A collection of four folk tales from Koshiji (from 2005, part of Nagaoka), Niigata prefecture (Echigo is the old name of Niigata).
Episode 1: The Azuki Mochi and the Frog
A mean old woman tells an azuki mochi to turn into a frog, if her daughter-in-law wants to eat it. The daughter-in-law hears this, and...
Episode 2: Satori
A woodcutter warms himself at the fire of deadwood…