The Sandman

A Japanese spiritual practitioner seeks relief from an all-consuming fear from three village women who tell him of a scheme that will trap a Buddhist monk in a dream in exchange for his healing. A spirit fox, who has a loving devotion to the unsuspecting Buddhist monk, intervenes in the scheme by consulting with the King of All Night's Dreaming to take the monk's place. The monk is distraught at the fox's condition and seeks the King of All Night's Dreaming who tells him what the fox has done. The monk takes the place of the fox and dies in the process. The fox then takes out his revenge on the Japanese spiritual practitioner.