被BOSS命令去大阪隐居一年，期间不可以杀害任何人。于是他化名为佐藤明，与伪装成自己妹妹的拍档佐藤洋子（木村文乃）移居大阪，在那里他第一次遇见了一…

电视动画《杀手寓言》改编自南胜久的同名漫画，由手冢Production负责制作。一位被地下社会称为“寓言（fable）”的传说杀手（冈田准一饰）从小便在BOSS手下工作，与搭档的女性洋子（木村文乃饰）一起葬送了无数目标。但是害怕他的身份暴露的BOSS（佐藤浩市饰）命令他去大阪生活一年，期间不允许杀害任何人。于是他化作名为“佐藤明”的普通人，在和BOSS有老交情的暴力集团真黑组的庇护下，于大阪开始普通的生活

本作改编自南胜久的同名漫画《杀手寓言》，「无论多强的敌人都可以在6秒内击杀他」的天才杀手“寓言”（冈田准一），被BOSS命令去大阪隐居一年，期间不可以杀害任何人。于是他化名为佐藤明，与伪装成自己妹妹的拍档佐藤洋子（木村文乃）移居大阪，在那里他第一次遇见了一般人女性·清水岬（山本美月），本该开始普通的日常生活，但是……

乌云密布，崎岖不平的山峦之间，狩猎的男人刚打死了一只猫头鹰。猫头鹰中枪身亡，坠落林间。一个神秘的长发女人正在屋内梳妆打扮，面露一丝诡异的表情。屋外，枯败的树根交错盘旋，仿佛一个黑暗恐怖的亡灵之境。狩猎者再次带上他的猎犬上路了。浓雾弥漫的林间，无数死去猫头鹰的羽翼漫天飘零。男人变成了麋鹿。室内，女人起床梳洗。窗外微风拂面，她看见远处森林里的麋鹿。女人变成了猫头鹰。猫头鹰开始猎杀麋鹿，一场血腥的厮杀。女人胜利了。然而屋外不断蔓延着的枯树，更加肆无忌惮的生长，好似预示着什么事情并没有终结。暴雨倾盆的洞穴里，男人正在等待雨停，继续猎杀猫头鹰。 　　这部风格诡秘阴郁，画面凝重粗糙的无对白动画短片，改编自威尔士一则民间传说。

A group of artists’ lives becomes unwittingly entangled as their obsessions and insecurities manifest monsters, demons and death.

Spring 1989. High up in the Indian Himalayas, where even the birds fly low to avoid getting lost in the clouds, the soft-spoken Dev owns a sprawling estate of several orchards and lives in a colonial-style house with his family. He spends a lot of his time building human-sized wings which he puts on to take a quick morning flight over his land. One day, while walking through the estate, he discovers a single burnt apple tree. A few days later, more trees are burnt. Dev and his manager monitor the workers on the plantations and this leads to unrest. A group of nomads comes under suspicion and a corrupt police officer gets involved, while loyal men camp out in the orchards to keep a vigilant watch at night. Despite all these measures, a massive fire breaks out a week later and engulfs an entire mountainside of trees. In his search for the culprit, Dev resorts to armed violence. The slow burning of the orchards forces him to face the truth about himself and his family.

Spring 1989. High up in the Indian Himalayas, where even the birds fly low to avoid getting lost in the clouds, the soft-spoken Dev owns a sprawling estate of several orchards and lives in a colonial-style house with his family. He spends a lot of his time building human-sized wings which he puts on to take a quick morning flight over his land. One day, while walking through the estate, he discovers a single burnt apple tree. A few days later, more trees are burnt. Dev and his manager monitor the workers on the plantations and this leads to unrest. A group of nomads comes under suspicion and a corrupt police officer gets involved, while loyal men camp out in the orchards to keep a vigilant watch at night. Despite all these measures, a massive fire breaks out a week later and engulfs an entire mountainside of trees. In his search for the culprit, Dev resorts to armed violence. The slow burning of the orchards forces him to face the truth about himself and his family.

冬日早晨，路人行色匆匆，年轻母亲带着孩子奔走街头，七岁小童杰伊高举万花筒，眼中绽出瑰丽世界。昏暗的剧院后台，芭蕾舞者整装热身，母亲因杰伊生病而试镜迟到，恳求导演体恤，好不容易获得机会。杰伊低烧喷嚏连连，捂住嘴巴努力不出声，导演在他耳边说悄悄话。杰伊又惊又惑，独自漫游城中，意外撕破现实与幻象的薄纸虚浮，展开一场奇妙荒诞的都市历险。

冬日早晨，路人行色匆匆，年轻母亲带着孩子奔走街头，七岁小童杰伊高举万花筒，眼中绽出瑰丽世界。昏暗的剧院后台，芭蕾舞者整装热身，母亲因杰伊生病而试镜迟到，恳求导演体恤，好不容易获得机会。杰伊低烧喷嚏连连，捂住嘴巴努力不出声，导演在他耳边说悄悄话。杰伊又惊又惑，独自漫游城中，意外撕破现实与幻象的薄纸虚浮，展开一场奇妙荒诞的都市历险。

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