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“Lazy pig Tonpei steals from monkeys, lies to lion king, triggers full-scale war with tanks and planes.”
Tonpei and Sarukichi
豚平と猿吉
5.34
13,710 rank · 739 viewers · 0 favorites
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Synopsis
Lazy pig Tonpei steals from monkeys, lies to lion king, triggers full-scale war with tanks and planes.
A lazy pig Tonpei steals food from the monkeys Sarukichi and assaults some of them. After getting beat up, the pig talks to the lion king and lies to him about what happened. The lion comes to put the monkeys back into place and an all out war starts with tanks, guns, and airplanes.
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4.0
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What 2 viewers settled on.
0%
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Score distribution
median 4
mode 3
σ 1.00
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Strong agreement
σ 1.00 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 1.00
Running avg · Jul 2017 → Jul 2017
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 3 “Tonpei to Sarukichi is a trainwreck of the most beautiful kind. Sure, it's old and janky, characters float in and out of the story at random, the show's plot points happen nigh on randomly, and...”
- 5 “Rate a 5 English Subtitled (no sound) Story In childhood up to adulthood we all have cases of events that are problematic. Which is normally fine until they progress into bigger problems. While the...”
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Long · 0%
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A Movie Production
- Format 1 × 8′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 08m all episodes
- Aired Jan 1932 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated G All Ages
- Ref. BS-12626 catalog