The film looks at the endless expansion of human society from the perspective of a lively and lovely civet cat. In this farce with a strong national color, Takahata Hoon, while discussing the interaction between modern man and nature, seems to also deliberately refract the contradictions of the real society.
The film vividly shows the childish, funny and cute images of civet cats in Japanese folklore, the use of a large number of traditional Japanese folk music and nursery rhymes, as well as the emergence of folklore, historical novels, sacrificial religions, and traditional rituals, making the film look like one in form. This comedy is permeated with strong national flavor. However, although the civet cat's playful image has a strong sense of joy, the story is not easy. From the standpoint of a civet cat, objectively narrate how they were taken by humans to live and were forced to desperately desperately. This kind of creative concept can not help but make people look at the destruction of their lives by human society from an animal perspective.
