My Neighbors the Yamadas
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Watch Pom Poko with a subscription on Max, or rent on Prime Video. Shape-shifting raccoons band together to save their forest homeland from the bulldozers of greedy land developers.
- (14)
- Isao Takahata
- PG
- Fantasy, Anime
Pom Poko Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Carson Timar Filmotomy. Pom Poko might fly under the radar for most when it comes to the works of Studio...
User Reviews. While Tokyo swells and expands, clearing forest to accommodate its housing needs, a nearby tribe of free-spirited tanuki (Japanese raccoon-dog) hatches plans to defend its turf. That's the intention anyway, if everyone would just sit still and pay attention long enough to chart a course of action.
Jan 6, 2012 · In “Pom Poko” an enclave of raccoonlike creatures threatened by encroaching urban development wage a campaign of trickery at construction sites.
- Andy Webster
- Isao Takahata
In late 1960s Japan, a housing shortage in Tokyo sends construction crews to the Tama Hills on the outskirts of the big city in POM POKO. Developers will put up thousands of new houses, hoping to accommodate the expanding population.
- Isao Takahata
- Renee Schonfeld
- Studio Ghibli
Dec 25, 1995 · The New York Times. The best film by Isao Takahata, who started the studio with Mr. Miyazaki, this is a comic allegory about battling packs of tanuki (Japanese raccoon dogs) joining forces to fight human real estate developers. It’s earthy and rollicking in a way that his co-founder’s films aren’t.
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May 2, 2010 · Pom Poko scatters appropriate incidental music throughout with a score ranging from upbeat, whimsical tunes for the tanuki’s many parties, to more traditional melodies with a slight spiritual edge to reinforce the film’s mythical elements.
