Directed by Isao Takahata
Written by Isao Takahata
Starring: Furuimatu Asata Era/Kihei Miki/Kiyokawa Eiko/Mako Nonomura/Yuriko Ishida
Genre: Drama/Comedy/Animation/Fantasy
Production country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Release Date: 1994-07-16(Japan)
Running time: 119 minutes
Synopsis of the Leopard Cat
With the development of human civilization, the scale of cities is getting larger and larger, while the green mountains and green rivers are rapidly decreasing. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government proposed the concept of “Tama New City” and aggressively expanded into the surrounding virgin forest. The leopard cat family, whose ancestors grew up in the Tama Hills, has been hit hard, and with the sharp reduction of trees and flowers, the food available for them to survive has also begun to run short. Eventually, a civil war broke out between Aigori and Reinomori’s tanuki, and the fighting was fierce. Under the fire jade mother-in-law’s request, the two groups of tanuki shake hands and make peace, and turn to the main target at the destruction of the forest human.
In order to better understand their opponents, Huo Yu and Kuguru teach their people the long-forgotten art of change. After a period of hard practice, the leopard cats finally learned to change freely. Under the leadership of the radical party representative Kwon Tai, some of the tanuki launched a terrorist attack on the construction workers, causing many casualties. Although their actions have been successful, they have not been able to stop the steps of human interests.
With the forest being eaten away, the fate of the leopard cat family is at stake…