From Japan's Studio Ghibli, Isao Takahata's film uses the tanuki, creatures of myth, as his heroes. Beloved folk-tale characters, they are viewed as bringers of fortune with shape-changing abilities. In this film, their forest home is being threatened by urban development and, to save it, they must use all their supernatural talents.
Pom Poko is a Film programme that first aired in 1994 and has been classified a PG certificate.
