Princess Raccoon

Princess Raccoon (オペレッタ狸御殿, Operetta tanuki goten) is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki. The "raccoon" of the English title is actually a translation for the tanuki or Japanese raccoon-dog. It is a love story set in the musical genre and stars Zhang Ziyi as a tanuki princess and Joe Odagiri as the banished prince she falls in love with. The film premiered at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Princess Raccoon
Japanese theatrical poster
Directed bySeijun Suzuki
Produced byNobuyuki Tohya
Satoru Ogura
Ikki Katashima
Written byYoshio Urasawa
StarringZhang Ziyi
Joe Odagiri
Hiroko Yakushimaru
Saori Yuki
Mikijiro Hira
Music byMichiru Oshima
Ryomei Shirai
CinematographyYonezo Maeda
Production
company
Dentsu
Kadokawa Eiga
Shochiku
Eisei Gekijō
Ogura Jimusho[1]
Distributed byNippon Herald Films
Release date
May 28, 2005
Running time
111 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese / Mandarin

Plot

The Lord of Castle Grace, Azuchi Momoyama (Mikijiro Hira), is used to ask a prophetess (Saori Yuki) to confirm he is the fairest of all living things. On one occasion, the prophetess reveals that his son Prince Amechiyo (Joe Odagiri) will soon become the fairest. Azuchi Momoyama orders his son to be killed at Sacred Mountain. The plan fails when the assassin is trapped by racoon hunters. While Amechiyo sleeps, Princess Racoon (Zhang Ziyi), finds him and takes him to the Raccoon Palace. Soon, Amechiyo and the Princess are in love. The Racoons are against the romance because it is a known law that "No man should love a racoon. Even less should a racoon ever love a man". Azuchi Monoyama learns his son is still alive so he engages in a war to get him killed. Amechiyo has to look for a golden frog deep in the mountain to save the princess. It appears that the lovers' romance is doomed.

Cast

References
  1. オペレッタ狸御殿 (in Japanese). Kadokawa Pictures. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
  2. "Festival de Cannes: Princess Raccoon". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-12-13.
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