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
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)
More like this
- Romance in the Land of Dreams (1959)
- 歌まつり満月狸合戦 (1955)
- The Adventures of Tobisuke (1949)
- Awa tanuki yashiki (1952)
- Mr. Shosuke Ohara (1949)
- Here's to the Young Lady! (1949)
- Shichihenge tanuki goten (1954)
- Tanuki-san Ōatari (1959)
Browse movies and series
press Enter to search by title, your filters still apply · for something by mood, tap Discover
Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers
Loading movies…