Yūzuru

About the show

In an isolated Japanese village, farmer Yohyō lives with Tsū, a crane he once rescued who has become his wife. Tsū secretly weaves cloth from her own feathers to help him. Two villagers persuade Yohyō to demand more cloth for profit. Despite her distress and the danger to her life, Tsū weaves again, gives Yohyō the finished fabric, changes back into a crane, and flies away. Yohyō realizes he has lost her love.