Isao Takahata (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Isao Takahata

Looking for reviews of films directed by Isao Takahata? Cinafilm has a total of 33 reviews across 2 movies directed by Isao Takahata.

Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 81%.

Grave of the Fireflies is Isao Takahata's highest rated movie, with a score of 87% based on 32 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Isao Takahata is Chie the Brat, with a score of 75% based on 1 reviews.

Director 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 directed films starring Ichiro Nagai, Yoshiko Ohta, Kyōko Mitsubayashi and Hiroshi Tanaka.