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Availability: In Stock - This is normally a Special Order item, but it is currently in stock. AKA: Tanuki-Goten || Operetta Tanuki Goten || Tanuki Goten Director: Seijun Suzuki Released: 2005 [Japan] Genre: Musical     Sub-Genre: Romance Keywords:  Animal(s) / Pet(s) || Comedy || Dance || Fantasy || Japan / Japanese || Love || Period || Royalty

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Plot:	Some prince falls in love with a disguised raccoon. Sounds really...special. Copyright © 2000+ HKFlix, all rights reserved. No part of this text may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from HKFlix.
Overview:	Directed by Seijun Suzuki, he applied the digital technologies to combine kabuki, operetta, traditional Asian visuals, and contemporary rock n' roll music into "Tanuki-Goten" to create a new style Japanese movie. In the ancient time in Japan, the landlord of Garasa Castle, Azuki Momoyama, treasured his beauty. He often asked the lord of the Majestic of Old Maid Virgin who is the most beautiful person in the world. But one day, the lord of the Majestic told him that the beauty of his son Prince Amechiyo (Joe Odagiri) would surpass him and become the most beautiful person in the world. With hatred and jealousy, he expelled Prince Amechiyo into Sacred Mountain, which was full of monsters. Prince Amechiyo met Princess Raccoon (Zhang Ziyi) there and they fell in love immediately. A forbidden love full of obstacles and oppositions developed...
Cast:	Zhang Ziyi  ||  Hiroko Yakushimaru  ||  Saori Yuki  ||  Joe Odagiri  ||  Mikijiro Hira  ||  Misora Hibari (Click any actor to search for more of their movies!)
Running Time:	111 mins. (approx.)
Languages:	Japanese (DTS) Japanese (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround)
Subtitles:	ENGLISH, Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified)
Distributor:	Mei Ah  [A Hong Kong-Based Distributor]
Rating:	I - Suitable for all audiences (roughly equal to an MPPA rating of "G" or "PG") Films rated Category I contain nothing most parents will consider offensive for their children to see or hear. Nudity, drug use, explicit language, violence and adult situations are largely absent, and if present are seen only briefly and at a moderate level.
Features:	Anamorphic Widescreen DTS Digital Surround Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround DVD-9