Ko Kuu Monogatari(1979)

Ko Kuu Monogatari

A strange character, half philosopher, half charlatan, arrives at a small mountain inn run by a lonely woman who also looks after her younger sister Karen and her younger brother Heikichi. He leads them into a wonderful world, searching for fox eggs among the pebbles in the river and talking with angels.

(Source: Éditions Picquier, translated)