Heisei tanuki gassen pompoko (1994)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1994
Running Times: 119 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Studio Ghibli / Hakuhodo Inc / NTV / Tokuma Shoten
Executive Producer: Hayao Miyazaki
Producer: Toshio Suzuki
Planning: Hayao Miyazaki

SCRIPT
Script / Story: Isao Takahata

DIRECTION
Director: Isao Takahata

ANIMATION
Animation Director: Shinji Otsuka
Key Animators: Masashi Ando, Shinji Otsuka, Yoshifumi Kondô
Character Designer: Shinji Otsuka
Image Building: Yoshiyuki Momose

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Takeshi Seyama

MUSIC
Title Song: Shang Shang Typhoon (Itsu demo Dare ka ga)

DESIGN
Art Director: Kazuo Oga
Visual Design: Yoshiyuki Momose

VOICES
Makoto Nonomura (Shoukichi)
Shinchou Kokontei (narrator)
Yuriko Ishida (Okiyo)
Akira Fukuzawa (Ryutarou)
Beichou Katsura (Rokudaime Kinchou)
Bunshi Katsura (Tasaburou Hage-tanuki)
Gannosuke Ashiya (Inugami-gyoubu)
Kobuhei Hayashiya (Ponkichi)
Kosan Yanagiya (Tsurukame-oshou)
Nijiko Kiyokawa (Oroku-baba)
Norihei Miki (Seizaemon)
Shigeru Izumiya (Gonta)
Takehiro Murata (Bunta)
Yorie Yamashita (Otama)
Akira Kamiya (Tamasanro)
Atsuko Mine (tanuki matriarch)
Eiko Kodama (younger sister)
Hajime Koseki (man A at worker's shed)
Hiroaki Ishikawa (tanuki bodyguard B)
Hiroko Suzuki (female tanuki)
Hisao Egawa (Youjinbou)
Junichi Sugawara (tanuki bodyguard A)
Katsuhiro Masukata (TV announcer)
Kazuhiko Kishino (senior police officer)
Kôichi Kitamura (land worker)
Makiko Ishikawa, Masahiro Hosaka, Masanobu Iwakuma, Minako Nagai (TV announcers)
Megumi Hayashibara (Sasuke)
Minoru Yada (food stand customer A)
Naoki Bandou (male tanuki A)
Naruhito Iguchi (broadcaster)
Osamu Kato (Hayashi-san)
Rei Sakuma (singing female tanuki)
Reina Ezaki (transformed child B)
Rin Mizuhara (Ofuku)
Sawako Agawa (broadcaster)
Shiho Nagai (Hanako)
Tomohiro Nishimura (Tanuki patriarch)
Tomokazu Seki (male tanuki B)
Toshimi Ashizawa (TV announcer)
Toshiyuki Morikawa (police officer)
Yousuke Naka (food stand customer B)
Yumi Kuroda (Koharu)
Yuu Hayashi (elder brother)
Yuuki Inaba (transformed child A)
Yuzuru Fujimoto (Mizuki-sensei)

PLOT SUMMARY

A city development is starting to get worryingly close to a forest inhabitade by a tribe of raccoons. With their home about to be wiped out, the raccoons are forced to take a stand and prepare for war with the humans.

AWARDS

1995
Annecy International Animated Film Festival, France
Grand Prix: Best Animated Feature Film (Isao Takahata) - winner

Mainichi Film Concours, Japan
Best Animated Film (Isao Takahata) - winner

TIMELINE

1994
July
16: Japan - theatrical release

2006
August
11: UK - shown at the National Film Theatre, London
12: UK - shown at the National Film Theatre, London
13: UK - shown at the National Film Theatre, London
14: UK - shown at the National Film Theatre, London
15: UK - shown at the National Film Theatre, London
16: UK - shown at the National Film Theatre, London
17: UK - shown at the National Film Theatre, London

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Pom Poko
The Raccoon War

KEYWORDS

animal, animation, anime, anthropomorphism, racoons, war

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008