A chimney sweep's day becomes a meditation on small work, honest hands, small joys. Tadanori Yokoo animates gentleness like it's the most radical act a show can commit to, no irony, no performance, just a person climbing rooftops and finding meaning in soot and song. The Japanese version of "Chim Chim Cher-ee" doesn't try to improve a perfect song; it just lets you sit inside it for three minutes, the way you'd sit inside sunlight coming through a window.

A chimney sweep's life is told through song in this single music piece. It is a Japanese-language rendition of Chim Chim Cher-ee, which won an Academy Award in 1964 and was first performed by Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins. Graphic artist and animator Tadanori Yokoo created the animated version, which aired on NHK within its Minna no Uta programming. Viewers who enjoy slice of life shorts set to music may find it worth a look.