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Nina 2022-04-20 09:02:12

The film reflects the theme very well, people and nature. This film does not talk about how people get along with nature, but gives us reflections from the perspective of civet cats. Maybe today's nature is even worse than what is shown in the film. Urban expansion, garbage pollution, massive deforestation, encroaching on the territory of nature. Animals have no place to live. How can foxes and civet cats turn into humans and live in the crowd, and what should other animals do if they can't transform, they can only live in the sewers and groves of cities, and can only rely on eating humans. We live with garbage, why is this happening, what would we do if we humans were animals, would we resist? I have heard such a sentence, those who can work hard. In nature, we currently recognize that human beings are higher animals, so why can't we give full play to our abilities to serve nature? We humans do things that harm other animals in order to satisfy our own selfishness. In the film, civet cats turned into ghost monsters to scare humans, and some civet cats even sacrificed their lives for this, but businessmen without morals even wanted to profit from it. It's really disgusting. Some civet cats in the film propose to kill all humans, and some civet cats propose that they cannot kill all of them. If they kill all of them, they will not be able to eat delicious food made by humans. All civet cats know the concept of coexisting with alien species. Why don’t humans. This film objectively reflects the reality and satirizes the uncontrolled development of urbanization in contemporary society. Only wish people and nature live in harmony.

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Extended Reading
  • Nicola 2022-03-28 09:01:08

    Ghibli's first-class masterpiece, with sentiment and more feelings. Many of Studio Ghibli's works have such characteristics, deconstructing one problem after another with the contemptuous thinking of mature people, stubborn and naive kindness, but taking off the coat of kindness, there are still children with innocence. It is a complete philosophical system. F: Friends who like Abe's fine name and Baigui Yaxing can come and recognize some monsters.

  • Easter 2022-03-26 09:01:11

    Laughing all the way, ending in pain. Not because it was a tragedy, but because it was cruel and sad, especially in the end, the civet cats tried their best to imagine their former hometown, forests, fields, streams and the beautiful life of the past. --Short comment on "Lab" of "Heisei Tanuki War"

Pom Poko quotes

  • Ponkichi: If we get rid of all the humans, that means... we'll never eat tempura again! Or beef jerky! Or popcorn.

    Tanuki: Hamburgers! Donuts! Potato chips! Pepperoni pizza! Chicken wings!

    [Gonta is moved by this. His eyes tear and his mouth waters]

    Gonta: I can taste it!

    Seizaemon: So, then, do you think it would be alright if we kept a few humans around, Gonta?

    Gonta: [wiping the saliva from his mouth] We have no choice.

  • Shokichi: Master, would you re-enact the tale of the young samurai who shot the fan?

    Hage: Ah. I'll need some help.

    [He transforms into Nasu no Yoichi. He flies towards the crowd. Gonta's eyes bulge as he realizes that Master Hage is homing in on him. The crowd of tanuki scramble. Master Hage lands on Gonta and clings to his back. The Taka tanuki struggles, then hops around on all fours and turns into a horse. Hage rides around the clearing. Water seems to flood into the clearing, and Master Hage rides Gonta into it. Before them is an image of the sea, and three boats. One of the boats has the image of a woman standing on the bow of the boat and a fan on the top of the mast. Hage draws a bow and shoots the fan, sending it flying into the air]