Films by Isao Takahata
This list contains films by Japanese writer/director/animator Isao Takahata.
Note #1:Panda Kopanda (1972) and Panda Kopanda Amefuri Sâkasu No Maki (1973) are short films.
Note #2: Yanagawa Horiwari Monogatari (1987) is a documentary.
Note #3: Fuyu No Hi (2003) was directed by many directors, including Takahata.
Note #1:Panda Kopanda (1972) and Panda Kopanda Amefuri Sâkasu No Maki (1973) are short films.
Note #2: Yanagawa Horiwari Monogatari (1987) is a documentary.
Note #3: Fuyu No Hi (2003) was directed by many directors, including Takahata.
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- DirectorIsao TakahataStarsMikijirô HiraEtsuko IchiharaEijirô TônoA boy with a mythical sword wants to protect a Norse village from an evil ice wizard and his minions, who destroyed his family's village. However, the villagers don't fully trust him and a mysterious girl with a dark secret befriends him.
- DirectorIsao TakahataStarsKazuko SugiyamaKazuo KumakuraYoshiko ÔtaA Papa Panda and his son escape from the zoo in search of a home and find one with a little orphan girl. The pandas decide to stay with her and become her new family. They, then, find a lost circus tiger and help him find his way back.
- DirectorIsao TakahataStarsKazuko SugiyamaKazuo KumakuraHiroko MaruyamaThis is the sequel history of "Panda. Go, Panda. (1972)". The trio (the young girl orphan, a panda cub and his father) are joined by a tiger cub who has escaped from a circus.
- DirectorIsao TakahataStarsChinatsu NakayamaNorio NishikawaKiyoshi NishikawaChie Takemoto is a small dependable girl who lives in Osaka with her dad. She has two goals - to get her troublesome father, who runs a tavern, some work and then get him to make up with her mother who left him.
- DirectorIsao TakahataStarsHideki SasakiMasashi AmenomoriKeiko YokozawaA cellist in a small orchestra receives help from animals to help him practice his music.
- DirectorIsao TakahataA live-action documentary film, this independent film was produced by Nibariki (Miyazaki's personal office), with the revenue from Nausicaä. At first, it was supposed to be an animated film which took place in the town of Yanagawa. After the success of Nausicaä, Tokuma wanted to produce another animated movie (of course, they wanted a Nausicaä sequel), and Miyazaki was looking for a good project. Miyazaki visited Yanagawa, and was impressed by the beautiful town with its canals, and came up with an idea for a film about high school boys and girls in Yanagawa, and thought that Takahata, who worked as a producer for Nausicaä, should direct such a film. However, when Takahata visited Yanagawa for research, he came to be more interested in the history of the town, especially how local people fought to preserve the canals which have been a part of the community for a long time, and how they put a great deal of effort to clean up the once polluted canals. As a result, it became a live action documentary, and Miyazaki decided to spend his own money on it. It took three years for Takahata to complete this film.
- DirectorIsao TakahataStarsTsutomu TatsumiAyano ShiraishiAkemi YamaguchiA young boy and his little sister struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
- DirectorIsao TakahataStarsMiki ImaiToshirô YanagibaYoko HonnaA twenty-seven-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo.
- DirectorIsao TakahataStarsShinchô KokonteiMakoto NonomuraYuriko IshidaA community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development.
- DirectorIsao TakahataStarsYukiji AsaokaTôru MasuokaMasako ArakiThe life and misadventures of a family in contemporary Japan.
- DirectorMark BakerJacques DrouinTaku FurukawaStarsRyuta KashiwagiKyôko KishidaNoboru MitaniA compilation of short animated clips on winter days in Japan
- DirectorIsao TakahataStarsEiko YamadaFumie KitaharaRyûji SaikachiAnne is an orphan full of imagination. When she arrives at her new home she learns that sometimes you have to be a sensible person too; at the same time her unique character changes, or at least attracts, the people around her. The story covers Anne's growth from about eleven to seventeen years old as she makes friends, goes to school and studies. At a difficult point in her life, Anne will have to make a hard choice and perhaps find a new dream.
- DirectorIsao TakahataStarsChloë Grace MoretzJames CaanMary SteenburgenKaguya is a beautiful young woman coveted by five nobles. To try to avoid marrying a stranger she doesn't love, she sends her suitors on seemingly impossible tasks. But she will have to face her fate and punishment for her choices.