A man saves a tanuki's life, and the tanuki repays him by becoming a teapot and getting donated to a temple. The chaos that follows is pure slapstick wrapped around an actual heart, the kind of folk tale logic where consequences don't follow rules, they follow what's funny and what matters. This isn't trying to be profound; it knows exactly what it is: a short film that trusts you to laugh at the absurdity while understanding why the tanuki does what he does.

A man rescues a tanuki in this short animated film. The tanuki changes itself into a teapot and ends up given to a temple as a gift. Once it is inside the temple, the creature returns to its real form and sets off a burst of havoc. The result is a brief comic tale built around a shapeshifting animal and the trouble it causes.