Pom Poko (1994)

Wally Kurth: Tamasaburô

Quotes 

• Bunta : So what has been happening to our forest? It's only been three years. I feel like Rip Van Winkle.

  Shokichi : We did everything we could to try to stop it.

  Bunta : Every inch of the woods has changed. How could the land be so transformed?

  Tamasaburô : We're so sorry. This must come as quite a shock.

  Bunta : So the humans did it themselves?

  Kiyo : [crying]  That's right. They transformed all of Tama Hills.

  Bunta : But how? Only raccoons should be able to do that. We're the only ones!

  [He rushes off and shouts at the city] 

  Bunta : Who do you think you are, you stupid humans? Raccoons are the ones who transform things. How can you do this? How can you do this?

  [He sinks to his knees and beats the ground] 

  Bunta : The only way this makes sense is if all you humans are raccoons! You're all stupid, evil, selfish raccoons!

  [He sobs and howls] 

• Koharu : Tamasaburou, I beg you, don't go back to Tama Hills with the transformation masters. The thought of you being so far away from me and the children... I can't stand it! It breaks my heart!

  [Crying, she changes into her anthropomorphic tanuki form and embraces her children] 

  Tamasaburô : My darling, I wish that we too could stay together forever. But you must understand.

  Koharu : No, I don't understand. Why can't you stay here with me? The masters can make it to Tama without you. I'll talk to Father and the elders. Why don't you stay behind and be Father's successor?

  [Tamasaburou looks off to the side] 

• Tamasaburô , Bunta , Tanuki : [singing]  Let's turn into every sacred icon we can think of. Some are this and some are that...

  [They do backflips into the air and turn into various items; stone Buddhas, lucky cats, Daruma dolls, kitsune sculptures, gold carp sculptures, monkey sculptures and Tanuki sculptures. Ponkichi rushes to join in and tries copying them. He does various poses but is unable to transform] 

  Shokichi : [narrating]  Back then, all I thought about was transforming. I never dreamed that my friend Ponkichi might just want to be a normal raccoon.