Movies: Isao Takahata

  • 2010
    Toy Story 3

    Toy Story 3 (2010)

    Toy Story 3

    7.82010HD

    Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care center. The toys must band together to escape and return home to Andy....

    Toy Story 3
  • 1986
    Castle in the Sky

    Castle in the Sky (1986)

    Castle in the Sky

    81986HD

    A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle....

    Castle in the Sky
  • 1984
    Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

    Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

    Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

    7.91984HD

    After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Va...

    Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
  • 1994
    Pom Poko

    Pom Poko (1994)

    Pom Poko

    7.11994HD

    The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by the rapid development of houses and shopping malls. As it becomes harder to find food and shelter, they decide to band together and fight back. The Raccoons practice and perfect the ...

    Pom Poko
  • 2013
    The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

    The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)

    The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

    8.12013HD

    Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she must confront her fate....

    The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
  • 1999
    My Neighbors the Yamadas

    My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)

    My Neighbors the Yamadas

    71999HD

    The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, pro...

    My Neighbors the Yamadas
  • 2024
    Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron

    Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron (2024)

    Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron

    8.32024HD

    A documentary that chronicles the making of The Boy and the Heron, filmed with exclusive access to Studio Ghibli across an astonishing seven years....

    Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron
  • 1991
    Only Yesterday

    Only Yesterday (1991)

    Only Yesterday

    7.41991HD

    In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self....

    Only Yesterday
  • 1982
    Gauche the Cellist

    Gauche the Cellist (1982)

    Gauche the Cellist

    7.21982HD

    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 rehearsals and is often berated by his conductor during preparations for an upcoming performance of Bee...

    Gauche the Cellist
  • 1968
    Horus: Prince of the Sun

    Horus: Prince of the Sun (1968)

    Horus: Prince of the Sun

    6.41968HD

    Young Horus lives in a mythical Scandinavia of the Iron Age. Recovering the stolen Sword of the Sun from a rock giant, he learns he must travel to the lands of his ancestors, encountering the beautiful but enigmatic Hilda as his journey leads to a se...

    Horus: Prince of the Sun
  • 2013
    The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

    The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2013)

    The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

    7.52013HD

    Follows the behind-the-scenes work of Studio Ghibli, focusing on the notable figures Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki....

    The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
  • 1972
    Panda! Go Panda!

    Panda! Go Panda! (1972)

    Panda! Go Panda!

    6.31972HD

    The plot follows Mimiko, a bright little girl left alone when her grandmother leaves on a trip. Making a few stops at some local stores, Mimiko comes home to her house in a bamboo grove and finds a baby panda named Panny sleeping on the back doorstep...

    Panda! Go Panda!
  • 2016
    The Red Turtle

    The Red Turtle (2016)

    The Red Turtle

    7.42016HD

    The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds....

    The Red Turtle
  • 1979
    Taro the Dragon Boy

    Taro the Dragon Boy (1979)

    Taro the Dragon Boy

    6.51979HD

    Patterned after Japanese art and silk screens, Taro, The Dragon Boy is an animated feature about Japanese mythology and cultures, focusing on Taro, a young boy who has to make a voyage to a distant lake to save his mother, who has been turned into a ...

    Taro the Dragon Boy
  • 1979
    Heidi, Girl of the Alps

    Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1979)

    Heidi, Girl of the Alps

    7.71979HD

    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 her formidable grandfather in the Swiss Alps....

    Heidi, Girl of the Alps
  • 1973
    Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus

    Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus (1973)

    Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus

    6.31973HD

    The family consisting of two pandas and one girl lives happily when suddenly a little tiger appears at their home. It arrives that the circus had come to their town. All of a sudden starts the pouring rain but it can't stop them....

    Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day Circus
  • 2003
    Winter Days

    Winter Days (2003)

    Winter Days

    5.72003HD

    Winter Days is a 2003 animated film, directed by Kihachirō Kawamoto. It is based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet Bashō. The creation of the film followed the t...

    Winter Days
  • 1972
    Panda! Go Panda!

    Panda! Go Panda! (1972)

    Panda! Go Panda!

    7.71972HD

    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, he must pretend to be a teddy bear so Mimiko won't get into trouble. Despite his efforts to behave, Panny ca...

    Panda! Go Panda!
  • 1981
    Chie the Brat

    Chie the Brat (1981)

    Chie the Brat

    6.71981HD

    Chie Takemoto is a dependable girl who struggles to help her troublesome father run a small tavern in Osaka. Unbeknown to her dad, she occasionally visits her mother who left him not too long ago. She plans on trying to reunite them, but not until he...

    Chie the Brat
  • 1961
    The Orphan Brother

    The Orphan Brother (1961)

    The Orphan Brother

    6.61961HD

    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 mother dies, they are sold to Sansho the Bailiff, a cruel man who subjects them to hideous torments. Whil...

    The Orphan Brother