Adorable pro-environment, anti-development animation feature, with a hint of anti-capitalism. Eminently watchable.
The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by the rapid development of houses and shopping malls. As it becomes harder to find food and shelter, they decide to band together and fight back. The Raccoons practice and perfect the ancient art of transformation until they are even able to appear as humans in hilarious circumstances.
Quick Stats
7.2
TMDB Rating
1,236
Votes
1h 59m
Runtime
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Budget
$43.7M
Box Office
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Key Crew
DirectorIsao Takahata
WriterIsao Takahata
CinematographyAtsushi Okui
ComposerYasuo Uragami
EditorTakeshi Seyama
Production DesignKazuo Oga
Produced by
Studio GhibliTokuma ShotenNippon Television Network CorporationHakuhodo
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Critics & Reviews
2 featuredPom Poko is one of the more unique Studio Ghibli films, with a ton of unpredictable WTF moments without straying too far from its mostly family-friendly reputation as an animated film. Seek it out, embrace the ridiculousness, and witness a bunch of raccoons adapt to life’s hardships by folding and stretching their teabags like a master origamist. https://bit.ly/CoonPouch
Cast
Makoto Nonomura
Shoukichi (voice)
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Old Fireball / Oroku (voice)
Shigeru Izumiya
Gonta (voice)
Norihei Miki
Seizaemon (voice)
Yuriko Ishida
Kiyo (voice)
Megumi Hayashibara
Sasuke (voice)
Yumi Ichihara
Koharu (voice)
Akira Kamiya
Tamasaburo (voice)
Takehiro Murata
Bunta (voice)
Gannosuke Ashiya
Inugami Gyobu (voice)
Y
Yanagiya Kosan
Tsurukame (voice)
Shinchou Kokontei
Narrator (voice)
Bunshi Katsura VI
Yashimano Hage (voice)
B
Beichou Katsura
Kincho Daimyojin VI (voice)
Akira Fukuzawa
Ryutarou (voice)
