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Pom Poko
1994
· Movie
· 119 min
B
MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #255
- IMDb #246
- Google retired #227
- Rotten Tomatoes #191
- Metacritic #136
- Letterboxd #218
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #239
- Metacritic Audience #211
- Criticker #82
- Kinopoisk #171
- AlloCiné #259
- Trakt #286
Every rating
59–92
out of 100
A community of magical raccoon dogs (tanuki) find their forest habitat threatened by a massive suburban development project. They use their ancient shape-shifting abilities to stage a series of ghostly illusions and pranks to scare away the humans and save their home, culminating in a desperate, grand spectacle.
Details
- Director
- Isao Takahata
- Writer
- Isao Takahata
- Released
- 16 July 1994
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Rated
- PG
- Box office
- $43.7M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 1 nomination
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Awards & nominations
See all 3 →2 wins from 3 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| International Submission to the Academy Awards 1995 | International Submission to the Academy Awards | Japan | Nominee |
| Annecy Cristal 1995 | a Feature Film | Winner | |
| Mainichi Film Awards 1994 | Mainichi Film Awards | Winner |
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International Submission to the Academy Awards
1 nomination
| International Submission to the Academy Awards | Japan | Nominee |
Annecy Cristal
1 nomination, 1 won
| a Feature Film | Winner |
Mainichi Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Mainichi Film Awards | Winner |