Name: URASHIMA TARO (ENGLISH) Animation of Japanese Traditional Stories
Uploaded: 2020-05-18T04:34:09.000Z
Duration: 9 min 1 s
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Long ago in a village by the sea there was a young man named Urashima Taro.

He made his living by going out to the sea in his rowboat every day to catch fish.

But one day when Taro went out to sea, he couldn't catch any fish.

There he found some village children making a commotion.

he saw a baby turtle exhausted by the children's torment.

Taro took pity on the poor little turtle.

He took the baby turtle home and nursed it back to health.

The next day the baby turtle was fine, so Taro released it back into the sea  where it swam happily away and disappeared.

A few days later when Taro was fishing as usual...

Urashima Taro throught it strange to hear a voice way out at sea,

but then he heard his name called again and the sound was coming from the water.

I am a messenger from the Dragon king of the Sea.

The baby turtle you saved was from the palace of the Sea Dragon.

I will take you there to repay you for your kindness. Get on my back.

Urashima Taro did as he was told and got onto the turtle's back.

My name is Otohime, I am the turtle you saved the other day.

That turtle he rescued had become this beautiful princess.

Please come this way. My father wishes to thank you himself.

You may enjoy yourself here as long as you please.

Urashima Taro was treated to a fabulous reception,

Each day was like a dream. Then one day...

Urashima Taro was taken to a special room.

In this room one can quickly spend an enjoyable year.

But don't use it too much as there is no way to turn time back,

Urashima Taro forgot all about the passage of time.

He enjoyed himself in the room of time  again and again.

Nevertheless, eventually he remembered his other life above the sea.

Don't talk about that. Just live here and have fun.

But she couldn't stop him. Urashima Taro's mind was made up.

With it you can come back to the Palace of the Sea.

But you must never, ever open the lid in your world. Never!

Urashima Taro once again got on the turtle's back,

Urashima Taro went back to the village he missed so much.

Where his house had been was now a big field with big trees and over grown weeds.

And the villagers were all people he didn't know.

As Urashima Taro hung around aimlessly...

Ah, yes, There used to be a deserted old house...

Then Urashima Taro knew that what seemed like months at the Palace of the Sea Dragon.

had passed as decades or even centuries here in the village.

Forgetting Otohime's warning never to open the box.....

Instantly, Urashima Taro's hair was gone and he changed into a withered old man with a bent back.

No longer having any place where he belonged, Urashima Taro just disappeared.

Some say he turned into a crane and flew off somewhere but that is another story.

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URASHIMA TARO (ENGLISH) Animation of Japanese Traditional Stories

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