Tag: Isao Takahata
Posted on December 3, 2014 |
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The Tale of The Princess Kaguya / Kaguyahime no monogatari (2013)
Animation | Drama | Fantasy
An old man makes a living by selling bamboo. One day, he finds a princess in a bamboo. The princess is only the size of a finger. Her name is Kaguya. When Kaguya grows up, 5 men from prestigious families propose to her. Kaguya asks the men to find memorable marriage gifts for her, but the 5 men are unable to find what Kaguya wants. Then, the Emperor of Japan proposes to her.
Starring: Aki Asakura, Kengo Kôra, Takeo Chii, Nobuko Miyamoto, Atsuko Takahata, Tomoko Tabata
Director: Isao Takahata
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Posted on July 29, 2014 | Comments Off on Panda kopanda amefuri sâkasu no maki (1973) 720p BluRay DD2.0 x264-CtrlHD
Panda kopanda amefuri sâkasu no maki / Panda Kopanda Rainy Day Circus (1973)
Animation | Family | Short
Panda Kopanda: Amefuri Circus no Maki is a sequel to Panda! Go Panda! following a year later and this time the rather understanding zoo has allowed PaPanda and his son to continue visiting Mimiko. One day two strangers belonging to the circus enter Mimiko's home in the search for a runaway baby tiger, but leave in haste when they sense the presence of something monstrous nearby. Of course it's only PaPanda. Mimiko, excited by the prospects of meeting what she thought were burglars, soon notices some strange goings-on: somebody has been eating the curry she prepared for dinner, while also using Pan-chan's personal items. Well, Pan-chan goes to his room rather upset, but he soon stumbles upon something in his bed. Indeed it's a baby tiger and it's not long before Mimiko affords it the name of Tora-chan. But she knows that Tora-chan must be returned home and after delivering him to his mother a huge flood breaks out, threatening the existence of all its furry inhabitants.
Starring: Kazuko Sugiyama, Kazuo Kumakura, Yûko Maruyama, Yoshiko Ohta, Yasuo Yamada
Director: Isao Takahata
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Posted on July 20, 2014 | Comments Off on Panda kopanda (1972) 720p BluRay DD2.0 x264-CtrlHD
Panda kopanda / Panda, Little Panda / Panda! Go Panda! (1972)
Animation | Comedy | Family | Short
Cheerful Mimiko has a very strange family for a little girl – a Panda for her Papa, and his son, Panny, calls her Mom! Join this happy family and their many adventures! When Panny follows Mimiko to school, he must pretend to be a teddy bear so Mimiko won't get into trouble, but everyone wants a cute Panda! Despite his efforts to behave, Panny causes trouble in the school kitchen, and now the whole school is after Panny! Then, Panny makes a new friend, Tiny, a baby tiger who's wandered off from the circus. Getting Tiny back to his mom becomes the first adventure, but after a hard rain, the whole town is flooded and Mimiko, Papa Panda and Panny must rescue Tiny and other animals from the trapped circus train!
Starring: Kazuko Sugiyama, Kazuo Kumakura, Yoshiko Ohta, Yasuo Yamada
Director: Isao Takahata
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Posted on May 27, 2014 |
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The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness / Yume to kyôki no ohkoku (2013)
Documentary
Mia, Quentin, Paalo and Alonzo dream of a better life, but the realities of their broken pasts as well as a notorious criminal make the path to their dreams an uphill battle.
Starring: Hideaki Anno, John Lasseter, Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki, Isao Takahata
Director: Mami Sunada
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Tags: Hayao Miyazaki, Hideaki Anno, Isao Takahata, John Lasseter, Mami Sunada, Toshio Suzuki
Posted on November 14, 2013 |
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The Raccoon War / Pom Poko / Heisei tanuki gassen ponpoko (1994)
Animation | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
Faced with the destruction of their habitat due to the growth of Tokyo, a group of tanuki try to defend their homes. They decide to use their transforming talents to try to hold back the new development. Two of them, especially skilled at transforming, are sent to Shikoku to enlist the help of three sages. Meanwhile, the rest of them do their best to disrupt the construction site, at first causing accidents, and then actually haunting the site. However, the humans are very persistent, and soon the tanuki are forced to use more and more extreme measures to save their home.
Starring: Shinchô Kokontei, Makoto Nonomura, Yuriko Ishida, Norihei Miki, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Shigeru Izumiya, Gannosuke Ashiya
Director: Isao Takahata
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Tags: Gannosuke Ashiya, Isao Takahata, Makoto Nonomura, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Norihei Miki, Shigeru Izumiya, Shinchô Kokontei, Yuriko Ishida
Posted on October 2, 2013 | Comments Off on My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) 720p BluRay DD5.1 x264-CtrlHD
My Neighbors the Yamadas / Hôhokekyo tonari no Yamada-kun (1999)
Animation | Comedy | Family
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 humourous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems and joys in their own way.
Starring: Hayato Isohata, Masako Araki, Naomi Uno, Tôru Masuoka, Yukiji Asaoka, Akiko Yano, Kosanji Yanagiya
Director: Isao Takahata
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Tags: Akiko Yano, Hayato Isohata, Isao Takahata, Kosanji Yanagiya, Masako Araki, Naomi Uno, Tôru Masuoka, Yukiji Asaoka
Posted on December 17, 2012 |
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Only Yesterday / Omohide poro poro (1991)
Animation | Drama | Romance
A 27-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tôkyô.
Starring: Miki Imai, Toshirô Yanagiba, Youko Honna
Director: Isao Takahata
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Posted on July 21, 2012 |
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Grave of the Fireflies / Hotaru no haka (1988)
Adventure | Animation | Drama | War
On the final days of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his four-year-old sister Setsuko are orphaned after their mother is killed during an air-raid by American forces in Kobe, Japan. After having a falling-out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency funds and rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko must struggle to survive their hardships as well as those of their country, which is on the losing end of the war.
Starring: Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Akemi Yamaguchi, Yoshiko Shinohara
Director: Isao Takahata
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Tags: Akemi Yamaguchi, Ayano Shiraishi, Isao Takahata, Tsutomu Tatsumi, Yoshiko Shinohara
