Nobody talks about this one. A kind creature becomes a tool because it cannot say no to someone in need, and by the time it understands what has happened, the trap is already closed. Jinbo takes a folktale about exploitation and builds it into something that stings because you watch the betrayal unfold through the elephant's eyes, not as moral lesson but as lived experience.

Matsue Jinbo made this film version of the classic White Elephant tale. A gentle white elephant is deceived into lending its help to a human. That person repays the kindness by guiding others back to where the elephant lives so they can capture it. The result is an action fantasy about innocence and deception, told through a familiar story.