Folktale Movies

A collection of stories compiled from the English dub of the Madhouse anime series Manga Fairy Tales of the World.

Two star-crossed lovers must battle the forces which try to keep them apart at different timelines and at different world's.

A collection of stories compiled from the English dub of the Madhouse anime series Manga Fairy Tales of the World.

An exuberant story about Askeladden, the hero of Norwegian traditional fairy tales, outwitting the good-natured troll.

A lonely prospector’s son discovers a shadowy creature that offers a tempting — but deadly — way out of his impoverished town.

Osen, a dance teacher who hates men, refuses to become the concubine of a rich merchant, but falls in love with the thief Sojiro, unaware that he is...

To preserve family history and rectify a family myth, an eccentric 80-something-year-old man needs to prove his long-lost sister can fly.

Joe, a high school boy, travels to the South. To reveal the truth about a mysterious death thirty years ago. Until, on the night of the halo moon, he...

A stop-motion gothic folktale. A starving young boy eats a human toe that he finds in the ground. Later that night, something comes to his bedroom...

A horror short that takes on the Southern tradition of covering mirrors that face your bed. If not covered, it is believed that spirits will enter...

Wanting to destroy the Archer and marry his wife, the King comes up with tests for the hero.

After getting trapped in an isolated woodland, a hunter is tormented by his former prey.

Loosely inspired by folk tales, this film chronicles the mystical journey of a quartet of ageing animals fleeing their fates to find a place free...

The breeze we feel everywhere is an ancient drunk man destroying everything as he goes by, until he was turned into the wind.

Chang E was chosen to become the bride of a god and forced to separate with Hou Yi, the man that she loves. However, they refuse to accept their fate...

Firefly Marsh is a fog-enshrouded corner of the world, steeped in mystery. Stories of what lurks in the dark waters date back to Indian lore. But...

Based on the traditional story of a girl who makes her blind father see by donating 300 bags of rice to Bongwon Temple.

The Queen's cat goes on an adventure in the countryside where he discovers that love, in its many forms, surrounds him.

a woman's spiritual journey in Ireland on All Hallow-Een

Classic kaidan ghost story set in the Edo period