Pom Poko (1994)

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119 min - Animation | Comedy | Drama - 16 July 1994 (Japan)

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A community of magical shapeshifting raccoons desperately struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Shinchô Kokontei	...	Narrator (voice)
	Makoto Nonomura	...	Shôkichi (voice)
	Yuriko Ishida	...	Okiyo (voice)
	Norihei Miki	...	Seizaemon (voice)
	Nijiko Kiyokawa	...	Fireball Oroku (voice)
	Shigeru Izumiya	...	Gonta (voice)
	Gannosuke Ashiya	...	Inugami Gyobu (voice)
	Takehiro Murata	...	Bunta (voice)
	Beichou Katsura	...	Kinchô Daimyôjin the Sixth (voice)
	Bunshi Katsura	...	Yashimano Hage (voice)
	Kosan Yanagiya	...	Abbot Tsurugame (voice)
	Akira Kamiya	...	Tamasaburô (voice)
	Rei Sakuma	...	(voice)
	Tomokazu Seki	...	Male Tanuki B (voice)
	Minoru Yada	...	(voice)

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Storyline

As the human city development encroaches on the raccoon population's forest and meadow habitat, the raccoons find themselves faced with the very real possibility of extinction. In response, the raccoons engage in a desperate struggle to stop the construction and preserve their home. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

16 July 1994 (Japan) See more »

Also Known As:

Pompoko See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hakuhodo, Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV), Studio Ghibli See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

119 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

Creatures shown in order of appearance during project poltergeist: - Shadows of hungry spirits. - Inari upon fox. - Foxes (Kitsune) performing Fox Wedding. - Lantern-spirit. - Skeleton. - Umbrella. - Fire breathing tiger. - Oni. - Shoki the Demon Slayer. - Agyo. - Tiny people performing funeral rights. - Raijin (God of Rain). - Fuujin (God of Wind). - Various squids and a fish. - Lantern. - Tengu. - Bulbs. - Bowing child-like samurai. - Maneki neko faced bowing samurai child. - Goblins. - Colorful beetles. - Wife spirit. - Spider. - Multi-headed woman. - Flame. - Skeleton. - Monkeys. - Rabbits. - Frogs. - Ryuu (dragon). - Train. - Dancing flames of white. - Man with reversible face. - Further indiscreet goblins. - Blue goblin. - Snake-like creature with man's face. - Purple spirit. - Camel-faced woman. - Four-legged cyclopic creature. - Mouth-creature. - Two oni. - Seven lucky gods (Benzaiten, Ebisu, Fukurakujo, Hotei, Daikoku). - Blue and flesh-colored goblins. - Walking stone legs. - Animated telephone poles. - Skeleton. - Fire & Firemen. - Tops. - Pill-like structures with eyes. - Flood. - Flying tanuki in flames. - Skeleton. - Seven lucky gods with goblins. - Amida Nyorai with Bodhisattva attendants. See more »

Goofs

Factual errors: The English-dubbed version incorrectly refers to the tanuki as "raccoons". Tanuki are actually "raccoon dogs" - they are in the canid branch of mammals. See more »

Quotes

Narrator: They used their balls as weapons in a brave kamikaze attack.
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Connections

References Ocean Waves (1993) See more »

Pom Poko (1994)
Heisei tanuki gassen ponpoko (original title)

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