---
title: 'Isao Takahata'
type: 'person'
roles:
  - 'director'
  - 'film producer'
  - 'film director'
  - 'impresario'
  - 'animation director'
born: '1935-10-29'
died: '2018-04-05'
birthplace: 'Ise'
deathplace: 'Tokyo'
films_in_library: 15
reviews_of_their_work: 0
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/people/isao-takahata'
updated: '2026-08-07'
wikipedia: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isao_Takahata'
wikidata: 'Q178713'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Isao Takahata

director, film producer, film director, impresario, animation director.

## Filmography on CinePixo

- 2016 · [The Red Turtle](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-red-turtle-2016) — Producer · unreviewed here
- 2013 · [The Tale of the Princess Kaguya](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-tale-of-the-princess-kaguya-2013) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1999 · [My Neighbors the Yamadas](https://cinepixo.com/movies/my-neighbors-the-yamadas-1999) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1994 · [Pom Poko](https://cinepixo.com/movies/pom-poko-1994) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1991 · [Only Yesterday](https://cinepixo.com/movies/only-yesterday-1991) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1988 · [Grave of the Fireflies](https://cinepixo.com/movies/grave-of-the-fireflies-1988) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1987 · [The Story of Yanagawa's Canals](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-story-of-yanagawas-canals-1987) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1986 · [Castle in the Sky](https://cinepixo.com/movies/castle-in-the-sky-1986) — Producer · unreviewed here
- 1984 · [Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind](https://cinepixo.com/movies/nausicaa-of-the-valley-of-the-wind-1984) — Producer · unreviewed here
- 1982 · [Gauche the Cellist](https://cinepixo.com/movies/gauche-the-cellist-1982) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1981 · [Jarinko Chie](https://cinepixo.com/movies/jarinko-chie-1981) — Director · unreviewed here
- 1979 · [Tatsu no ko Taro](https://cinepixo.com/movies/tatsu-no-ko-taro-1979) — Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1973 · [Panda Kopanda Rainy Day Circus](https://cinepixo.com/movies/panda-kopanda-rainy-day-circus-1973) — Director · unreviewed here
- 1972 · [Panda! Go, Panda!](https://cinepixo.com/movies/panda-go-panda-1972) — Director · unreviewed here
- 1968 · [The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-great-adventure-of-horus-prince-of-the-sun-1968) — Director · unreviewed here

## Criticism on CinePixo

Nothing written about their work here yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/people/isao-takahata
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