Isao Takahata Movies

  • 2003
    Winter Days

    Winter Days

    Winter Days

    5.92003HD

    An animated film based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet...

    Winter Days
  • 2005
    Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum

    Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum

    Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum

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    A documentary about the Ghibli Museum. It features Goro Miyazaki speaking with Isao Takahata about the "charm" of the museum and its various...

    Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum
  • 1979
    Future Boy Conan

    Future Boy Conan

    Future Boy Conan

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    In this 1979 condensed-for-film recut of Hayao Miyazaki's 1978 anime series, a young boy named Conan goes on a grand adventure. Conan lives in a...

    Future Boy Conan
  • 1961
    The Orphan Brother

    The Orphan Brother

    The Orphan Brother

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    After their father quarrels with local military men, Anju and Zushio are forced to flee, but they are captured and sold into slavery. When their...

    The Orphan Brother
  • 1982
    Gauche the Cellist

    Gauche the Cellist

    Gauche the Cellist

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    Gauche is a diligent but mediocre cellist who plays for a small town orchestra and the local cinema in the early 20th century. He struggles during...

    Gauche the Cellist
  • 1987
    The Story of Yanagawa's Canals

    The Story of Yanagawa's Canals

    The Story of Yanagawa's Canals

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    A partially-animated documentary about the preservation and restoration of the canal system in Yanagawa, Fukuoka

    The Story of Yanagawa's Canals
  • 1972
    Panda! Go Panda!

    Panda! Go Panda!

    Panda! Go Panda!

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    Cheerful Mimiko has a wonderfully strange family—a Panda for her Papa; and his son Panny, calls her Mom! When Panny follows Mimiko to school,...

    Panda! Go Panda!
  • 2007
    A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest

    A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest

    A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest

    62007HD

    From July 21 through September 10th, 2007, the Museum for Contemporary Art Tokyo held an exhibition honouring Kazuo Oga, the art director and...

    A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest
  • 2010
    Anne of Green Gables: Road to Green Gables

    Anne of Green Gables: Road to Green Gables

    Anne of Green Gables: Road to Green Gables

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    In this movie that summarizes the first six episodes of Anne of Green Gables, we follow the story of Anne, an orphan full of imagination. When she...

    Anne of Green Gables: Road to Green Gables
  • 1979
    Heidi, Girl of the Alps

    Heidi, Girl of the Alps

    Heidi, Girl of the Alps

    7.81979HD

    Heidi is five years old when her aunt Dete, who has raised Heidi since her parents' deaths four years earlier, takes the orphaned Heidi to live with...

    Heidi, Girl of the Alps
  • 1980
    3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie

    3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie

    3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie

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    A young Italian boy named Marco is devastated when his mother must leave home to work in Argentina to pay off the family debt. She sends the family...

    3000 Leagues in Search of Mother: The Movie
  • 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
  • 1972
    Yuki's Sun

    Yuki's Sun

    Yuki's Sun

    5.7781972HD

    TV pilot based on an original manga by Tetsuya Chiba, about a 10-year old girl named Yuki. An orphan who's being adopted by a family.

    Yuki's Sun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2010
    Ghibli's Bookshelf

    Ghibli's Bookshelf

    Ghibli's Bookshelf

    02010HD

    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
  • 1993
    Alps no Shōjo Heidi: Heidi to Clara Hen

    Alps no Shōjo Heidi: Heidi to Clara Hen

    Alps no Shōjo Heidi: Heidi to Clara Hen

    6.31993HD

    Alps no Shōjo Heidi: Heidi to Clara Hen
  • 2011
    Ghibli Landscapes - A Journey to Encounter Directors Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki's Starting Point

    Ghibli Landscapes - A Journey to Encounter Directors Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki's Starting Point

    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,...

    Ghibli Landscapes - A Journey to Encounter Directors Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki's Starting Point
  • 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

    02014HD

    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
  • 2011
    Japanese Cinema: New Territories

    Japanese Cinema: New Territories

    Japanese Cinema: New Territories

    02011HD

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

    Japanese Cinema: New Territories