Yasuji Murata's 1929 retelling of The Ant and the Grasshopper, contrasting hard work with carefree living.

Public domain (US): Japanese film published 1929; 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).