Pom Poko @ Clinton Street Theater
Join us at Clinton Street Theater on April 5th for a screening of Studio Ghibli’s Pom Poko! Tickets are $10, and a portion of proceeds will go to Bark. Plus, we’ll be there! (we’ll have beaver tees for sale…). Thank you, Clinton Street Theater, for your continued support and collaboration 💚
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 — in an abundance of fantastical characters that would not be matched on screen by Studio Ghibli until Spirited Away.
A portion of ticket sales will benefit the nonprofit organization Bark, which defends and protects the Mt. Hood National Forest. Screened in Japanese with English subtitles.
- Director: Isao Takahata
- Year: 1994
- Country: Japan
- Runtime: 119 minutes