Princess Raccoon

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Princess Raccoon
The Japanese theatrical poster.
Directed by	Seijun Suzuki
Produced by	Nobuyuki Tohya Satoru Ogura Ikki Katashima
Written by	Yoshio Urasawa
Starring	Zhang Ziyi Joe Odagiri Hiroko Yakushimaru Saori Yuki Mikijiro Hira
Music by	Michiru Oshima Ryomei Shirai
Cinematography	Yonezo Maeda
Distributed by	Nippon Herald Films
Release date(s)	May 28, 2005
Running time	111 min
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese / Mandarin
Official website
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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.

Starring Zhang Ziyi as a tanuki and Jo Odagiri as the banished prince she falls in love with, this is a love story set in the musical genre.

[edit] Cast

Zhang Ziyi as Princess Raccoon
Joe Odagiri as Amechiyo
Hiroko Yakushimaru as Hagi
Mikijiro Hira as Azuchi Momoyama

[edit] External links

Princess Raccoon at helloziyi.us (Zhang Ziyi fansite)
Princess Raccoon at Zhang Ziyi CSC (fansite)
Princess Raccoon at the Internet Movie Database
(Japanese) Official website at Kadokawa-Herald Pictures, Inc.

Japanese Cinema
Films directed by Seijun Suzuki
1950s	Victory Is Mine \| Pure Emotions of the Sea \| Satan's Town \| Inn of the Floating Weeds \| Eight Hours of Terror \| The Naked Woman and the Gun \| Underworld Beauty \| Spring Never Came \| Young Breasts \| Voice Without a Shadow \| Love Letter \| Passport to Darkness \| Age of Nudity
1960s	Take Aim at the Police Van \| Sleep of the Beast \| Clandestine Zero Line \| Everything Goes Wrong \| Fighting Delinquents \| Tokyo Knights \| The Big Boss Who Needs No Gun \| Man with a Shotgun \| A New Wind Over the Mountain Pass \| Blood Red Water in the Channel \| Million Dollar Smash and Grab \| Teen Yakuza \| The Guys Who Put Money on Me \| Detective Bureau 23: Go to Hell, Bastards! \| Youth of the Beast \| The Bastard \| Kanto Wanderer \| The Flower and the Angry Waves \| Gate of Flesh \| Our Blood Will Not Forgive \| Story of a Prostitute \| Story of a Bastard: Born Under a Bad Star \| Tattooed Life \| Carmen of Kawachi \| Tokyo Drifter \| Fighting Elegy \| Branded to Kill
1970s	A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
1980s	Zigeunerweisen \|Kagero-za \| Capone Cries a Lot \| Lupin III: Legend of the Gold of Babylon
1990s	Yumeji \| Marriage
2000s	Pistol Opera \| Princess Raccoon