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Pom Poko

Pom Poko

Adventure · Animation · Fantasy · 1994

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.

Movie details

Pom Poko

“A Fantastic Tale Of Survival”

1994 Adventure · Animation · Fantasy 1h 59m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.2 / 10

Community rating

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.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Pom Poko?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Isao Takahata

Written by

Isao Takahata

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)

Court is in session

Put Pom Poko on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.