So I'm going down an interesting rabbit hole for a live action japanese Wind in the Willows adaptation that seemed to once be popular but went obscure overtime.
this is Keroyon / ケロヨン and he's basically Mr. Toad. He first starred in a 1964 play called The Frog's Adventure / カエルのぼうけん made by the Mokubaza Theatre Company and later on, he had a 1966 tv show called Mokubaza Hour / 木馬座アワー and finally, 2 movies from 1967 and 1968 (ケロヨンのぼうけん and ケロヨンの大自動車レース). Despite the popularity, it's kinda hard to find much and the language barrier doesn't help. The only footage i could find online wise so far is a trailer for the 1967 movie, the animated opening for the 1968 movie, and a clip of someone talking about Mokubaza Hour.
Mokubaza Hour never had any home video release but the movies did although not only you can't find them online but they're sparse and the few ones available is pretty pricey. Some audio records are available to listen to on Youtube and I made a playlist for them here, 2 are stories while the rest are simply songs.
I would LOVE to watch it because it looks cute but god knows it's not gonna be easy to get my hands on but who knows?
