From the acclaimed director of GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES and available for the first time on Blu-ray in stunning high-definition, POM POKO is a unique window into Japanese folklore, a comedy of modern failings, and an elegiac tale of unlikely heroes fighting insurmountable odds.As civilisation draws ever nearer to their idyllic forest home, a group of mischievous Japanese tanuki raccoons try to scare humans away. But they soon discover that man is not their only rival in the struggle for their age-old territory.Released in 1994 as the Japanese economy slumped, but looking back to the sixties construction boom in Tokyo's Tama Hills, Pom Poko questions the money-grabbing ethics of yuppie Japan, and mourns the loss of the countryside. Drawing on Japanese myths and legends, writer and director Isao Takahata presents a satirical view of woodland spirits using every available magical ruse to take on the modern developers: including transformations, sabotage and trickery.
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Shinchô Kokontei | Narrator |
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Makoto Nonomura | Shôkichi |
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Yuriko Ishida | Okiyo |
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Norihei Miki | Seizaemon |
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Nijiko Kiyokawa | Fireball Oroku |
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Shigeru Izumiya | Gonta |
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Gannosuke Ashiya | Inugami Gyobu |
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Takehiro Murata | Bunta |
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Shôzô Hayashiya | Ponkichi |
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Akira Fukuzawa | Ryûtarô |
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Yorie Yamashita | Otama |
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Beichô Katsura | Kinchô Daimyôjin the Sixth |
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Sanshi Katsura | Yashimano Hage |
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Kosan Yanagiya | Abbot Tsurugame |
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Hiroko Suzuki | Female Tanuki |
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Akira Kamiya | Tamasaburô |
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Minoru Yada | Food Stand Customer A |
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Yôsuke Naka | Food Stand Customer B |
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Osamu Katô | Hayashi |
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Kôichi Kitamura | Land Worker |
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Yuzuru Fujimoto | Mizuki-sensei |
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Kazuhiko Kishino | Senior Police Officer |
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Rei Sakuma | Singing Female Tanuki |
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Hajime Koseki | Man A at Construction Shed |
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Atsuko Mine | Tanuki Matriarch |
| Director | Isao Takahata |
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| Writer | Isao Takahata | |
| Producer | Ritsuo Isobe, Ned Lott, Hayao Miyazaki, Hideo Ogata, Toshio Suzuki, Yasuyoshi Tokuma, Seiichiro Ujiie, Tatsumi Yamashita | |
| Musician | Ryôjirô Furusawa, Masaru Gotô, Yôko Ono, Kôryû, Shang Shang Typhoon, Yasuyoshi Tokuma, Seiichiro Ujiie, Tatsumi Yamashita, Manto Watanobe | |
| Photography | Atsushi Okui | |
| Edition | Blu-ray & DVD versions |
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| Packaging | HD Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 2 |
| Layers | Single side, Single layer |
| Regions | Region B |
| Purchased | On May 20, 2014 at Amazon.co.uk for $ 19.00 |
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| Watched | |
| Index | 4557 |
| Added Date | Sep 08, 2015 19:58:49 |
| Modified Date | Sep 17, 2020 12:29:05 |