Brief

Imogene 2022-03-25 09:01:16

Humans cut down forests, built high-rise buildings, and destroyed the homes of civet cats. The civet cats resisted, and at first they turned into human beings (some civet cats can become human) and grimaced to scare humans, but they failed to stop humans from building high-rise buildings. Then the conflict escalated, some civet cats and humans had a head-to-head confrontation, but it still ended in failure, and the casualties were heavy. In the end, the tanukis almost gave up, but still decided to give it a go - using the power of the tanuki to turn the surrounding environment into its original form (illusion). Although it failed to prevent the industrial civilization from encroaching on the forest, civet cats and humans began to coexist peacefully, tolerate each other's existence, and live together on this land: some civet cats become humans and live with humans, and some civet cats that cannot become humans still live in the only forest. At the end of the film, the civet cat asks everyone: Humans mistakenly think that the civet cat has become extinct. In fact, the civet cat has become a human and lives with humans, but what about the rabbits and squirrels that cannot become humans? Will they go extinct?

It can only be said that the theme is not bad, but the style of painting is not very porridge. The movie about 2h, which I watched in two parts, was not very attractive to me.

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Extended Reading
  • Greyson 2022-03-20 09:02:26

    In fact, in the eyes of humans, all animals, except pets, are food. How can there ever be true peaceful coexistence? The structure of this film is a bit sloppy, and it feels like the protagonist is changing around. Takahata's imagination is unbelievable, but his ability to tell stories is obviously inferior to Hayao Miyazaki.

  • Deontae 2022-03-26 09:01:11

    http://www.youku.com/playlist_show/id_931064.html (viewing address) Or you should appreciate those foxes more. Since you want to eat human food for human entertainment, you should pay, right? Don't we live like this? I don't feel anything after reading it, maybe I've grown up... Fortunately, the fox man is embarrassing enough, the type I don't know about TX = =|||. I'm a little disappointed with the dubbing, in fact, you can watch the Mandarin version directly, without the pain in your eyes

Pom Poko quotes

  • Seizaemon: All pray!

    [the tanuki put their hands together and bow]

    Osho: I'd like to say a prayer for the victims of this operation.

    [At this point, some of the tanuki start to snigger]

    Osho: We wish that we could save our forest without harming any humans. That was never our intention, but our forest is near and dear to us, and we...

    [the tanuki all burst into raucous laughter and head for the exit]

  • TamasaburôBuntaTanuki: [singing] Let's turn into every sacred icon we can think of. Some are this and some are that...

    [They do backflips into the air and turn into various items; stone Buddhas, lucky cats, painted eggs, kitsune sculptures, gold carp sculptures, monkey sculptures and Tanuki sculptures. Ponkichi rushes to join in and tries copying them. He does various poses but is unable to transform]

    Shokichi: [narrating] Back then, all I thought about was transforming. I never dreamed that my friend Ponkichi might just want to be a normal raccoon.