Princess Raccoon

Princess Raccoon
Japanese theatrical poster
Directed bySeijun Suzuki
Written byYoshio Urasawa
Produced by
  • Nobuyuki Tohya
  • Satoru Ogura
  • Ikki Katashima
Starring
CinematographyYonezo Maeda
Music by
Production
companies
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Distributed byNippon Herald Films
Release date
  • May 28, 2005 (2005-05-28)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese / Mandarin

Princess Raccoon (オペレッタ狸御殿, Operetta tanuki goten) is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki.[2] The "raccoon" of the English title is actually a translation for the tanuki or Japanese raccoon-dog. It is a love story set in the musical genre and stars Zhang Ziyi as a tanuki princess and Joe Odagiri as the banished prince she falls in love with. The film premiered at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.[3] It was the last film Suzuki directed.

  1. ^ オペレッタ狸御殿 (in Japanese). Kadokawa Pictures. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
  2. ^ "オペレッタ狸御殿" (in Japanese). kotobank. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Princess Raccoon". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-12-13.