short, a solitary maiden recounts the story of Unai-Otome, a pure maid who lived 500 years ago and had two suitors, a poet and a warrior.

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In this 1976 short, a solitary maiden recounts the story of Unai-Otome, a beautiful and pure maid who lived 500 years ago and had two suitors, a poet and a warrior.




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* LoveTriangle: Both the poet and the warrior are in love with Unai-Otome.
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In this 1976 short, a solitary maiden recounts the story of Unai-Otome, a pure maid who lived 500 years ago and had two suitors, a poet and a warrior.
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* TheReveal: When the brothers rush back home with the cut off hand, they open the house's door and find their mother writhing with a missing hand and blood around her, then she turns her [[NightmareFace now-changed face]] in their direction -- it turns out ''she is the demon''.

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* TheReveal: When the brothers rush back home with the cut off hand, they open the house's door and find their mother writhing with a missing hand and blood around her, then she turns her [[NightmareFace [[GameFace now-changed face]] in their direction -- it turns out ''she is the demon''.
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* TheReveal: When the brothers rush back home with the cut off hand, they open the house's door and find their mother writhing with a missing hand and blood around her, then she turns her now-changed face in their direction -- it turns out ''she is the demon''.

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* TheReveal: When the brothers rush back home with the cut off hand, they open the house's door and find their mother writhing with a missing hand and blood around her, then she turns her [[NightmareFace now-changed face face]] in their direction -- it turns out ''she is the demon''.
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* RedEyesTakeWarning: While stalking the brothers, the oni is only seen as a dark shadow with red eyes.
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2003's ''Anime/WinterDays'', also directed by Kawamoto, also includes some stop motion segments.

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2003's ''Anime/WinterDays'', also directed by Kawamoto, also includes some stop motion segments.
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* {{Oni}}: The demon who attacks one of the brothers. It turns out it is their own mother.
* TheReveal: When the brothers rush back home with the cut off hand, they open the house's door and find their mother writhing with a missing hand and blood around her -- it turns out ''she is the demon''.

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* {{Oni}}: The Japanese folklore demon who attacks one of the brothers. It turns out it is their own mother.
mother is one.
* TheReveal: When the brothers rush back home with the cut off hand, they open the house's door and find their mother writhing with a missing hand and blood around her, then she turns her now-changed face in their direction -- it turns out ''she is the demon''.
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In this 1972 short, two hunter brothers go hunting with their bows, leaving their old mother at home. While hunting, one of them is attacked by a humanoid demon in a tree.

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In this 1972 short, two hunter brothers go hunting with their bows, leaving their old mother at home. While hunting, one of them them, who climbed in a tree, is attacked by a humanoid demon in a tree.demon.
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2003's ''Anime/WinterDays'', also directed by Kawamoto, also includes some stop motion segments.
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''Dōjō-ji Temple'' (1976) is based on the legend of Kiyohime, a woman who falls madly in love with a young UsefulNotes/{{Buddhis|m}}t monk named Anchin, who was on his way to the Dōjō-ji temple for a pilgrimage and refuses her advances when she houses him and an older monk. It ends rather tragically.

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''Dōjō-ji Temple'' (1976) is based on depicts the legend of Kiyohime, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyohime Kiyohime]], a woman who falls madly in love with a young UsefulNotes/{{Buddhis|m}}t monk named Anchin, who was on his way to the Dōjō-ji temple for a pilgrimage and refuses her advances when she houses him and an older monk. It ends rather tragically.
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* {{Yandere}}: Kiyohime is dangerously obsessive about Anchin.
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* TrickArrow: The brother who's not attacked shoots an arrow with a sharp tip in "V" with enough force to cut the Oni's hand off.

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* TrickArrow: The brother who's not attacked shoots an arrow with a sharp tip in "V" with enough force to cut the Oni's oni's hand off.
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In The70s, UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese director and puppet artist Kihachirō Kawamoto (1925-2010) created several StopMotion short films. They are mostly based on Myth/JapaneseMythology and take inspiration from the country's traditional forms of theatre -- Noh, {{Kabuki|Theatre}} and Bunraku [[PuppetShows puppet theatre]].

