Directors The Return of the Return of the Director's Checklists - #504 - ISAO TAKAHATA (1 Viewer)

[Brook K]

Hôhokekyo tonari no Yamada-kun (1999)
... aka My Neighbors the Yamadas
Heisei tanuki gassen pompoko (1994)
... aka The Raccoon War
... aka Pom Poko
Omohide poro poro (1991)
... aka Only Yesterday
Hotaru no haka (1988)
... aka Grave of the Fireflies (USA)
Yanagawa horiwari monogatari (1987)
... aka The Story of Yanagawa's Canals
Sero hiki no Gôshu (1982)
... aka Goshu the Cellist
"Jarinko Chie" (1981) TV Series
Jarinko Chie (1981)
... aka Chie the Brat
"Akage no An" (1979) TV Series
... aka Anne of Green Gables
"Mirai shônen Conan" (1978) TV Series (episodes 9, 10)
... aka Future Boy Conan
"Haha wo tazunete sanzenri" (1976) TV Series
... aka 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother
"Arupusu no shôjo Haiji" (1974) TV Series
... aka Heidi: Girl of the Alps
Panda kopanda amefuri sâkasu no maki (1973)
Panda kopanda (1972)
... aka Panda! Go Panda! (USA)
"Rupan sansei" (1971) TV Series (episodes 8, 10-11, 13-23)
... aka Lupin III
Taiyo no oji: Horusu no daiboken (1968)
... aka Little Norse Prince
... aka Prince of the Sun: The Great Adventure of Horus
"Okami shônen Ken" (1963) TV Series

 

[Brook K]

Longtime friend and partner of Hayao Miyazaki. His films have a deep emotional resonance and a beautiful amimation style that mixes simple backgrounds with highly detailed foregrounds.

1. Only Yesterday - A (When you have a film like Grave of the Fireflies on your resume, one would think that's as good as it gets, but I was touched and impressed even more by this film. Perhaps bettered by only 1-2 of Miyazaki's films as my favorite animated work.)
*2. Grave of the Fireflies - A (Don't think I really need to say anything about this film)
3. My Neighbors the Yamadas - B
4. Panda! Go Panda! - B (Purely kid stuff, sweet and charming with a daddy Panda that is obviously the template for Totoro.)
5. Pom Poko - B- (Has its moments, but I was turned off by the violence of the film and its diffuse structure in which there really aren't primary characters.)

Own: 1 (Need to buy the HK or Japanese DVD of Only Yesterday since it's the one Ghibli film Disney won't release. I had Pom Poko on my hard drive from TCM but my wife accidentally erased it and I didn't like it enough to buy.)

 

[SteveGon]

Grave of the Fireflies ****
Only Yesterday ***1/2
My Neighbors the Yamadas ***
Pom Poko ***

 

[Jim_K]

Ratings out of :star: :star: :star: :star:


[SIZE= 14px]ISAO TAKAHATA (1935 - )[/SIZE]


The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (2010)

Winter Days (2003)

My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) :star: :star: :star:
Pom Poko (1994) :star: :star: :star:
Only Yesterday (1991) :star: :star: :star:
Grave of the Fireflies (1988) :star: :star: :star: :star:
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals (1987)
Goshu the Cellist (1982)
Chie the Brat (1981)
Panda Kopanda Rainy Day Circus (1973) :star: :star: 1/2
Panda! Go Panda! (1972) :star: :star: 1/2

Prince of the Sun: The Great Adventure of Horus (1968) :star: :star: 1/2

 

[Bill McA]

Ratings from (Own the DVD)
The Story of Yanagawa's Canals (1987)
Goshu the Cellist (1982)
Chie the Brat (1981)
Panda kopanda amefuri sâkasu no maki (1973)
Panda! Go Panda! (1972)
Prince of the Sun: The Great Adventure of Horus (1968)

Seen 4
Own 2

 

[SteveGon]

My Neighbors the Yamadas *** out of ****

 

[Martin Teller]

My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) - 5/10
Pom Poko (1994) - 7/10
Only Yesterday (1991) - 9/10
Grave of the Fireflies (1988) - 7/10

 

[SteveGon]

Only Yesterday *** out of ****

 

[SteveGon]

Pom Poko *** out of ****

 

[Brook K]

Updated:

Panda! Go Panda! - B

 

[Brook K]

Updated:

My Neighbors the Yamadas - B

 

[Bill McA]

UPDATED:


[COLOR= rgb(255, 0, 0)]Only Yesterday ([/COLOR]1991)


Seen 3

Own 2

 

[Bill McA]

UPDATED:


[COLOR= rgb(255, 0, 0)]My Neighbors the Yamadas [/COLOR](1999)


Seen 4

Own 2