Movies: Isao Takahata

1962
Story of Iron (1962)
Story of Iron
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One day, Kandume's can boy, who happily lived with his friends in the kitchen, becomes an empty can and is discarded. Eventually, he has a dream about the history of iron and humanity. He sees how iron that melted and flowed out during a forest fire,...
2003
The Birth of Studio Ghibli (2003)
The Birth of Studio Ghibli
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1999
The World, The Journey Of My Heart - Traveler: Animation Film Director Isao Takahata (1999)
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....
2011
Ghibli Landscapes - A Journey to Encounter Directors Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki's Starting Point (2011)
Ghibli Landscapes - A Journey to Encounter Directors Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki's Starting Point
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In this documentary we travel to the Swiss Alps and to the Canadian Prince Edward Island looking at the origins of the two classic TV series - Heidi, the Girl of the Alps and Anne of Green Gables. We will also learn how the Japanese scenery found its...
1969
The Secrets of My Neighbors the Yamadas (1969)
The Secrets of My Neighbors the Yamadas
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Nippon Television "Super TV Information Frontline Exclusive Coverage of 15 Months! The Secrets of the Rumored Movie "My Neighbors the Yamadas""...
2003
Paul Grimault, image par image (2003)
Paul Grimault, image par image
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1993
Alps no Shōjo Heidi: Heidi to Clara Hen (1993)
Alps no Shōjo Heidi: Heidi to Clara Hen
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2014
Ghibli Landscapes - Visit 'Japan' as Depicted by Isao Takahata (2014)
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 documentary also includes an interview with Director Takahata. This documentary is composed from the frag...
2015
Hyohyo: Dear Mr. Yasuo Otsuka (2015)
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 legends such as Masaaki Osumi, Youichi Kotabe, Sadao Tsukioka and Isao Takahata....
2018
NHK Image File: I Want To Meet This Person - Isao Takahata, Animation Film Director (2018)
NHK Image File: I Want To Meet This Person - Isao Takahata, Animation Film Director
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A short documentary dedicated to |sao Takahata, composed of archive images, released following his death in April 2018....
2025
Hotaru no Haka to Takahata Isao to 7-satsu no Nōto (2025)
Hotaru no Haka to Takahata Isao to 7-satsu no Nōto
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NHK documentary about "Grave of the Fireflies" and 7 notebooks written by Isao Takahata that were found after his death. The film was based on a novel, but also on the director's personal experience, who fled the bombings with his sister....
1988
Au (1988)
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. Produced by Iso Takahata in 1988, the film was positively received by Italian critics...
1988
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
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, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving...