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Isao Takahata
Ujiyamada [now Ise], Mie, Japan
Isao Takahata (October 29, 1935 – April 5, 2018), co-founder of Studio Ghibli, was one of the most famous directors of Japanese animated films. Unlike most anime directors, he did…
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Isao Takahata (October 29, 1935 – April 5, 2018), co-founder of Studio Ghibli, was one of the most famous directors of Japanese animated films. Unlike most anime directors, he did not draw and never worked as an animator before becoming a director. For the first two decades of his career from the 1960s to the 1980s, Takahata worked primarily as director for anime television. In 1985 he and his long-time collaborative partner Hayao Miyazaki formed Studio Ghibli with Toshio Suzuki and Yasuyoshi Tokuma. From that point, his career transitioned into producing, directing, and writing films for Studio Ghibli. He is known for his five feature length anime films released under Ghibli, Grave of the Fireflies (1988), Only Yesterday (1991), Pom Poko (1994), My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013).
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2026
The Story of Yanagawa Waterways
Movie Himself
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2025
Hotaru no Haka to Takahata Isao to 7-satsu no Nōto
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2025
Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2024
Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron
Movie Self (archive fotage)
- 2023
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2019
10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki
TV show Self
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2018
NHK Image File: I Want To Meet This Person - Isao Takahata, Animation Film Director
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2016
The Red Turtle
Movie Other
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2015
Hyohyo: Dear Mr. Yasuo Otsuka
Movie Self
- 2014
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2014
Anne of Green Gables Digest Version
Movie Storyboard Artist
- 2014
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2013
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Movie Screenplay
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2013
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
Movie Self
- 2011
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2011
Japanese Cinema: New Territories
Movie Self
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2010
Ghibli's Bookshelf
Movie Self
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2010
Toy Story 3
Movie Thanks
- 2007
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2005
Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli Museum
Movie Self
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2005
Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery
Movie Self - Interviewee
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2004
Kulturplatz
TV show Self
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2004
Yasuo Ōtsuka's Joy in Motion
Movie Self
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2003
Winter Days
Movie Director
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2003
Paul Grimault, image par image
Movie Self
- 2003
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2002
The Cat Returns - Making of
Movie Self
- 2000
- 1999
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1999
My Neighbors the Yamadas
Movie Director
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1999
Marco: Carry a Dream
Movie Original Series Creator
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1998
How Ghibli Was Born
Movie Himself
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1994
Pom Poko
Movie Director
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1993
Heidi: Girl of the Alps: Heidi and Clara
Movie Director
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1993
Heidi: Girl of the Alps: Mt. Alm
Movie Director
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1991
The Making of Only Yesterday
Movie Self
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1991
Only Yesterday
Movie Director
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1990
Anne of Green Gables: Road to Green Gables
Movie Director
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1989
Kiki's Delivery Service
Movie Music Director
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1988
Grave of the Fireflies
Movie Screenplay
