Isao Takahata

Isao Takahata
Isao Takahata
	Takahata at the 2014 Annecy International Animated Film Festival
Born	October 29, 1935; Ujiyamada, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Died	April 5, 2018 (aged 82); Tokyo, Japan
Alma mater	University of Tokyo
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active	1961–2018

Isao Takahata (高畑たかはた勲いさお, Takahata Isao;, October 29, 1935 – April 5, 2018) was a Japanese movie director, animator, screenwriter and producer.

Takahata was the co-founder of Studio Ghibli along with long-time collaborative partner Hayao Miyazaki. He has directed movies such as Grave of the Fireflies, Only Yesterday, Pom Poko, and the comedy My Neighbors the Yamadas. Takahata's most recent movie is The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.

On April 5, 2018, Takahata died at a hospital in Tokyo of lung cancer at the age of 82.^[1]

References

↑ "高畑たかはた勲いさお氏しが死去しきょ…昨年さくねん夏なつ頃ごろに体調たいちょう崩くずし入退院にゅうたいいんを繰くり返かえす（サンケイスポーツ） - Yahoo!ニュース". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2018-04-05.

Other websites

Isao Takahata on IMDb
Isao Takahata anime^{[permanent dead link]} at Media Arts Database (in Japanese)

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[1] "高畑たかはた勲いさお氏しが死去しきょ…昨年さくねん夏なつ頃ごろに体調たいちょう崩くずし入退院にゅうたいいんを繰くり返かえす（サンケイスポーツ） - Yahoo!ニュース". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2018-04-05.

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