A Sumo Wrestler's Tail
2010 • Studio Ghibli
- Format
- MOVIE
- Aired
- 2010
- Episodes
- 1
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Studio Ghibli
- Genres
- Comedy
A short film only screened at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka. This story is based on a Japanese folk tale "The Mice's Sumo Tournament".
Once upon a time, deep in the mountains, there lived an old couple who worked day after day in exhaustion, toiling up and down the mountain field. One night, the old man stepped outside and noticed a group of mice headed somewhere. He quietly follows them to find mice gathered for a sumo tournament. When the old man and his wife learn that their home mice are always losing, they start preparing a special feast of saury fish dumplings and grilled tofu with miso sauce. They even make new red sumo uniforms for their mice team. What will happen in the next sumo games?
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A Sumo Wrestler's Tail, known in Japanese as Chūzumō, is a short animated film produced by Studio Ghibli in 2010. It was created specifically for exclusive screenings at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo, as part of the studio's tradition of producing niche, short-form content that does not receive a wide theatrical or home media release. The film reflects the studio's enduring interest in Japanese folklore and traditional aesthetics, utilizing a visual style that evokes classic ukiyo-e woodblock prints and traditional ink wash paintings.
The film was directed by Akihiko Yamashita, a long-time collaborator of Hayao Miyazaki and a prominent animator at the studio. In designing the piece, Yamashita aimed to capture the humorous and supernatural elements of Japanese fables, focusing on a story centered on a sumo-wrestling mouse. While the film remained largely inaccessible to the international public due to its limited museum-only distribution, it is highly regarded by animation scholars and Ghibli enthusiasts for its departure from the studio's feature-length narratives in favor of experimental, character-driven storytelling.
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