i use princess raccoon (to give the film its not quite accurate english title) as a litmus test for my friends sense of humour. it either leaves them cold and baffled  as it clearly did several other commentators on this site  or results in doubled up laughter and unassailably huge grins and occasional gasps of admiration. the laughter comes from the film consummate mixture of parodies in contemporary style. targets include a bouquet of japanese and western classical stage drama forms and from kabuki to late shakespearian and spanish renaissance christian fantasy while the naff vacuity of the modern american and european musical and as witness a host of random tap and rap dance songs and some very funny banal lyrics and all choreographed with loving amateur cliché while japanese anime and samurai live action clichés while portentous buddhist ritual while and the overweening sweetness of viennese operetta. i have not laughed out loud so much at this type of film since ken russell outrageous musical deconstruction in the boyfriend. the grins come from the clever textual subversion of the japanese legend and told in a traditional 5 act structure reminiscent of the plays of the 17th century master chikamatsu. as in his work the narrative is advanced in a mixture of song and recitative and high flown poetry and low comedy relief  here the pot broiling of the incompetent ninja and ostrich and by peasants under the illusion that he is a tanuki raccoon in human guise. all of this somehow does hang together and and even more remarkably does manage to engage the watcher emotions through the welter of cultural references. in truth princess raccoon wears its pan cultural garb with alluring lightness and and that where the gasps of astonishment come in. visually  again and as with russell masterpiece  the film is a treat and a riot of colour with its digitised backdrops of classical japanese images from screens and prints and over the top costumes and stage sets and mixed with some breathtaking live action sequences in summer fields and seashores. you will love it or loathe it and but there no point castigating chalk for being cheese while and princess raccoon stands and first and foremost and as a wickedly funny as well as affectionate put down of our contemporary cultural vacuity and in both east and west. bravo. 
i use princess raccoon (to give the film its not quite accurate english title) as a litmus test for my friends sense of humour. it either leaves them cold and baffled  as it clearly did several other commentators on this site  or results in doubled up laughter and unassailably huge grins and occasional gasps of admiration. the laughter comes from the film consummate mixture of parodies in contemporary style. targets include a bouquet of japanese and western classical stage drama forms and from kabuki to late shakespearian and spanish renaissance christian fantasy while the naff vacuity of the modern american and european musical and as witness a host of random tap and rap dance songs and some very funny banal lyrics and all choreographed with loving amateur cliché while japanese anime and samurai live action clichés while portentous buddhist ritual while and the overweening sweetness of viennese operetta. i have not laughed out loud so much at this type of film since ken russell outrageous musical deconstruction in the boyfriend. the grins come from the clever textual subversion of the japanese legend and told in a traditional 5 act structure reminiscent of the plays of the 17th century master chikamatsu. as in his work the narrative is advanced in a mixture of song and recitative and high flown poetry and low comedy relief  here the pot broiling of the incompetent ninja and ostrich and by peasants under the illusion that he is a tanuki raccoon in human guise. all of this somehow does hang together and and even more remarkably does manage to engage the watcher emotions through the welter of cultural references. in truth princess raccoon wears its pan cultural garb with alluring lightness and and that where the gasps of astonishment come in. visually  again and as with russell masterpiece  the film is a treat and a riot of colour with its digitised backdrops of classical japanese images from screens and prints and over the top costumes and stage sets and mixed with some breathtaking live action sequences in summer fields and seashores. you will love it or loathe it and but there no point castigating chalk for being cheese while and princess raccoon stands and first and foremost and as a wickedly funny as well as affectionate put down of our contemporary cultural vacuity and in both east and west. bravo. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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