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Isao Tomita
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Isao Tomita
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Isao Nakamura Plays Works for Solo Percussion
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
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Pom Poko
Carries a strong pull into film through Isao Takahata and East Asia.
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Only Yesterday
Carries a strong pull into film through Isao Takahata and East Asia.
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My Neighbors the Yamadas
1990s
My Neighbors the Yamadas is a 1999 anime title tied to Isao Takahata and Akiko Yano and Japan. It keeps the animated field legible through atmosphere, genre range, and exact-title recall.
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Grave of the Fireflies
1980s
Two siblings struggle to survive in wartime Japan. Animation's most devastating antiwar statement.
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Isao
2010s
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Pom Poko
1990s
Pom Poko is a 1994 anime title tied to Isao Takahata and Shang Shang Typhoon and Japan. It keeps the animated field legible through atmosphere, genre range, and exact-title recall.
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The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
A bamboo cutter finds a tiny girl. Watercolor animation retelling Japan's oldest fairy tale.
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Music 2010s
Isao Nakamura Plays Works for Solo Percussion
Anime 1990s
Only Yesterday
Aoba Riku has just transferred to a new high school because of his father's job, and things aren't quite what he expected. The headmaster's secretary controls the school while espousing the virtues of academic freedom, the teachers are even stranger than normal teachers, and half the student body is walking around w...
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Pom Poko
1994 animated film directed by Isao Takahata