Palace of the Singing Raccoon-Dogs

Overview

In this Japanese retelling of Cinderella, Okuro (Takayama) is the unfortunate stepdaughter of a family of tanuki: shape-shifting raccoon dogs. She hopes to see the tanuki prince (former Takarazuka star Miyagi) against her stepmother's wishes; the magical spirit of the willow tree, and a hapless kappa (water goblin) intercede in unexpected ways.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 5, 1942

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Daiei Film

Cast

Kinue Utagawa,Misuzu Okawa,Ebizaburo Ichikawa,Chikako Miyagi,Jun Fujikawa,Shigeo Kusunoki,Mineko Takagi,Hajime Morita,Hisao Ito,Shizuko Nishikawaand 13 more

Director

Keigo Kimura

Writer

Keigo Kimura

Cinematography

Yukimasa Makita

Music

Akio Sato

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0418281