Pom Poko 30th Anniversary - Studio Ghibli Fest 2024
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From the legendary Studio Ghibli and Academy Award®-nominated director Isao Takahata, comes an action-packed ecological fable about the clash between nature and human civilization.
The tanuki (raccoon dogs) of Tama Hills find their fun-loving community under attack when their quiet woodlands are threatened by encroaching developers looking to create still more houses and shopping malls. Desperate to survive, the tanuki band together and learn the ancient art of transformation, shape-shifting into a comical variety of humans and spirits as they undertake a last-ditch plan to scare away the humans and save their home, in this deeply affecting, funny and heartfelt look at what it means to live in the modern world.
Cast
- Shinchô Kokontei
- Makoto Nonomura
- Yuriko Ishida
- Norihei Miki
- Nijiko Kiyokawa
- Shigeru Izumiya
- Gannosuke Ashiya
- Takehiro Murata
- Beichô Katsura
- Bunshi Katsura VI
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- Jan 29, 2015
If there is one thing in this world that I am sure of, it would be that 'Pom Poko' would hands down win the award for most bizarre use of testicles in film history!
Paul ListerMay 5, 2020studio ghibli is great because on the one hand you get harrowing films where you watch young children die of starvation and then you also get films where racoons perform magic with their nutsacks
ksenijaJun 18, 2018This movie is nuts.
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Y'all gonna kill me for this but I liked Over the Hedge better
James (Schaffrillas)Jan 19, 2023if id realized there was a ghibli movie about eco-terrorist racoons using their magical testicles to disuade the construction of golf courses and theme parks, i wouldve checked it out sooner
cookieMar 14, 2024“they used their balls in a last-ditch attack”
Karsten - Nov 7, 2021
sorry but if you can't relate to a bunch of chubby little hedonist raccoons that engage in whimsy and mischief to thrive while being worn down by gentrification and the capitalist grind, you are not my people and also you're probably straight.
Nea Ching(y)Sep 13, 2022this is my lorax
jeabaJan 22, 2020I love how nutsack heavy this movie is and I love how heavy the nutsacks appear to be in this movie.
Alexei Toliopoulos
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- Platypus Lord likedPom Poko
Really bizarre, but I don't mind that. The story is a bit of a mess, so it's one of a few Ghibli movies that I don't see myself rewatching. But it was really hilarious to watch with my little brother, on account of all the, uh, raccoon scrotum stuff.
MRSU1C1DESQD is "meh" onPom PokoIt was an interesting way to spread a message about destroying of our world, but I think the wrong audience was reached. The concept of this movie is so bizarre and it was as if the studio just told them to do whatever the hell they wanted. I am left speechless that this exists.
Heather likedPom PokoThis one was an interesting one lol. Just to think Isao Takahata released this after GOF makes me laugh. Such a serious heartbreaking movie and then this movie abt silly lil raccoons with their magical nut sacks. It was a bit boring and dragged at times. Overall good message 👍
- Jesper dislikedPom Poko
There were some funny jokes but they were mostly balls jokes. The story was the same thing over and over and felt like all filler with way to long of scenes. The whole thing was a little too weird for me. I could barely make it through it was so boring.
Matz is "meh" onPom PokoNicht schlecht aber auch ned überzeugend. Ab und zu bissl unerwartete Hodenwitze
Noah March dislikedPom Poko🫎🫎1/2 Third film for my Studio Ghibli class. The concept of raccoons being able to transform sounded so fun, but then this movie was so unbelievably boring. The only scene that stood out to me was when they portrayed humans as gods and they were placing down buildings and whatnot, showing how…
- Blake likedPom Poko
Some of the best Ghibli visuals. An urban areas overcome by nature are one of my favorite sights to behold. The story was socially relevant commentary, but I wasn’t a huge fan of the narration/documentary vibe. I found it hard to get attached to any characters. Overall liked it!
brielle lovedPom Pokoa really lovely movie. i loved the social commentary on how deforestation hurts animals, that is still such a pressing issue many years later. the spirit parade is probably my favorite sequence from studio ghibli that i've seen so far. it was amazing.
Turnip dislikedPom PokoPersonally I didn’t like it. It’s got a good storyline and animation, I just didn’t like the ending. The fact they still lost their home and have to live as humans and those who can’t transform live as any day raccoons was quite sad :(
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Metacritic
For all its goodhearted cheer, Pom Poko is a glum indictment of modern Japan's disjunction from the natural and spiritual world. But it strikes a positive final note by implying that those worlds still exist, just out of sight, waiting and flourishing.
Tasha Robinson
The A.V. Club
At its best, there's an undoubted thrill and wonder to Pom Poko, like the massive parade of phantoms the tanuki conjure up as one of their harebrained schemes. Takahata's misfire at least provides some wonderful sparkles.
Richard Whittaker
Austin Chronicle
Its ecological concerns, nuance and occasional lyricism place it squarely within the Ghibli oeuvre but not among its masterpieces.
Andy Webster
The New York Times
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