Gonta



Gonta is a supporting character an antagonist in Pom Poko. He is very hot-headed, and rather on & off ruthless.

The militaristic Gonta, who dons a kamikaze inspired hachimaki and pointlessly dies before facing the inevitability of change, symbolizes Japan’s old fatalistic attitude against western influence. He would rather die than change his ways, thus resulting in the deaths of his peers that he swayed to action.