Akuemon

A fortuneteller tells Hidari Taisho that he must hunt down 1000 foxes in order to conquer the country So Akuemon who is disliked by everybody is hired to do the foxhunting In response the foxes send a female fox to Akuemons house disguised as his wife A story unfolds between Akuemon who has never loved anyone and the female fox who slowly discovers true love in him even while tormented by sorrow over her comrades death This is the 6th work in The Lion Books series It is also the first attempt by visualist Tezuka Makoto Tezukas older son to render an original of his fathers into an animated version