A folk tale told so simply it feels inevitable, like watching something that always existed. The crab plants while the monkey consumes, and that single choice ripples into everything that follows. You watch a creature choose patience over immediate hunger, then watch what that costs. The story never explains its moral, it just shows you two different ways to live, and leaves you knowing which one breaks first.

A crab and a monkey both stumble upon luck: the crab finds a rice ball at the same moment the monkey finds an apricot seed. The monkey has no use for the seed, so he talks the crab into swapping it for the rice ball. He eats the rice ball right away, while the crab plants the seed and tends it until it grows into a tall tree heavy with apricots. The crab cannot climb up to reach the fruit, so he needs the monkey to fetch it for him, and from there the story takes a darker turn. The film is a fantasy adaptation of the old Japanese folk tale Saru Kani Gassen.