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In The70s, UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese director and puppet artist Kihachirō Kawamoto (1925-2010) created several StopMotion short films. They are mostly based on Myth/JapaneseMythology and also take inspiration from the country's traditional forms of theatre -- Noh, {{Kabuki|Theatre}} and Bunraku [[PuppetShows puppet theatre]].
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* NotGoodWithRejection: Kiyohime, to say the least. She doesn't take Anchin's rejection well, turns into a dragon, and eventually kills him.

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* NotGoodWithRejection: Kiyohime, to say the least. She doesn't take Anchin's rejection well, keeps running after him, turns into a dragon, and eventually kills him.
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* SongsInTheKeyOfPanic: The short's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto_(instrument) koto]] soundtrack takes a more alarming tone when the demon grabs one of the brothers' hair.

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* SongsInTheKeyOfPanic: The short's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto_(instrument) koto]] chord instrument soundtrack takes a more alarming tone when the demon grabs one of the brothers' hair.
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* SongsInTheKeyOfPanic: The short's shamisen soundtrack takes a more alarming tone when the demon grabs one of the brothers' hair.

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* SongsInTheKeyOfPanic: The short's shamisen [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto_(instrument) koto]] soundtrack takes a more alarming tone when the demon grabs one of the brothers' hair.
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In The70s, UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese director and puppet artist Kihachirō Kawamoto (1925-2010) created several StopMotion short films. They are mostly based on Myth/JapaneseMythology and take inspiration from the country's traditional forms of theatre -- Noh, {{Kabuki|Theatre}} as well as Bunraku [[PuppetShows puppet theatre]].

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In The70s, UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese director and puppet artist Kihachirō Kawamoto (1925-2010) created several StopMotion short films. They are mostly based on Myth/JapaneseMythology and take inspiration from the country's traditional forms of theatre -- Noh, {{Kabuki|Theatre}} as well as and Bunraku [[PuppetShows puppet theatre]].
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In The70s, UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese director and puppet artist Kihachirō Kawamoto (1925-2010) created several StopMotion short films. They are mostly based on Myth/JapaneseMythology and take inspiration from Noh and {{Kabuki|Theatre}} theatre as well as traditional Bunraku [[PuppetShows puppet theatre]].

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In The70s, UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese director and puppet artist Kihachirō Kawamoto (1925-2010) created several StopMotion short films. They are mostly based on Myth/JapaneseMythology and take inspiration from Noh and the country's traditional forms of theatre -- Noh, {{Kabuki|Theatre}} theatre as well as traditional Bunraku [[PuppetShows puppet theatre]].

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In The70s, UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese director and puppet artist Kihachirō Kawamoto (1925-2010) created several StopMotion shorts. They are mostly based on Myth/JapaneseMythology and take inspiration from Noh and {{Kabuki|Theatre}} theatre as well as traditional Bunraku [[PuppetShows puppet theatre]].

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In The70s, UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese director and puppet artist Kihachirō Kawamoto (1925-2010) created several StopMotion shorts.short films. They are mostly based on Myth/JapaneseMythology and take inspiration from Noh and {{Kabuki|Theatre}} theatre as well as traditional Bunraku [[PuppetShows puppet theatre]].


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* SongsInTheKeyOfPanic: The short's shamisen soundtrack takes a more alarming tone when the demon grabs one of the brothers' hair.
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* TheReveal: When the brothers rush back home with the cut off hand, they open the house's door and find their mother writhing with a missing hand and blood around her -- it turns out ''she is the demon''.
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In The70s, UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese animation director and puppet artist Kihachirō Kawamoto (1925-2010) created several StopMotion shorts. They are mostly based on Myth/JapaneseMythology and take inspiration from Noh and {{Kabuki|Theatre}} theatre as well as traditional Bunraku [[PuppetShows puppet theatre]].

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In The70s, UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese animation director and puppet artist Kihachirō Kawamoto (1925-2010) created several StopMotion shorts. They are mostly based on Myth/JapaneseMythology and take inspiration from Noh and {{Kabuki|Theatre}} theatre as well as traditional Bunraku [[PuppetShows puppet theatre]].

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