Isao Takahata

Director, Actor

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Panda Go Panda (1972): Dir. Isao Takahata; An early proto–Studio Ghibli kids flick (made as a 2–part TV special) features Hayao Miyazaki as writer and character designer and…
Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no Haka) (1988): Dir. Isao Takahata; Modest 'classic' of Japanese anime that tells the story of two children caught up in the devastating fire–bombing of Kobe in WW2. Amid the…
Only Yesterday (1991): Dir. Isao Takahata; Studio Ghibli's most 'adult' offering is a moving, poignantly drawn rumination on childhood and regret, told through the eyes of a disenchanted…
Pom Poko (1994): Dir. Isao Takahata; A community of raccoon–like creatures called Tanuki battle to defend their forest community from encroaching human developers in another…
My Neighbours the Yamadas (Houhokekyo tonari no Yamada-kun) (1999): Dir. Isao Takahata; With an original eye and ear for the burdensome triviality and difficulties of everyday life, this Japanese animation concerns a set of suburbanite…
Kingdom of Dreams and Madness, The (2013): Dir. Mami Sunada
Feat. Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata; Priceless documentary on the inner workings of Studio Ghibli and its great 'sensei', Hayao Miyazaki, as he approaches retirement while completing his…
Tale of the Princess Kaguya, The (2013): Dir. Isao Takahata; Studio Ghibli co–founder Takahata directs this beautiful adaptation of a classic Japanese folk tale with a distinctly different flavour to that…