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- Movie: Princess Raccoon
- Romaji: Operetta tanuki goten
- Japanese: オペレッタ狸御殿
- Director: Seijun Suzuki
- Writer: Yoshio Urasawa
- Producer: Satoru Ogura, Seijun Suzuki
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- Release Date: May 28, 2005
- Runtime: 111 min
- Distributor: Nippon Herald Film
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Princess Tanuki accepts an invitation to the Raccoon Palace. During her journey, she stumbles upon Amechiyo deep in the Sacred Mountain, where he was abandoned by his father.
This fascinating tale begins with a startling prediction. Azuchi Momoyama (Mikijiro Hira), a Lord of Castle Grace, asks a 100-year old Christian prophetess (Saori Yuki) who is the most handsome of all living things. "It's you, your Highness," she answers, as she always does. But this time, the prophetess reveals that his son Prince Amechiyo (Joe Odagiri) will soon become more handsome than he! Unable to bear the idea, Azuchi Momoyama decides to abandon his son deep in the wilderness of Sacred Mountain. As Amechiyo sleeps, a beautiful girl approaches. She is Princess Tanuki (Zhang Ziyi), invited to the Raccoon Palace on mysteriouis grounds. Soon, Amechiyo and the Princess are madly in love... but one obstacle after another keeps them apart. Will it be possible for Amechiyo and the Princess to overcome these obstacles? More importantly, can a man and raccoon fall in love with each other for the very first time?
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