Yasuji Murata's 1928 version of the folk tale Hanasaka Jijii, in which a kind old man makes withered trees burst into bloom.

Public domain (US): Japanese film published 1928; all works published before 1931 (including foreign works restored under URAA) are public domain in the US (95-year term expired). Source: Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/YasujiMurataEnglish).

Credit: digital copy, English subtitles and title cards courtesy of the National Film Archive of Japan (NFAJ).