Poor-man Isamu is a comedian with zero popularity. When he gets up on stage to do his material, it never gets any laughs, and his slump drags on. One day, on his way home, he hears a voice that seems to be calling him. He heads to the riverbank where he finds the youkai Sara-kozou happily singing and washing plates. He watches, unnoticed, and decides to make what he sees into a gag for his act. And so, by singing the youkai's song and dancing, Isamu starts to become popular. Sara-kozou is enraged when he realizes his song has been stolen. Kitaro goes to warn Isamu to stop singing the song, but...
It's been 12 years
since I was on that stage!
مرت 12 سنة منذ
!أن كنت على تلك الخشبة
Nach zwölf Jahren kann
ich endlich wieder dabei sein!
Hace 12 años que no voy ahí.
Hace 12 años que no participo.
Je ne suis plus venu ici
depuis douze ans !
Potrò salire su quel palcoscenico dopo dodici anni! 
Faz 12 anos que não
subo naquele palco!
Прошло двенадцать лет с тех пор, 
как я был там!