The story begins in late 1960s Japan, followings a community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs as they band together to save their forest homeland from the bulldozers of greedy land developers.
6 July 1966, Sacramento, California, USA
18 July 1967, Hollywood, California, USA
1 December 1962, Taito, Tokyo, Japan
5 January 1965, Tokyo, Japan
January 1, 1936
11 August 1993, Toledo, Ohio, USA
29 May 1931, Kyoto, Japan
21 July 1962, Houston, Texas, USA
2 October 1962, Houston, Texas, USA
3 October 1969, Tokyo, Japan
20 September 1935, Borger, Texas, USA
11 April 1924, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
23 December 1963, Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
20 June 1951, Chicago, Illinois, USA
4 May 1944, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
26 May 1944
22 November 1956, USA
31 July 1958, Billings, Montana, USA
5 January 1995, Sarasota, Florida, USA
22 January 1969, Paddington, London, England, UK
8 December 1960, McAllen, Texas, USA
15 November 1963, Gifu, Japan
10 March 1938, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
April 2, 1983 in Zama, Kanagawa, Japan
1 July 1952, Jerusalem, Israel
4 September 1968, North Plainfield, New Jersey, USA
20 September 1966, Los Angeles, California, USA
September 04, 2005
smart, stylishly trippy
February 11, 2015
Anime tale with environmental message; some peril, sadness.
February 20, 2014
By no means a particularly good film...But as a cultural curiosity and a showcase for stunningly bizarre animation, there's nothing else quite like it.
January 05, 2012
Its ecological concerns, nuance and occasional lyricism place it squarely within the Ghibli oeuvre but not among its masterpieces.
May 26, 2010
An excellent contribution to Ghibli's legacy of pro-environment fables about the magic of the natural world and the emptiness of crowded cities.
August 23, 2005
Deeply affecting and visually mesmerizing, this is one of the best animated movies I've ever seen.
November 27, 2015
A consistently and thoroughly interminable animated endeavor...
April 29, 2009
A fun, funny and sad commentary on society, Asian society, and the environment...

