Mamechiyo

Haru ranman tanuki matsuri (1948)

Palace of the Singing Raccoon-Dogs (1942)

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 ...