Movies: Joe Hisaishi

  • 2018
    Boro the Caterpillar

    Boro the Caterpillar (2018)

    Boro the Caterpillar

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    Just before dawn, Boro the Caterpillar hatched from an egg among patches of scrub grass. Looking around for the first time, he noticed the brilliance of the morning sun and a deliciousness in the air. Boro lowered himself down to the ground from the ...

    Boro the Caterpillar
  • 1997
    Parasite Eve

    Parasite Eve (1997)

    Parasite Eve

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    A scientist realizes his dead wife is an organization of mitochondria bent on making a new species that will wipe out humanity....

    Parasite Eve
  • 1982
    The Wizard of Oz

    The Wizard of Oz (1982)

    The Wizard of Oz

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    An animated version of the classic story of a young farm-girl who is transported to the magical land of Oz....

    The Wizard of Oz
  • 2014
    The Little House

    The Little House (2014)

    The Little House

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    Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which the old lady has recorded her memories. This is how he learns the truth about her youth working as a...

    The Little House
  • 2007
    A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies

    A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies (2007)

    A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies

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    The touching and dramatic tale of the relationship between a Japanese family, their dog and her three puppies, set against the backdrop of a devastating earthquake and the ensuing chaos, rescues and heroism....

    A Tale of Mari and Three Puppies
  • 2017
    Our Time Will Come

    Our Time Will Come (2017)

    Our Time Will Come

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    In Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, a school teacher and her would-be-fiancé link up with Chinese guerrilla fighters, forging their own path to freedom....

    Our Time Will Come
  • 1985
    Spring Bell

    Spring Bell (1985)

    Spring Bell

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    Rokuheita Narumi is fascinated by oriental art and works as the director of the Saho Art Museum in Nara. His wife, Noriko, is unable to leave Tokyo, despite his wishes, and the two live separately. Feeling lonely and neglected by her husband, she imm...

    Spring Bell
  • 1987
    The Drifting Classroom

    The Drifting Classroom (1987)

    The Drifting Classroom

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    An entire Japanese international grade school—and all within—are mysteriously transported to a foreboding desert wasteland. As the story unfolds, the diminishing student body weathers this apocalyptic crisis while searching for clues about their surr...

    The Drifting Classroom
  • 2007
    The Sun Also Rises

    The Sun Also Rises (2007)

    The Sun Also Rises

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    A polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, shifting between a Yunnan village, a campus, and the Gobi Desert....

    The Sun Also Rises
  • 2010
    Villain

    Villain (2010)

    Villain

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    Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time corresponding with girls via telephone dating services and going on random encounters with girls looking for spending cash. His world is shattered one day when ...

    Villain
  • 1985
    Early Spring Story

    Early Spring Story (1985)

    Early Spring Story

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    A high school student Hitomi poses as a university student and ends up in falling in love with middle-aged Okawa, her dead mother's ex-boyfriend. Hitomi's feelings shift back and forth as she is not sure whether it is true love or just a realization ...

    Early Spring Story
  • 2008
    25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert

    25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert (2008)

    25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert

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    Concert held on August 4, 5 and 6, 2008 at the Nippon Budōkan hall in Tokyo to commemorate both the Japanese theatrical release of Ponyo (2008) and the 25 years of musical collaboration between composer Joe Hisaishi and filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki....

    25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert
  • 1986
    Arion

    Arion (1986)

    Arion

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    The story follows Arion, a young man kidnapped by Hades as a child and raised to believe that his mother was blinded by Zeus and that killing the ruler of Mount Olympus will cure her....

    Arion
  • 1986
    Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy

    Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy (1986)

    Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy

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    Travel into Japan's nuttiest apartment house and meet its volatile inhabitants: Kyoko, the beautiful and mysterious new apartment manager; Yusaku, the exam-addled college student; Mrs. Ichinose, the drunken gossip; Kentaro, her bratty son; Akemi, the...

    Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
  • 2017
    What a Wonderful Family! 2

    What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017)

    What a Wonderful Family! 2

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    Several years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a Wonderful Family, 40th), the Hirata family faces new problems. Ignoring his family’s worry that he is too old to drive, Shuzo takes his old schoolmate for a spin ...

    What a Wonderful Family! 2
  • 1991
    Chizuko's Younger Sister

    Chizuko's Younger Sister (1991)

    Chizuko's Younger Sister

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    The Kitao family is coping with the loss of the eldest daughter, Chizuko, who was killed in a freak accident the year prior. When the other daughter Mika is suddenly in a dangerous situation, Chizuko returns as a ghost to save her; reunited with her ...

    Chizuko's Younger Sister
  • 2002
    Imaginary Flying Machines

    Imaginary Flying Machines (2002)

    Imaginary Flying Machines

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    Kuso no Sora Tobu Kikaitachi (Imaginary Flying Machines) is a 2002 Japanese animated short film produced by Studio Ghibli for their near exclusive use in the Ghibli Museum. It features director Hayao Miyazaki as the narrator, in the form of a humanoi...

    Imaginary Flying Machines
  • 1994
    Turning Point

    Turning Point (1994)

    Turning Point

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    A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials....

    Turning Point
  • 2018
    What a Wonderful Family! 3

    What a Wonderful Family! 3 (2018)

    What a Wonderful Family! 3

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    At the Hirata home, three generations of their family live together. A crisis ensues when one afternoon, housewife Fumie falls asleep and wakes up to find a thief has stolen her secret money she kept hidden in the refrigerator....

    What a Wonderful Family! 3
  • 2018
    Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench

    Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench (2018)

    Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench

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    Exploring an unknown world 10,000 m beneath the waves. After capturing a giant squid on film, NHK's deep-sea film crew explores our planet's deepest point The Mariana Trench is nearly 7 miles deep. The water pressure is immense, and it's a world that...

    Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench