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In this brilliant and often overlooked Studio Ghibli masterpiece from Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Isao Takahata, the forests are filled with groups of magical tanuki, mischievous raccoon-like animals from Japanese folklore that are capable of shape-shifting from their standard raccoon form to practically any object.
The tanuki spend their days playing idly in the hillsides and squabbling over food – until the construction of a huge new Tokyo suburb clears the nearby forest and threatens their way of life. In an effort to defend their home, the tanuki learn to transform into humans and start playing tricks to make the workers think the construction site is haunted, ending in a spectacular night-time spirit parade, with thousands of ghosts, dragons and other magical creatures descending on the city.
Original Release
07/16/1994
US Release
12/15/1995
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Shinchô Kokontei | Narrator / Narrator (voice) |
Makoto Nonomura | Shôkichi / Shoukichi (voice) |
Yuriko Ishida | Okiyo / Kiyo (voice) |
Norihei Miki | Seizaemon / Seizaemon (voice) |
Nijiko Kiyokawa | Fireball Oroku / Old Fireball / Oroku (voice) |
Shigeru Izumiya | Gonta / Gonta (voice) |
Gannosuke Ashiya | Inugami Gyobu / Inugami Gyobu (voice) |
Takehiro Murata | Bunta / Bunta (voice) |
Beichô Katsura | Kinchô Daimyôjin the Sixth / Kincho Daimyojin VI (voice) |
Bunshi Katsura Vi | Yashimano Hage / Yashimano Hage (voice) |
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Shinchô Kokontei | Narrator / Narrator (voice) |
Makoto Nonomura | Shôkichi / Shoukichi (voice) |
Yuriko Ishida | Okiyo / Kiyo (voice) |
Norihei Miki | Seizaemon / Seizaemon (voice) |
Nijiko Kiyokawa | Fireball Oroku / Old Fireball / Oroku (voice) |
Shigeru Izumiya | Gonta / Gonta (voice) |
Gannosuke Ashiya | Inugami Gyobu / Inugami Gyobu (voice) |
Takehiro Murata | Bunta / Bunta (voice) |
Beichô Katsura | Kinchô Daimyôjin the Sixth / Kincho Daimyojin VI (voice) |
Bunshi Katsura Vi | Yashimano Hage / Yashimano Hage (voice) |
Kosan Yanagiya | Abbot Tsurugame / Tsurukame (voice) |
Akira Kamiya | Tamasaburô / Tamasaburo (voice) |
Rei Sakuma | (voice) |
Tomokazu Seki | Male Tanuki B |
Minoru Yada | (voice) |
Yorie Yamashita | (voice) |
Megumi Hayashibara | Sasuke (voice) / Sasuke |
Rin Mizuhara | Ofuku |
Jonathan Taylor Thomas | Shokichi |
Clancy Brown | Gonta |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Yasuyoshi Tokuma | Executive Producer |
Ritsuo Isobe | Executive Producer |
Hayao Miyazaki | Executive Producer |
Seiichirô Ujiie | Executive Producer |
Ned Lott | Producer |
Toshio Suzuki | Producer |
Yasuyoshi Tokuma | Producer |