Isao Takahata Movies

  • 1991
    The Making of Only Yesterday

    The Making of Only Yesterday

    The Making of Only Yesterday

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    A making of documentary on the Studio Ghibli film Only Yesterday

    The Making of Only Yesterday
  • 1968
    Spooky Kitaro

    Spooky Kitaro

    Spooky Kitaro

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    Kitarō, a ghost, spends his afterlife helping humans in need of his skills. He thwarts the plans of evil spirits who live to torment humanity. A...

    Spooky Kitaro
  • 1962
    Story of Iron

    Story of Iron

    Story of Iron

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    One day, Kandume's can boy, who lived happily with his friends in the kitchen, becomes an empty can and is thrown away. Eventually, the can boy has a...

    Story of Iron
  • 2011
    Japanese Cinema: New Territories

    Japanese Cinema: New Territories

    Japanese Cinema: New Territories

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    This documentary by Hubert Niogret looks at the revival of Japanese cinema during the 1990s.

    Japanese Cinema: New Territories
  • 2005
    Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery

    Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery

    Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery

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    Studio Ghibli is Japan's most successful animation studio, with helmers Hayao Miyazaki ("Spirited Away," "My Neighbor Totoro") and Isao Takahata...

    Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery
  • 1999
    The World, The Journey Of My Heart - Traveler: Animation Film Director Isao Takahata

    The World, The Journey Of My Heart - Traveler: Animation Film Director Isao Takahata

    The World, The Journey Of My Heart - Traveler: Animation Film Director Isao Takahata

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    A documentary film following Isao Takahata to Canada to meet Frédéric Back.

    The World, The Journey Of My Heart - Traveler: Animation Film Director Isao Takahata
  • 2015
    Hyohyo: Dear Mr. Yasuo Otsuka

    Hyohyo: Dear Mr. Yasuo Otsuka

    Hyohyo: Dear Mr. Yasuo Otsuka

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    Documentary about Yasuo Otsuka, famous Japanese animator and mentor of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. Featuring interviews with Japanese animation...

    Hyohyo: Dear Mr. Yasuo Otsuka
  • 2004
    Yasuo Ōtsuka's Joy in Motion

    Yasuo Ōtsuka's Joy in Motion

    Yasuo Ōtsuka's Joy in Motion

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    Yasuo Ōtsuka was the mentor of Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki, the man who taught them to feel the joy of animation. As the supervising...

    Yasuo Ōtsuka's Joy in Motion
  • 2014
    Ghibli Landscapes - Visit 'Japan' as Depicted by Isao Takahata

    Ghibli Landscapes - Visit 'Japan' as Depicted by Isao Takahata

    Ghibli Landscapes - Visit 'Japan' as Depicted by Isao Takahata

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    Aki Asakura, an actress who played the voice of Princess Kaguya, travels around Japan to visit the scenery that appeared in Takahata's work. The...

    Ghibli Landscapes - Visit 'Japan' as Depicted by Isao Takahata
  • 1988
    Au

    Au

    Au

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    The story of Au Aurka is set in the hinterland of Tokyo in the eighties. The protagonists are two girls who have a dream that then becomes reality....

    Au
  • 2010
    Ghibli's Bookshelf

    Ghibli's Bookshelf

    Ghibli's Bookshelf

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    This August 2010 NHK documentary explores the influence of selected children's literature on Miyazaki and Takahata's body of work and on Studio...

    Ghibli's Bookshelf
  • 1988
    Grave of the Fireflies

    Grave of the Fireflies

    Grave of the Fireflies

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    In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe,...

    Grave of the Fireflies