Animated films based on Japanese myths and legends

1997 anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki

1988 film directed by Hayao Miyazaki

2013 Japanese animated film directed by Isao Takahata

thumb|Sessho-seki in 2016 The , or "Killing Stone", is a stone in the volcanic mountains of Nasu, an area of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, that is famous for sulphurous hot springs. In Japanese mythology, the stone is said to kill anyone who comes into contact with it. In Japan, rocks and large stones in areas where volcanic toxic gases are generated are often named Sessho-seki (殺生石), meaning Killing Stone, and the representative of such stones is this one associated with the legend of Tamamo-no-Mae and the nine-tailed fox.

1979 film by Kirio Urayama, Peter Fernandez

2017 animated film by Masaaki Yuasa

2007 film by Keiichi Hara

1959 film directed by Taiji Yabushita

1963 film by Yūgo Serikawa