キーワード Folktale

19世紀ロンドン。フリート街で理髪店を営むベンジャミンは、妻や娘と幸福に暮らしていたが、彼の妻をわが物にしようとしたターピン判事の罠にはまり、島の刑務所に送られる。15年後、脱獄したベンジャミンはスウィーニー・トッドと名を変えてフリート街に戻る。だがパイ屋の主人ミセス・ラベットから、妻が自殺し、娘がターピンに幽閉されていると聞いたスウィーニーはターピンに復讐しようと決め、次々と惨劇を繰り返す。

アフリカの村。ある日、小さな男の子が母親の胎内から自力で生まれ出てきた。そして、自分でへその緒を切ると自らキリクと名乗るのだった。彼が生まれた村は今、窮地に立たされている。魔女カラバの脅威に晒されていたのだ。キリクの父親や村の男たちは、カラバに戦いを挑み、その結果みな彼女に喰われてしまった。カラバの呪いによって村の泉は枯れ、黄金も奪われてしまった。そんな中、キリクは“どうして魔女カラバは意地悪なの？”と村人に問いかける。その質問に“お山の賢者”だけが答えられると知ったキリクは、さっそく会いに向かうのだが…。

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