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Joe Hisaishi

Mamoru Fujisawa (藤澤 守, Fujisawa Mamoru), known professionally as Joe Hisaishi (久石 譲, Hisaishi Jō, born December 6, 1950), is a composer and director known for over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981. While possessing a stylistically distinct sound, Hisaishi's music has been known...
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My Neighbor Totoro

My Neighbor Totoro (となりのトトロ, Tonari no Totoro), is a 1988 Japanese anime film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The film follows the two young daughters of a professor and their interactions with friendly wood...

Initial release date:

  • Apr 16, 1988

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G (USA)

Runtime:

  • 86 min (52 hs )

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Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫, Mononoke-hime) is a 1997 Japanese animated historical fantasy feature film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli. It was first released in Japan on July 12, 1997 and in the United States on October 29,...

Initial release date:

  • 1997

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Runtime:

  • 134 min (80.4 hs )

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The General

The General is a 1927 silent comedy released by United Artists based upon the Great Locomotive Chase from 1862. Buster Keaton starred in the film and co-directed it with Clyde Bruckman. It was adapted by Al Boasberg, Bruckman, Keaton, Charles Henry...

Initial release date:

  • 1927

Runtime:

  • 75 min (45 hs )

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Spirited Away

Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し, Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, lit. Sen and Chihiro's Spiriting Away) is a 2001 Japanese animated film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The film follows a sullen ten-year-old girl who is...

Initial release date:

  • 2001

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Runtime:

  • 125 min (75 hs )

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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (風の谷のナウシカ, Kaze no Tani no Naushika) is a 1984 post-apocalyptic Japanese animated film, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, based on his manga of the same name. The film has environmentalist undertones and was...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 4, 1984

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Runtime:

  • 116 min (69.6 hs )

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Laputa: Castle in the Sky

Laputa: Castle in the Sky (天空の城ラピュタ, Tenkū no Shiro Rapyuta) (re-titled Castle in the Sky for release in the United States) is a 1986 film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is the first film created and released by Studio Ghibli. Laputa:...

Initial release date:

  • 1986

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Runtime:

  • 124 min (74.4 hs )

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Porco Rosso

Porco Rosso, known in Japan as Crimson Pig​ (紅の豚, Kurenai no Buta) is the sixth anime film by Hayao Miyazaki, produced by Studio Ghibli, released in 1992, about an Italian World War I fighter ace, now living as a freelance bounty hunter chasing "air...

Initial release date:

  • Jul 18, 1992

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Runtime:

  • 94 min (56 hs )

Kiki's Delivery Service

Kiki's Delivery Service (魔女の宅急便, Majo no Takkyūbin, translated "Witch's Delivery Service") is a 1989 Japanese animated fantasy film produced, written, and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and the fifth Studio Ghibli anime film. It was the fourth...

Initial release date:

  • Jul 29, 1989

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Runtime:

  • 103 min (61.8 hs )

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Dolls

Dolls (ドールズ, Dōruzu) is a 2002 Japanese film written, edited and directed by Japanese director Takeshi Kitano. A highly stylized art film, Dolls is a departure for Kitano, who normally makes crime films, and unlike most of his other films, he does...

Initial release date:

  • 2002

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Runtime:

  • 114 min (68.4 hs )

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A Scene at the Sea

A Scene at the Sea (あの夏、いちばん静かな海, Ano natsu, ichiban shizukana umi, "That summer, the calmest ocean") is a 1991 Japanese film written and directed by Takeshi Kitano. This movie was a break from previous Kitano fare in that it features no gangsters....

Initial release date:

  • Oct 19, 1991

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Runtime:

  • 101 min (60.6 hs )

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Screenplay by:

Sonatine

Sonatine (ソナチネ, Sonachine) is a 1993 Japanese film by Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano. It won numerous awards and became one of Kitano's most successful and praised films, garnering him a sizable international fan base. The film has been selected...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 10, 1993

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Runtime:

  • 94 min (56 hs )

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Getting Any?

Getting Any? (みんな~やってるか!, Minnā yatteru ka!, literally: "Is everyone doing it?") is a 1995 Japanese film, written, directed, edited, and starring, Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano. Yatteru (やってる) is the colloquial form for yatteiru (やっている), yatteru...

Initial release date:

  • Feb 2, 1995

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Runtime:

  • 110 min (66 hs )

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Kids Return

Kids Return (キッズ・リターン, Kizzu Ritān) is a 1996 Japanese film written, edited and directed by Takeshi Kitano. The film was made directly after Kitano recovered from a motorcycle wreck that left one side of his body paralyzed. After extensive surgery...

Initial release date:

  • 1996

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Runtime:

  • 103 min (61.8 hs )

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Hana-bi

Hana-bi (はなび, HANA-BI), released in the US as "Fireworks", is a 1997 Japanese film written, directed and edited by, and starring Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano. The film's score was composed by renowned Japanese composer, Joe Hisaishi. This was...

