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Isao Takahata

Japanese animator, animation director, director, producer (1935-2018)

2.43body-of-work score · ranked #443 of 2631 directors · 4 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
October 29, 1935 · Ise
Died
April 5, 2018 · Tokyo
Nationality
Japan, Empire of Japan
Work
film director, screenwriter, impresario, animation director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Isao Takahata
Boungawa · CC BY-SA 3.0

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Grave of the Fireflies火垂るの墓

    1988 · Japan · drama, animation, war

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #225 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1988 #6 · Letterboxd Top 250 #26

    1.194 citations
  2. 2
    The Tale of the Princess Kaguyaかぐや姫の物語

    2013 · Japan · fantasy, drama, animation

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 2013 #4 · Letterboxd Top 250 #213

    0.622 citations
  3. 3
    Pom Poko平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ

    1994 · Japan · drama, animation, fantasy

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1994 #8

    0.321 citation
  4. 4
    Only Yesterdayおもひでぽろぽろ

    1991 · Japan · animation, drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (Japanese) 1991 #9

    0.301 citation

Complete filmography

All 6 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.