Description
| as civilisation draws ever nearer to their idyllic forest home, a group of mischievous japanese tanuki raccoons try to scare humans away. but they soon discover that humans are not their only rivals in the struggle for their age-old territory. released in 1994 as the japanese economy slumped, but looking back to the sixties construction boom in tokyos tama hills, pom poko questions the money-grabbing ethics of yuppie japan, and mourns the loss of the countryside. drawing on japanese myths and legends, writer and director isao takahata presents a satirical view of woodland spirits using every available magical ruse to take on modern developers: including transformations, sabotage and trickery. pom poko is a unique window into japanese folklore, a comedy of modern failings, and an elegiac tale of unlikely heroes fighting insurmountable odds. |
