A community of tanuki uses shapeshifting to defend their ancient habitat from Tokyo's expanding urban sprawl. Two dedicated members travel to Shikoku to seek counsel from three sages. While other tanuki disrupt construction sites with creative chaos and ghostly apparitions, human developers continue their push into the forest. The group must constantly adapt their tactics and employ increasingly dramatic strategies to preserve their home against the encroaching city.
Movie
Pom Poko
111 min · 1994