Yasuji Murata's first film (1927): a stylish cut-out take on the folk tale of crabs who get even with a cruel monkey.

Public domain (US): Japanese film published 1927; 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).