Initial release date:

  • 1997

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Runtime:

  • 103 min (61.8 hs )

Screenplay by:

Kikujirō no Natsu

Kikujiro is the official international title for Kikujirō no Natsu (菊次郎の夏, , literally "Kikujirō's Summer"), a 1999 Japanese film starring, written, and directed by Takeshi Kitano. Its score was composed by Joe Hisaishi. The film was entered into...

Initial release date:

  • Jun 5, 1999

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Runtime:

  • 121 min (72.6 hs )

Screenplay by:

Brother

Brother is a 2000 film starring, written, directed and edited by Japanese filmmaker, Takeshi Kitano. It is also his fifth collaboration with renowned Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi. This was also Kitano's first collaboration with designer, Yohji...

Initial release date:

  • 2000

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 114 min (68.4 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 12,000,000 (US$)

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When the Last Sword Is Drawn

When the Last Sword Is Drawn (壬生義士伝, Mibu Gishi Den) is a 2003 Japanese movie directed by Yōjirō Takita loosely based on real historical events. When the Last Sword Is Drawn won the Best Film award at the 2004 Japanese Academy Awards, as well as the...

Initial release date:

  • 2003

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Runtime:

  • 137 min (82.2 hs )

Otoko-tachi no Yamato

Yamato (男たちの大和, Otoko-tachi no Yamato, literally "The Men of the Yamato") is a 2005 Japanese war film. With a framing story set in the present day, by flashbacks it tells the story of the crew of the World War II Japanese battleship Yamato. It was...

Initial release date:

  • 2005

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Runtime:

  • 145 min (87 hs )

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Welcome to Dongmakgol

Welcome to Dongmakgol (웰컴투 동막골) is a 2005 South Korean film set during the Korean War. It was South Korea's official entry for the foreign language film category of the Academy Awards in 2005, and as of 2005 it was the fourth-highest grossing South...

Initial release date:

  • 2005

Howl's Moving Castle

Howl's Moving Castle (ハウルの動く城, Hauru no Ugoku Shiro) is a 2004 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli and based on Diana Wynne Jones' novel of the same name. Mamoru Hosoda, director of one season and...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 20, 2004

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Runtime:

  • 119 min (71.4 hs )

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Mei and the Kittenbus

Mei and the Kittenbus (めいとこねこバス, Mei to Konekobasu) is a short sequel to the 1988 film My Neighbor Totoro from Studio Ghibli. It was written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It concentrates on the character of Mei Kusakabe from the original film and...

Initial release date:

  • 2003

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Runtime:

  • 13 min (7.8 hs )

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A Chinese Tall Story

A Chinese Tall Story (traditional Chinese: 情癲大聖; Cantonese Yale: Ching din dai sing) is a 2005 Hong Kong fantasy adventure film, written and directed by Jeffrey Lau. It is a twisted story about the monk Tripitaka and his three disciples who are...

Initial release date:

  • 2005

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The Postmodern Life of My Aunt

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (simplified Chinese: 姨妈的后现代生活; traditional Chinese: 姨媽的後現代生活; pinyin: Yi mā de hòu xiàn dài shēng húo) is a 2006 Hong Kong film, directed by Ann Hui. It stars Siqin Gaowa as Ye Rutang and Chow Yun Fat as Pan Zhichang....

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Runtime:

  • 111 min (66.6 hs )

Ponyo

Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea is the 2008 animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

Initial release date:

  • Jul 19, 2008

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Runtime:

  • 100 min (60 hs )

Screenplay by:

Kūsō no Sora Tobu Kikaitachi

Kūsō no Sora Tobu Kikaitachi (空想の空飛ぶ機械達, Imaginary Flying Machines) is an animated 2002 short film produced by Studio Ghibli for their near exclusive use in the Ghibli Museum. It features famous director Hayao Miyazaki himself as narrator (in the...

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Runtime:

  • 6 min (3.6 hs )

The 19th Step

The 19th Step is an upcoming film directed by Bharat Bala, co-produced and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures India. The film stars Japanese film actor Tadanobu Asano as well as Tamil film actors Vikram, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Asin Thottumkal and...

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Departures

Departures (おくりびと, Okuribito) is a 2008 Japanese film by Yōjirō Takita. It won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2009 Oscars and has earned $61,010,217 in Japan as of April 12, 2009. Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Motoki), a cellist...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 13, 2008

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Runtime:

  • 131 min (78.6 hs )

Screenplay by:

Leonie

Leonie is an upcoming Japanese feature film directed by Hisako Matsui and starring Emily Mortimer and Shido Nakamura. The film is based on the life of Leonie Gilmour, the American wife of Japanese writer Yone Noguchi and mother of sculptor Isamu...
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