The Lady of the Moon, in red paper-cut
9:16: the archer shoots down nine of ten suns and his wife floats up to the moon, cut in China red with rosettes and a red banner.
- Director
- Story Director
- Scene · film type
- Stories · Picture books
- Style
- Red Paper-cut
- Format
- 9:16 · 106 s
- Sources
- Public-domain text from Wilhelm's Chinese Fairy Book, the first part read word for word; abridged and marked so.
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