Isao Takahata (Actor)

Reviews of Isao Takahata Movies

Looking for reviews of Isao Takahata movies? Cinafilm has a total of 47 reviews across 1 movies.

Movies starring Isao Takahata have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 78%.

The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness - released in 2013 - is Isao Takahata's highest rated movie, with a score of 78% based on 47 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Isao Takahata is The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness - released in 2013 - with a score of 78% based on 47 reviews.

Actor Biography

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).

Isao Takahata has acted in films with Hayao Miyazaki, Hideaki Anno, Toshio Suzuki and Hiromasa Yonebayashi.