Pom Poko (movie)
Alternative title:
Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko (Japanese)
Pom Poko - A tanukik birodalma
Pompoko (French)
Szopy w natarciu (Polish)
Помпоко: Война тануки (Russian)
平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ (Japanese)
平成狸合戰 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Objectionable content:
None
Plot Summary:
Faced with the destruction of their habitat due to the growth of Tokyo, a group of tanuki try to defend their homes. They decide to use their transforming talents to try to hold back the new development. Two of them, especially skilled at transforming, are sent to Shikoku to enlist the help of three sages. Meanwhile, the rest of them do their best to disrupt the construction site, at first causing accidents, and then actually haunting the site. However, the humans are very persistent, and soon the tanuki are forced to use more and more extreme measures to save their home.
User Ratings:
999 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
118 minutes
Vintage:
1994-06-13
Premiere date:
1994-07-16 (Japan)
Release dates: We have 13
Ending Theme:
"Itsu demo Dare ka ga (いつでも誰かが; Always, someone is...)" by Shang Shang Typhoon
Official website:
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 3
Comment:
Has a PG rating in the US for "violence, scary images, and thematic elements." In Canada it's rated G.
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