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Director Isao Takahata ('Grave Of The Fireflies') and the acclaimed Japanese animation studio Ghibli are the creative forces behind the environmental fable. 'Pom Poko' ('Heisei Tanuki Gassen Pompoko'). In the woods near a rapidly growing city, a group of tanuki, (Japanese racoons), live in relative peace, until the development of the town begins to intrude on their land. The tanuki are faced with a dilemma regarding the human beings, for their homes are being destroyed, but the tanuki also rely on the human community for scavenged food and goods. They decide to try using their powers of illusion and shapeshifting to scare the humans back to the central city and sabotage further building, but will their efforts come too little, too late? 'Pom Poko' uses the figure of the tanuki, an important animal in Japanese folklore and often attributed with the powers seen in the film, to comment on the nature of their society's geographic expansion and the subsequent impact on the natural world.Product Identifiers
EAN5060034573326
eBay Product ID (ePID)49332674
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitlePom Poko
DirectorIsao Takahata
Release Year2006
FormatDVD
LanguageJapanese
FeaturesStudio Ghibli Trailer Reel\Full Storyboards\Original Japanese Trailer
GenreGeneral, Animation, Comedy
Run Time114 Mins
Additional Product Features
CertificatePG
Country/Region of ManufactureJapan
Number of Discs1
ScreenwriterIsao Takahata
Dubbing LanguagesEnglish
Movie/TV TitlePom Poko