One man gets up one morning and opens the door to go to work. He finds a heavy rock in front of the door. The next morning, he finds two rocks. The morning after, he finds three. The man treis to catch the person who puts the rocks in front of his door. H…

A priest hears a mysterious word, tenshiki from a doctor. The priest doesn't know the word, buit he pretends to know it because he wants people to think he is a smart and knowledgeable priest. He uses a child assistant monk Chinnen to learn the meaning of…

Some residents are supposed to patrol their area to prevent fires, but they also enjoy getting together at a small house called a fire box and drinking sake. A samurai official visits the house. His duty is to stop them from drinking. However, ....住民が…

One man buys a cooking stove. This stove is obsessed with the spirit of the former owner of the stove.  The spirit appears in front of the new owner of the stove and asks him to dig out the money hidden in one part of the stove. In the end, the spirit is…

A man wants to eat a Japanese red bean soup zenzai. He comes to this government office which specializes in selling zenzai. He suffers complicated red tape and spends a long time before he manages to eat zenzai. A severe criticism against inefficient publ…

Young gamblers try to get money from an old man. He turns out to to e an perienced gambler. He wins the game and advises them to stop gambling. Howerver, one of the young men tries to use the same technic and earn money at a casino. It turns out to be a m…

A jobless man finds a job at a zoo. His duty is to wear a tiger fur and pretend to be a real tiger. When he started worrking, he heard an announcement that says the tiger will fight against the king of savanna, lion. He faces a lion in the cage and .....…

A stingy shop  owner is retiring soon. He has to decide who will take over his business. He interviews his three sons and asks what kind of funeral they would have if their father dies. The oldest son wants to have a luxurious religious ceremony with a l…

The sea bream in the fish tank of a seafood restaurant is watching the staff and customers. He is worried that he will be caught and eaten soon. He finds another old sea bream who has managed to avoid being caught for many years. He learns some techniques…

These four people have strange habits. In order to stop their habits, they start betting money. If one of them starts his habit, he has pay money to the others. The rule seems to work in the beginning, but in the end,.....四人がそれぞれ持つ奇妙な癖を直そ…

When an innocent young feudal lord was practicing horseback riding in a small inland village called Meguro, he got hungry and ate an autumn delicacy, sauri prepared by a local resident. It was so delicious that he couldn't forget the taste. The food, saur…

A man who is poor at complimenting others gets a lesson to praise people. He learns to praise others but things don't go well. He hears a friend of his had a new baby. He decides to visit the friend and praise the baby but ends up messing up everything. …

In order to pay back his debt, the man grabs a strange offer. The offer says if he marries the woman, he will get enough money to pay back the debt. He decides to marry  the woman. But where does this money come from? You will hear a surprise ending of t…

A man encounters a snake monster in the mountains on his way home. They share the information about each other. The monster tells the man he hates tar of tobacco. The man honestly tells the monster he hates money because money makes everyone greedy. When …

A stingy man swallows all his money because he doesn't want to leave the money behind after his death. His next-door neighbor realizes this. After the man dies, the neighbor tries to steal the money inside the dead man's stomach......ケチな男が死に際に、…

「黄金餅」は変わった話です。笑う箇所が少なく、グロテスクな話です。ケチゆえに自分が死んでも金を残したくないというニセ坊主が、餅と一緒にカネを飲み込んで死ぬ。それをのぞき見していた金兵衛という男がまんまと金をだまし取る。金兵衛はなんと悪いやつでしょうか。そ…

A noodle vendor gets an unexpected order of ten bowls of noodles from a gamblers' group. Then he sees another customer. This customer might also order many bowls.....うどん屋が売り歩いていると幸運にも10杯の注文を受ける。そのあとでもう一人、たくさん注文し…

A thief breaks into a house. The resident turns out to be a very poor and miserable man. The thief feels sorry for him and......泥棒の押し入った先の住人が貧乏でみじめな境遇。それを気の毒に思った泥棒は......…

One student goes to the nurse's office of the school because he has a headache. He turns out to be a unique boy. The school's principal comes in. The principal is also unique. The nurse is also......頭痛で保健室に来た少年はかなり変な少年。後で入ってきた…

One businessman boasts that his helper is a heavy drinker. Strong enough to finish five big bottles of sake. His friend does not believe it. The friend invites the helper and tests if he can really drink that much......ある商人がお得意先の旦那に,、お抱え…

On his way home from work, one man runs into a faceless monster. When he runs away, he sees another faceless monster. When he gets home and tells his wife about the monster, the wife turns out to be...   仕事帰りに橋の真ん中で身投げを止めようとするとな…

One man claims that he is afraid of manju, a Japanese sweet snack. Others believe him and plan to frighten him by showing a lot of manju. But actually...... 怖いものがあるかと聞かれてある男が「饅頭がこわい」といいだす。その男を懲らしめてやろうと考えた友…

Three young men stayed at a hotel on their way home from their visit to Ise Shrine. One of them starts talking about his heroic story. A samurai, staying at the next room eavesdrops the story and starts claiming the storyteller is the criminal who ki…

One garbage collector buys a Buddhist statue from one samurai and sells it to another samurai. It turns out that the statue contains lots of money inside. The samurai, who found the money tries to return the money to its ex-owner, but the ex-owner refuses…

One resident in Edo, who doesn't like samurai, picks fights with one samurai who lost his way. The samurai gets upset and cuts the man's head off. Then,......侍が嫌いでたまらない町人が道に迷った侍に絡んで怒らせる。逆鱗に触れた侍は町人の首をはねて.......…

