Isao Takahata
Date of Birth: 29 Oct 1935
Country: Japan
Biography: Co-founder of Studio Ghibli, Takahata earned critical international acclaim for his work as a director of anime films, among them Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Only Yesterday (1991), Pom Poko (1994), and My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999). His last film as director was The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013), which was nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Animated Feature Film. (Wikipedia)
Total Credits at Criticker: 1 (Actor), 16 (Director), 7 (Writer), 1 (Creator)
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A tragic film covering a young boy and his little sister's struggle to survive in Japan during World War II.
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A community of magical shapeshifting raccoons desperately struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development. (imdb)
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The life and misadventures of a family in contemporary Tokyo. (imdb)
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A 27-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tôkyô. (imdb)
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Horus, a kid living in a unnamed Scandinavian/Eastern Europe culture of the Iron Age, recovers the Sword of the Sun from the rock giant Moog and learns from his dying father that he must returns to his ancestral territory. In the process, he defends a village from the attacks of Grundewald, a warlord/ice demon and befriends the enigmatic Hilda, a lonely and beautiful girl who sings haunting songs (and who hides a terrible secret). (imdb)
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A cellist in a small orchestra receives help from animals to help him practice his music. (imdb)
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Panda kopanda (1972) - Short Film
When her grandmother goes away on a trip, 7-year-old Mimiko stays at home by herself in her small, friendly village, unafraid of burglars. When she arrives back home from the train station where she saw her grandmother off, she discovers she has a visitor-a baby panda. (imdb)
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Based on the very popular manga by Etsumi Haruki, it is about ten year old Chie, "the most unfortunate girl in Japan", who manages her family diner while her unemployed yakuza father and her mother are separated. This sounds really depressing, but it's actually a very funny comedy.
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Panda Kopanda Rainy Day Circus (1973) - Short Film
The circus comes to town and Mimiko and the Pandas make friends with a tiny tiger.
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Fuyu No Hi (2003) - Short Film
Winter Days is based off a set of poems (renku) collected by Japanese poet Bashō. In this style of poetry, poets take it in turn to write a stanza, in reaction to the stanza of the previous poet.
Each stanza has been animated by a different animator using a wide variety of styles; as well as various Japanese animators, famous names such as Yuriy Norshteyn also contributed animated shorts. There are 36 animated segments in total, animated by 35 animators.
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Anne is an orphan full of imagination. The story covers Anne's growth from about eleven to seventeen years old as she makes friends, goes to school and studies.
This is the first 6 episodes of the 1978 animated TV series re-edited into a feature film, including some previously cut scenes. Originally scheduled for a 1989 release, it was cancelled and only finally made it onto cinema screens in 2010 in conjunction with the release of The Secret World of Arrietty.
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Based on a well-known Japanese folktale.
An old man makes a living by selling bamboo. One day, he finds a princess in a bamboo. The princess is only the size of a finger. Her name is Kaguya. When Kaguya grows up, 5 men from prestigious families propose to her. Kaguya asks the men to find memorable marriage gifts for her, but the 5 men are unable to find what Kaguya wants. Then, the Emperor of Japan proposes to her. (imdb)
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Future Boy Conan (1978) - TV Series
After the world is nearly destroyed by a war, a young boy and his friends must fight to save the world from those who seek to conquer what is left of civilization. (imdb)
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Heidi: A Girl of the Alps (1974) - TV Series
Heidi after becomming an orphan is forced to live with her grandfather Öhi who lives in the mountain Alps. However he is a very bitter man who only accepts to take her in by force. Heidi's kindness may be able to open Öhi's heart. Along with Peter the goat carer and the crippled Klara, Heidi has a lot of adventures. (ANN)
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Lupin III (1971) - TV Series
Arsene Lupin III is the grandson of the master thief Arsene Lupin. With his cohorts Daisuke Jigen and Goemon Ishikawa XIII and his love interest Fujiko Mine, he pulls off the greatest heists of all time while always escaping the grasp of Inspector Koichi Zenigata.
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An (almost) live action documentary movie, produced by Nibariki, with the royalty revenue from Nausicaä. 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 with Takahata as director. Takahata was more interested in the history of the town, and as a result, it became a live action documentary, and Miyazaki decided to spend his own money on it. (imdb)
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