Takahata Isao
Selective Filmography:
1965: Ken the wolf-boy
1968: Hols, Prince of the Sun
1972: Panda! Go, Panda!
1981: Gauche, the Cellist
1981: Chie the Brat
1987: The Story of Yanagawa's Canal
1988: Grave of the Fireflies
1991: Memory Like Rain (in Drops)
1994: Pom Poko
1999: My Neighbors, the Yamadas
2013: The Tale of Princess Kaguya
Selection:
Takahata Isao was born in 1935. He studied French Literature at Tokyo University. He is a close friend of Miyazaki and produced several of his movies. He is solely a director, never doing drawings. He died in April 2018 in Tokyo.