One feudal lord prohibited all his men from drinking alcohol in the premises. One sake-loving samurai can't put up with the prohibition. He asks one liquor store owner to deliver sake to his house inside the premises. There are scary-looking security guar…

A short-tempered couple, who were alwasy quarreling, found how to make a mirackle bag which can absorb people's anger and let them live in peace. All the neighbors wanted to use this bag. In the end, the bag was filled with people's anger and ......いつも…

A man wants to go fishing, but his fishline is damaged. He tries to use some of the tail of the horse which is tied to a tree near his house. His friend witnesses it and threatens that something bad will happen because of his wrong behavior. See what wi…

A man wants to take lessons and cultivate his mind. He tries to learn many things, but he can't continue learning anything. The next lesson he wants to try is yawning. See how funny the lesson is.  教養を深めたいある男がいろいろと習い事を試すが一向にうま…

A pickpocket steals a toy whistle and gives it to a poor boy. People believe this boy stole the toy. The innocent boy, who feels sad tries to commit suicide.The pickpocket, who feels guilty cuts his two main fingers and promises to stop stealing......スリ…

One water vendor in the city of Edo won a huge amount of money in lottery. He makes his best efforts to protect his money, but finally........江戸の町の水屋さんが富くじで千両を当てる。お金を何とか盗まれぬようにと苦労するが最後に.....…

 The young master of a shop is sick. He got sick because he badly wants to eat an out-of-season orange so badly but he ccouldn't. The manager of the store managed to get one orange, but the price was incredibly high.    ある店の若旦那が季節外れのみか…

仏教のことを何も知らない男が住職の仕事を引き受ける。なんとかやっていけるだろうとタカをくくっていると、旅の禅僧が問答で挑戦をしてきた。自分を世話してくれた蒟蒻屋の主人に助けを求め、……

粗忽者が引っ越しをするがどうもうまくいかない。引っ越した先で柱に釘を打ってくれと妻に頼まれて、.....A calress man moves into a new house. His actions are all sloppy. His wife asks him to drive a nail on a pillar. Then what happens?…

欲深い男が人相の悪い侍を船で運ぶことになり、ある娘の殺人を持ちかけられる。男はどうするか。A greedy boat rower happens to carry a mean samurai who tries to murder a young girl. If he helps the samurai, he can get some money. Will he help the samurai murder…

人使いの荒い旦那が雇った男はすごく働き者だった。その働き者の男が辞めてしまった後、旦那がこき使ったのは......A man hires a really hard-working employee. But he quits. After that, he hires someone completely different.…

喧嘩ばかりしている夫婦を仲裁しようと、男が考えた方法は、風呂敷を使って.......A man tries to stop the fight of a couple. He comes up with an idea to use a wrapping cloth.…

金を持たない老人がお金持ちのふりをして宿屋に泊まる。なけなしの金を払わされて富くじを買うが........One broke old man stays at an inn. He pretends to be rich and ends up in spending his last coin to buy a lottery ticket. See what happens.…

やたら鍋釜類を盗む泥棒がはびこっているらしいので大釜を盗まれるのを恐れた豆腐屋の主人は自ら大釜に隠れて泥棒退治をしようとします。さてどうなることか。To protect his big pot, the tofu-shop owner hides in the pot itself and attemps an ambush. See what happens…

"MS 明朝"'>仏教のことを何も知らない男が住職の仕事を引き受ける。なんとかやっていけるだろうとタカをくくっていると、旅の禅僧が問答で挑戦をしてきた。自分を世話してくれた蒟蒻屋の主人に助けを求め、…Someone who knows nothing about Buddhism becomes the priest…

A man is taking a nap. It seems he is dreaming of something happy. When he wakes up, his wife asks him what he was dreaming about. He says he did not dream. The wife thinks he must have been dreaming of something obscene and gets jealous. They start fig…

A forgetful samurai is assigned to convey a message to another samurai. When he reaches the samurai’s house, he realizes that he has forgotten the message. When he forgot something in his childhood, his father used to pinch his buttocks for punishment.…

ある男が死神から命を延命されて事業に成功する。調子に乗りすぎて死神との約束を破った結果… A man is saved by a spiritual being, a god of death. He succeeds in business, but he couldn't control his greed. See what happens........…

<p class=MsoNormal>Father loves drinkig, but he can’t forgive his son’s getting drunk. The son loves drinking, too but he doesn’t like his drunk father’s attitudes. When they are both very drunk in the middle of the night, …… 父親は酔っ払うくせに息…

It has been said that a small a run-down house in one village is haunted by a woman ghost. A group of young guys go to see the ghost. They realize that the ghost is such a beauty, so they decide to go to the house every night. The rumor spread so quickly.…

Blowfish have a kind of poison. But if it is cooked by a licensed chef, it is completely safe. There are some people who are still suspicious. The two men who have the chance to eat blow fish try to experiment its safety using someone else. They pick one …

p class=MsoNormal>An owner of a tea instrument shop, who is also known as a great connoisseur, is looking at a tea cup seriously at a tea stand. One man notices this, and assumes that this cup must be a great bargain. He gets the cup from the tea stand a…

A slow-paced man and a very impatient man have been good friends for a long time. However, when they sit down in the same room and start talking, something bad always happens to the impatient man.恐ろしくペースの遅い男と信じられないくらい気ぜわしい男が実…

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