From the acclaimed director of GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES and available for the first time on Blu-ray Double in stunning high-definition, Studio Ghibli’s POM POKO is a unique window into Japanese folklore, a comedy of modern failings, and an elegiac tale of unlikely heroes fighting insurmountable odds.
It’s out on April 14th in the UK and we’ve got three copies to give away.
As civilisation draws ever nearer to their idyllic forest home, a group of mischievous Japanese tanuki raccoons try to scare humans away. But they soon discover that man is not their only rival in the struggle for their age-old territory.
Originally released in 1994 as the Japanese economy slumped but looking back to the sixties construction boom in Tokyo’s Tama Hills, POM POKO questions the money-grabbing ethics of yuppie Japan, and mourns the loss of the countryside. Drawing on Japanese myths and legends, writer and director Isao Takahata presents a satirical view of woodland spirits using every available magical ruse to take on the modern developers: including transformations, sabotage and trickery.
If you’d like to try and win one of the three copies of Pom Poko on Blu-ray & DVD Double Play that we’ve got to give away, answer the question below and fill in your details, then press submit! The competition closes on April 25th 2014, so get answering and good luck!
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