The Cord and the Lazy Rokusuke

Synopsis

Ikkyū-san is asked to reform Rokusuke, an extremely lazy man who refuses to do anything himself and relies entirely on his mother. Devising a scheme, Ikkyū-san claims the abbot has punished him by binding his fingers with string that cannot be torn. Ikkyū-san then moves into Rokusuke's home, beginning a strange endurance contest between the 'forbidden' Ikkyū-san and the 'motionless' Rokusuke...