. "Uses color animation to retell a traditional Japanese folk tale about the envy and greed of a stonecutter who is transformed into a prince, the sun, a cloud, and finally a mountain."@en . "Children's films"@en . . "Uses color animation to retell a traditional Japanese folktale about the envy and greed of a stonecutter who is transformed into a prince, the sun, a cloud, and finally a mountain." . . . . "Short films"@en . . . . . "Fiction films"@en . . . . "The Stonecutter (Motion picture)"@en . . "A Japanese tale about a stonecutter who is changed, at his request, into a prince, the sun, a cloud, a mountain, each a more powerful form than the one before."@en . "A Japanese tale about a stonecutter who is changed, at his request, into a prince, the sun, a cloud, a mountain, each a more powerful form than the one before." . . . . . "Animated films"@en . "An ancient Japanese fable with graphics that have a Matisse cutout quality and seem to be made of layers of rice and or tissue. A dissatisfied stonecutter asks the mountain spirit to change him into a prince which the mountain spirit does. When the former stonecutter wants more than princely powers, he is changed into the sun. And so on, until he comes full circle--almost. Developed with the book by Gerald McDermott, this film has an authentic koto music sound track." . "Children's works" . . "Uses color animation to retell a traditional Japanese folk tale bout the envy and greed of a stonecutter who is transformed into a prince, the sun, a cloud, and finally a mountain."@en . . . "The stonecutter"@en . "The stonecutter" . . . . . . . . "Animation" . . . . "Summary: An animated version of the Japanese legend of Tasaku, the stonecutter. Satisfied with his life until one day when a wealthy prince goes by, Tasaku implores the spirit of the mountain to change him into a prince. His wish is granted, but soon his greed and envy make him want to be firtst the sun, then a cloud and finally a mountain, every time imagining that he will be more powerful than before. As the mountain, he assumes that he is now the mightiest of all creations, only to find a stonecutter working away at his foot. The accompanying music is performed on a Japanese koto." . . . . "The Stonecutter"@en . "The Stonecutter" . . . . . "The stone-cutter"@en . . . . "Group Productions." . . . .