Japanese Old Animation (1929)

http://filmow.com/kobu-tori-t60643 This is a Japanese cartoon from 1929. The plot’s pretty easy to sort out, even if you don’t read Japanese, but here’s a summary: An old woodcutter with a giant swollen goiter hides in a tree during a rainstorm, and afterwards sees a gathering of Tengu (mountain and forest spirits with human/bird features). He dances for them, and they’re entertained, so they grant his wish and remove his goiter. He tells a friend, who happens to also have a giant swollen goiter (poor nutrition in that region of Japan at that time, I guess), and the second old fellow seeks out the Tengu, but…well…just watch. Kobu-tori The Stolen Lump