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Pom Poko

Pom Poko

A Fantastic Tale Of Survival

19947.21h 59m

Overview

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.

Directed by Isao Takahata
Written by Isao Takahata
Produced by Toshio Suzuki
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Top Cast

Makoto Nonomura

Makoto Nonomura

Shoukichi (voice)

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Nijiko Kiyokawa

Old Fireball / Oroku (voice)

Shigeru Izumiya

Shigeru Izumiya

Gonta (voice)

Norihei Miki

Norihei Miki

Seizaemon (voice)

Yuriko Ishida

Yuriko Ishida

Kiyo (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara

Sasuke (voice)

Yumi Ichihara

Yumi Ichihara

Koharu (voice)

Akira Kamiya

Akira Kamiya

Tamasaburo (voice)

Takehiro Murata

Takehiro Murata

Bunta (voice)

Gannosuke Ashiya

Gannosuke Ashiya

Inugami Gyobu (voice)

Themes & Keywords

animalsenvironmentjapanese mythologyanimecritical

About Pom Poko

Pom Poko is a adventure, animation, fantasy film released in 1994 exploring themes of animals, environment, japanese mythology, anime, critical. Directed by Isao Takahata, it stars Makoto Nonomura, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Shigeru Izumiya. 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.

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