Hanakurabe Tanuki Den (1949)

Original title

花くらべ狸御殿

Directed by

Keigo Kimura

Genre

comedy film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 31m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A young man named Kutarou becomes a popular figure in a tanuki kingdom when he starts working at a cafe. He charms the princess and is hired as her servant, but a jealous forest witch curses the princess. Kutarou tries to break the spell by seducing the witch.

lightheartedplayfulwhimsicalromanticcomicalmusicalfairy-tale-likesilly

What happens

『花くらべ狸御殿』（はなくらべたぬきごてん）は、1949年（昭和24年）公開のオペレッタ映画。木村恵吾が脚本、監督。 狸御殿城下のポンが経営するカフェで美青年の黒太郎が働き始め、町の人気者となる。狸御殿の女王であるおぼろ姫も黒太郎にときめき、笑うことのない姫を笑わせたことから黒太郎は姫の給仕となる。 森の魔女愛々は、美しい姫の笑顔に嫉妬し、左大臣と手を組み姫に呪いをかける。呪いを解くため、黒太郎は愛々を誘惑しようとする。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.