Pom Poko ( Heisei tanuki gassen ponpoko )

Pom Poko (Blu-Ray) (*)

$60.99

Original Title: Heisei tanuki gassen ponpoko
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Dolby Linear PCM )
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Japanese ( Dolby Linear PCM )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
114 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Storyboards
Trailer(s)
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1994 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Isao Takahata

Written By:
Hayao Miyazaki
Isao Takahata

Actors:
Shinchô Kokontei ..... Narrato
Makoto Nonomura ..... Shôkichi
Yuriko Ishida ..... Okiyo
Norihei Miki ..... Seizaemon
Nijiko Kiyokawa ..... Fireball Oroku
Shigeru Izumiya ..... Gonta
Gannosuke Ashiya ..... Inugami Gyobu
Takehiro Murata ..... Bunta
Beichou Katsura ..... Kinchô Daimyôjin the Sixth
Bunshi Katsura ..... Yashimano Hage
Kosan Yanagiya ..... Abbot Tsurugame
Akira Kamiya ..... Tamasaburô
Rei Sakuma ..... (voice
Tomokazu Seki ..... Male Tanuki B
Minoru Yada ..... (voice

Synopsis:

Tokyo needs space to expand and that means less and less room is available for nature. The Tanukis, a special kind of metamorphosing raccoon, suffer the consequences. There is nowhere to go and more and more territorial fights happen. The old Oroku understands something needs to happen. For once the Tanukis unite and decide on a five year plan. The goal: to sabotage the building projects and scare mankind away. But that isn't easy. To do so the Tanukis need to improve their metamorphic ability to transform into anything. Almost every Tanuki can do it, but it hardly isn't practiced anymore. While Oroku trains the Tanukis, Gonta, a fearsome warrior, isn't so happy. He is shocked by the amount of forest that is gone already and demands immediate action. He wants war.

As the human city development encroaches on the raccoon population's forest and meadow habitat, the raccoons find themselves faced with the very real possibility of extinction. In response, the raccoons engage in a desperate struggle to stop the construction and preserve their home.

From the acclaimed director of Grave Of The Fireflies and available for the first time on Blu-ray in stunning high-definition, Pom Poko is a unique window into Japanese folklore, a comedy of modern failings, and an elegiac tale of unlikely heroes fighting insurmountable odds.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 08 May, 2014.